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Query: UNIPROT:P04637 (p53)
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Cell cycle regulation is critical for maintenance of genome integrity. A prominent factor that guarantees genomic stability of cells is p53 (ref. 1). The P53 gene encodes a transcription factor that has a role as a tumour suppressor. Identification of p53-target genes should provide greater insight into the molecular mechanisms that mediate the tumour suppressor activities of p53. The rodent Pc3/Tis21 gene was initially described as an immediate early gene induced by tumour promoters and growth factors in PC12 and Swiss 3T3 cells. It is expressed in a variety of cell and tissue types and encodes a remarkably labile protein. Pc3/Tis21 has a strong sequence similarity to the human antiproliferative BTG1 gene cloned from a chromosomal translocation of a B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. This similarity led us to speculate that BTG1 and the putative human homologue of Pc3/Tis21 (named BTG2) were members of a new family of genes involved in growth control and/or differentiation. This hypothesis was recently strengthened by the identification of a new antiproliferative protein, named TOB, which shares sequence similarity with BTG1 and PC3/TIS21 (ref. 7). Here, we cloned and localized the human BTG2 gene. We show that BTG2 expression is induced through a p53-dependent mechanism and that BTG2 function may be relevant to cell cycle control and cellular response to DNA damage.
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PMID:Identification of BTG2, an antiproliferative p53-dependent component of the DNA damage cellular response pathway. 894 33

Exposure of mammalian cells to genotoxic agents evokes a complex cellular response. An ordered series of molecular events is necessary to sense DNA damage, transduce the signal, and ultimately delay the cell cycle or trigger apoptosis. Recently, we have shown that BTG2/TIS21 gene expression was induced in response to DNA damage through a p53-dependent pathway. This gene belongs to a newly identified family of structurally related genes whose other known human members are BTG1, BTG3, and Tob. To define the respective involvement of these four related genes in the cellular response to DNA damage, we studied their expression in human cell lines after a variety of genotoxic treatments. Our results demonstrated that were BTG1, BTG2/TIS21, and Tob genes the DNA damage--inducible genes. However, BTG2/TIS21 appeared to be the only p53-transcriptional target gene. We speculate that BTG proteins may play a coordinate role in a general transduction pathway that is induced in response to DNA damage. It has been previously described that recombinant BTG1 and BTG2/TIS21 can physically interact with PRMT1, an arginine methyl transferase, suggesting that BTG1 and BTG2/TIS21 induction may lead to posttranslational modifications of cellular proteins. In support of this hypothesis, we showed that the endogenous induction of BTG1 and BTG2 after genotoxic treatment was correlated with a modulation of protein methylation.
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PMID:BTG gene expression in the p53-dependent and -independent cellular response to DNA damage. 1065 98

The p53-inducible gene PC3 (TIS21, BTG2) is endowed with antiproliferative activity. Here we report that expression of PC3 in cycling cells induced accumulation of hypophosphorylated, growth-inhibitory forms of pRb and led to G(1) arrest. This latter was not observed in cells with genetic disruption of the Rb gene, indicating that the PC3-mediated G(1) arrest was Rb dependent. Furthermore, (i) the arrest of G(1)-S transition exerted by PC3 was completely rescued by coexpression of cyclin D1 but not by that of cyclin A or E; (ii) expression of PC3 caused a significant down-regulation of cyclin D1 protein levels, also in Rb-defective cells, accompanied by inhibition of CDK4 activity in vivo; and (iii) the removal from the PC3 molecule of residues 50 to 68, a conserved domain of the PC3/BTG/Tob gene family, which we term GR, led to a loss of the inhibition of proliferation as well as of the down-regulation of cyclin D1 levels. These data point to cyclin D1 down-regulation as the main factor responsible for the growth inhibition by PC3. Such an effect was associated with a decrease of cyclin D1 transcript and of cyclin D1 promoter activity, whereas no effect of PC3 was observed on cyclin D1 protein stability. Taken together, these findings indicate that PC3 impairs G(1)-S transition by inhibiting pRb function in consequence of a reduction of cyclin D1 levels and that PC3 acts, either directly or indirectly, as a transcriptional regulator of cyclin D1.
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PMID:Arrest of G(1)-S progression by the p53-inducible gene PC3 is Rb dependent and relies on the inhibition of cyclin D1 transcription. 1066 55

PC3(TIS21/BTG2) is the founding member of a family of genes endowed with antiproliferative properties, namely BTG1, ANA/BTG3, PC3B, TOB, and TOB2. PC3 was originally isolated as a gene induced by nerve growth factor during neuronal differentiation of rat PC12 cells, or by TPA in NIH3T3 cells (named TIS21), and is a marker for neuronal birth in vivo. This and other findings suggested its implication in the process of neurogenesis as mediator of the growth arrest before differentiation. Remarkably, its human homolog, named BTG2, was shown to be p53-inducible, in conditions of genotoxic damage. PC3(TIS21/BTG2) impairs G(1)-S progression, either by a Rb-dependent pathway through inhibition of cyclin D1 transcription, or in a Rb-independent fashion by cyclin E downregulation. PC3(TIS21/BTG2) might also control the G(2) checkpoint. Furthermore, PC3(TIS21/BTG2) interacts with carbon catabolite repressor protein-associated factor 1 (CAF-1), a molecule that associates to the yeast transcriptional complex CCR4 and might influence cell cycle, with the transcription factor Hoxb9, and with the protein-arginine methyltransferase 1, that might control transcription through histone methylation. Current evidence suggests a physiological role of PC3(TIS21/BTG2) in the control of cell cycle arrest following DNA damage and other types of cellular stress, or before differentiation of the neuron and other cell types. The molecular function of PC3(TIS21/BTG2) is still unknown, but its ability to modulate cyclin D1 transcription, or to synergize with the transcription factor Hoxb9, suggests that it behaves as a transcriptional co-regulator.
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PMID:The gene PC3(TIS21/BTG2), prototype member of the PC3/BTG/TOB family: regulator in control of cell growth, differentiation, and DNA repair? 1126 95

BTG2/TIS21/PC3 protein is involved in the regulation of G1/S transition of the cell cycle by inhibiting pRb function, suggesting that BTG2/TIS21/PC3 regulation is critical for normal cell growth and proliferation. To understand the regulatory mechanisms for the expression of BTG2/TIS21/PC3 we cloned the human gene. Potential binding sites for several transcription factors were identified in the 5'-flanking region of the gene. Transient expression assays with BTG2/TIS21/PC3 promoter deletions and electrophoretic mobility shift analysis identified a major wild-type p53 response element located -74 to -122 relative to the start codon. This genomic fragment was sufficient to constitute a promoter element in the presence of p53. The BTG2/TIS21/PC3 gene is an antiproliferative gene which maps within a chromosomal segment (1q32) frequently altered in breast adenocarcinomas. However, no mutations of BTG2/TIS21/PC3 were detected in breast cancer cells, suggesting that the inactivation of this gene is not a frequent genetic event during breast carcinogenesis.
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PMID:The human BTG2/TIS21/PC3 gene: genomic structure, transcriptional regulation and evaluation as a candidate tumor suppressor gene. 1181 93

The p53-transcriptional target, BTG2(TIS21/PC3), was previously identified as an antiproliferative gene. However, the precise biological functions of the protein product remain to be elucidated. BTG2(TIS21/PC3) expression is induced in vivo during neurogenesis, and the gene is transiently expressed in vitro in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells after induction of neuronal differentiation by addition of nerve growth factor (NGF). These observations suggest that BTG2(TIS21/PC3) is functionally significant during the neuronal differentiation process. To test this hypothesis, a vector that expressed BTG2(TIS21/PC3) under the control of an inducible promoter was introduced into PC12 cells. Growth arrest and differentiation in response to NGF were greatly enhanced by BTG2(TIS21/PC3) overexpression. Furthermore, an antisense oligonucleotide complementary to BTG2(TIS21/PC3) mRNA, which was able to inhibit endogenous BTG2(TIS21/PC3) expression, triggered programmed cell death in differentiated PC12 cells. These observations confirm that BTG2(TIS21/PC3) expression promotes neuronal differentiation and that it is required for survival of terminally differentiated cells.
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PMID:BTG2(TIS21/PC3) induces neuronal differentiation and prevents apoptosis of terminally differentiated PC12 cells. 1236 Mar 98

Signal transduction pathway and a new function of TIS21/BTG2/PC3 were investigated in p53 null U937 cells; Expression of TIS21 by 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) stimulation was mediated by PKC-delta activation, however, was strongly inhibited by cPKC isozymes. When U937 cells were treated with TPA+Go6976, but not TPA+Go6850, the level of TIS21 mRNA was maintained over that of TPA alone. When analyzed by FACS, TPA-induced G2/M arrest was significantly inhibited by Go6850, but not by Go6976, suggesting the involvement of TIS21 and nPKC isozymes. Indeed, PKC-delta was found to be a regulator of the G2/M arrest and TIS21 expression, confirmed by employing rottlerin and dnPKC-delta experiments. In vivo accumulation of TIS21 protein significantly induced cell death through caspase 3 activation, which was supported further by degradations of procaspase 3, full-length PKC-delta, pRB, and p21(WAF1) in TIS21DeltaC expresser. When the cells were synchronized by nocodazole, TIS21 overexpressers inhibited degradations of cyclin A and cyclin B1 in 3 h after release from the synchronization. Furthermore, TIS21 inhibited cyclin B1-Cdc2 binding and its kinase activity in vivo. In summary, TPA-induced TIS21 mRNA expression is mediated by PKC-delta, and TIS21 induces G2/M arrest and cell death by inhibiting cyclin B1-Cdc2 binding and the kinase activity through its binding to Cdc2.
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PMID:TIS21/BTG2/PC3 is expressed through PKC-delta pathway and inhibits binding of cyclin B1-Cdc2 and its activity, independent of p53 expression. 1530 83

Most attacks of acute pancreatitis display a self-limiting course. This suggests that pancreatic acinar cells may be able to protect themselves against cellular injury thus preventing further progression of the disease. In this review we describe several genes overexpressed in acute experimental pancreatitis which take part in the pancreatic stress response. We discuss the possible function of the pancreatitis-associated protein 1, the small nuclear protein p8, the glycoprotein clusterin, different heat shock proteins, the p53-dependent stress proteins TP53INP1alpha and TP53INP1beta, the vacuole membrane protein-1, as well as the interferon-inducible protein-15, the antiproliferative p53-dependent protein PC3/TIS21/BTG2, and the pancreatitis-induced protein-49. The implications of these proteins in pathophysiological processes like apoptosis regulation, regeneration, cell cycle and growth control, regulation of inflammation, and vacuole formation are discussed. Study of the function of stress proteins expressed in response to pancreatitis could widen our understanding of the pathophysiology of the disease and enable us to develop new rational therapeutic strategies.
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PMID:The stress response of the exocrine pancreas. 1575 6

TIS21(/BTG2/PC3), orthologs of mouse, human and rat, respectively, is initially identified as one of the early growth response genes and induced by various stimulations. TIS21 belongs to antiproliferative (APRO) gene family containing the BTG-Box A (Y(50)-N(71)) and BTG-Box B (L(97)-E(115)), which are highly conserved among various species. On the other hand, it has lately been found that the expression of TIS21 is constitutive and high in thymus, lung alveolar epithelium, proximal tubule of kidney and basal cell layer of prostate acini. Potential roles of TIS21 have been suggested as transcriptional co-regulator, differentiation and antiapoptotic factor in neurogenesis, key mediator of the stage-specific expansion of thymocyte and negative regulator of hematopoietic progenitor expansion, and tumor suppressor gene in both mouse and human. In addition, as pan-cell cycle regulator TIS21 induces G1/S arrest by pRB dependently and pRB independently and G2/M arrest and cell death in the p53 null tumor cells, and regulates the development of vertebrate patterning in mouse, paraxial mesoderm development in zebrafish, and notochord development in Xenopus. It has been known that the expression of TIS21 depends on the induction of wt p53 when cells are damaged, however, it can also be upregulated p53 independently by the activation of PKC-delta pathway in tumor cells. The characteristic roles of TIS21 are discussed in the present review: (1) TIS21 inhibits early phase of carcinogenesis in its high expressers such as kidney, prostate, breast and thymus: Loss of constitutive and high expression of TIS21 was observed in the precancerous lesions as well as tumor tissues. As an endogenous cell death molecule, TIS21 may be involved in translocation of Pin-1 to cytoplasm. Pin-1 subsequently interacts with Serine(147) residue in TIS21 protein, resulting in mitochondrial depolarization. (2) TIS21 regulates transition of cell cycle at G1/S and G2/M phases in cancer cells with inactive pRB and/or p53, as well as in normal cells by regulating pRB/p16(INK4a) pathway. The latter has already been well elucidated; TIS21 inhibits the expression of cyclin D1, thus resulting in the arrest of cells at G1/S phase by pRB and p53 dependent manner. On the other hand, TIS21 inhibits degradations of cyclin A and cyclin B1 at G2/M phase, and directly binds to Cdc2, resulting in the failure of mitotic exit and then increasing the tumor cell death, when stimulated by high concentration of EGF. Therefore, TIS21 can be suggested as a pan-cell cycle modulator. (3) TIS21 regulates embryo development by activating BMP signal through interaction with Smad 1 and Smad 8, thereby regulating vertebral patterning in mice. It is also involved in notochord development in Xenopus and paraxial mesoderm development in zebrafish. Based on the previous report that the expression of TIS21 is involved in the induction of senescence after chemotherapy of cancer cells, which can be a mechanism to resist carcinogenesis, TIS21(/BTG2/PC3), the endogenous cell death molecule and pan-cell cycle regulator, might be a link between cellular senescence and carcinogenesis.
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PMID:TIS21 (/BTG2/PC3) as a link between ageing and cancer: cell cycle regulator and endogenous cell death molecule. 1645 75

In this study, we focus on the analysis of a previously identified cancer-related gene signature (CGS) that underlies the cross talk between the p53 tumor suppressor and Ras oncogene. CGS consists of a large number of known Ras downstream target genes that were synergistically upregulated by wild-type p53 loss and oncogenic H-Ras(G12V) expression. Here we show that CGS expression strongly correlates with malignancy. In an attempt to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underling the cooperation between p53 loss and oncogenic H-Ras(G12V), we identified distinguished pathways that may account for the regulation of the expression of the CGS. By knocking-down p53 or by expressing mutant p53, we revealed that p53 exerts its negative effect by at least two mechanisms mediated by its targets B-cell translocation gene 2 (BTG2) and activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3). Whereas BTG2 binds H-Ras(G12V) and represses its activity by reducing its GTP loading state, which in turn causes a reduction in CGS expression, ATF3 binds directly to the CGS promoters following p53 stabilization and represses their expression. This study further elucidates the molecular loop between p53 and Ras in the transformation process.
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PMID:p53 Regulates the Ras circuit to inhibit the expression of a cancer-related gene signature by various molecular pathways. 2019 62


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