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Query: UNIPROT:P04637 (p53)
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UVB irradiation inhibits melanocyte proliferation by causing arrest in G1 (D. Barker, K. Dixon, E. E. Medrano, D. Smalara, S. Im, D. Mitchell, G. Babcock, and Z. A. Abdel-Malek. Cancer Res., 55: 4041-4046, 1995). To determine how, after UVB irradiation, signal transduction pathways, DNA damage, and cell cycle arrest interact in the human melanocyte, we analyzed here the possible activation of tyrosine kinases, the serine-threonine kinases Baf-1 and ERK2, the status of the transcription factor c-fos, and the activation of cell cycle checkpoints induced by expression of p53 protein. We found that in contrast to the UVC response, exposure to UVB irradiation did not stimulate the above kinases. UVB light induced a prolonged c-fos expression, suggesting a mechanism of induction different from the transient expression elicited by growth factors. The tumor suppressor p53 and the p53-inducible cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor protein p21Waf-1/SDI-1/Cip-1 were expressed at high levels for at least 2 days after UV-irradiation. In parallel, phosphorylation of Rb, the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor gene product, was halted in UVB-irradiated cells and correlated with the expression of the protein p21Waf-1/SDI-1/Cip-1. Our data define for the first time how UVB irradiation affects the expression of crucial regulatory events needed for cell cycle progression in the human melanocyte.
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PMID:Ultraviolet B light induces G1 arrest in human melanocytes by prolonged inhibition of retinoblastoma protein phosphorylation associated with long-term expression of the p21Waf-1/SDI-1/Cip-1 protein. 766 78

The phosphorylation of purified phospholipase C-gamma 1 (PLC-gamma 1) and PLC-gamma 2 by src-family-protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) P56lck, p53/56lyn, p59hck, p59fyn, and p60src was studied in vitro. All five PTKs phosphorylated PLC-gamma 1 and PLC-gamma 2, suggesting that both PLC-gamma isozymes can be phosphorylated in cells by any of the src-family PTKs in response to the activation of cell surface receptors. Comparison of the in vitro phosphorylation rates revealed no distinct specificity between PLC-gamma 1 and PLC-gamma 2, or between the five PTKs.
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PMID:In vitro tyrosine phosphorylation of PLC-gamma 1 and PLC-gamma 2 by src-family protein tyrosine kinases. 768 59

Thy-1 is a surface glycoprotein that is attached to the plasma membrane by a glycosyl-phosphatidyl-inositol anchor. Crosslinking of Thy-1 in rat mast cells and basophilic leukemia cells (RBL-2H3) induces cell activation including histamine release and tyrosine phosphorylation of several proteins. Here we show that glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol-linked Thy-1 forms noncovalent complexes with src-related protein-tyrosine kinase p53/p56lyn and other protein-tyrosine kinases and/or their substrates. These complexes are resistant to solubilization by a nonionic detergent, sedimentable at 200,000 x g, and very large ( > 10 MDa) as determined by gel chromatography. Activation of RBL-2H3 cells by crosslinking of the high-affinity IgE receptors resulted in decreased recovery of the complexes. The combined data indicate the existence of large detergent-resistant domains in the surface membrane of mast cells that may play an important role in their activation.
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PMID:Thy-1 glycoprotein and src-like protein-tyrosine kinase p53/p56lyn are associated in large detergent-resistant complexes in rat basophilic leukemia cells. 768 13

Cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL) recognize processed peptide fragments of any endogenous protein, after these peptides are carried to the cell surface by class I major histocompatibility molecules. Thus, a tumor antigen does not have to be expressed as an intact protein on the cell surface to be recognizable by CTL. However, mutant oncogene products have not yet been shown to be targets of CD8+ CTL. Here, we generate p53-specific CD8+ CTL by immunizing BALB/c mice with spleen cells pulsed with a peptide, corresponding to a 21-amino acid sequence encompassing a point mutation (135 Cys to Tyr) in the mutant p53 gene product from a human lung carcinoma. The mutation created a new Kd class I molecule binding motif sequence, and the determinant recognized was mapped to this motif and presented by the Kd class I molecule. The wild type peptide, without the mutation, was not recognized. Importantly, the CTL killed specifically BALB/c fibroblasts transfected with the mutant p53 gene and endogenously expressing the mutant protein, but not control fibroblasts or ones transfected with a different human mutant p53 gene. Thus, endogenously synthesized mutant p53, at levels found in tumors, can render cells targets for specific CTL, and these CTL can be generated by peptide immunization. These findings point the way toward an approach to selective immunotherapy against tumors.
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PMID:A mutant p53 tumor suppressor protein is a target for peptide-induced CD8+ cytotoxic T-cells. 768 15

The reversibility of a differentiation program termed dedifferentiation, redifferentiation, or retrodifferentiation opens a spectrum of new possibilities for cellular development. During differentiation and retrodifferentiation, the expression of gene products associated with a differentiated phenotype and cell cycle regulation demonstrate inverse patterns. This effect requires a coordinated network that simultaneously controls cell growth and differentiation. In particular, crosstalk between induction of differentiation and G0/G1 cell cycle exit can be initiated and sustained by activated serine/threonine kinases and tyrosine kinases. Phosphorylation signals are relayed to certain genes or transcription factors such as Fos/Jun, EGR-1, NF-kappa B, MyoD, or the Myc/Max gene family. However, the precise regulation of these transcription factors to confer signals to differentiation-associated and cell cycle-regulatory genes remains unclear. Cell cycle exit into a transient G0'-arrest cycle or a terminal G0 phase is determined by a network of phosphorylation signals involving the retinoblastoma protein and a variety of factors such as the E2F family, cyclins, and cyclin-dependent kinases. In this context, a variety of differentiation-induced cell lines, including monocytic, neuronal, or muscle cells, can progress through the G0'-arrest cycle, whereby a certain population retains the capacity to retrodifferentiate and reenter the cell cycle. In contrast, the rest of the differentiated population enters the irreversible G0 phase (terminal commitment) that finally results in programmed cell death. The expression of growth arrest-specific (gas and gadd) genes is associated with the G0'-arrest cycle, and other factors, including c-myc, p53, mdm2, and bcl2/bclx, contribute to the regulation of the cell death program. Although the precise signaling cascade determining retrodifferentiation or cell death remains unclear, a coordinated inter- and intracellular regulation could establish a certain biological balance between these exclusive pathways. Consequently, a retrodifferentiation process may provide a potential for cell type conversion or transdifferentiation, whereby retrodifferentiated cells can be induced to develop via a different pathway according to tissue-specific requirements.
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PMID:Retrodifferentiation and cell death. 771 Nov 13

The early events in the G2 checkpoint response to ionizing radiation (IR) were analyzed in diploid normal human fibroblasts (NHFs) and fibroblasts from patients with two heritable cancer syndromes. Exposure to gamma-radiation of asynchronously growing NHFs resulted in a rapid reduction in the number of cells in mitosis (G2 delay) and was accompanied by a quantitatively similar reduction in the p34CDC2/cyclin B in vitro histone H1 kinase activity as compared with sham-treated controls. This G2 delay was strong by 1 h following exposure to IR, maximal by 2 h, and was accompanied by an accumulation of tyrosine-phosphorylated p34CDC2 molecules. In contrast, fibroblasts from individuals with ataxia telangiectasia displayed significantly less reduction of the mitotic index or histone H1 kinase activity after IR. Low passage fibroblasts from individuals with Li-Fraumeni syndrome having one wild-type and one mutated p53 allele were similar to NHFs in their immediate G2 checkpoint response to IR, as were NHFs expressing the human papilloma virus type 16 E6 gene product (functionally inactivating p53) and low passage cells from p53-deficient mouse embryos. However, the p53-deficient fibroblasts were genomically unstable and became defective in their early G2 checkpoint response to IR. Furthermore, immortal Li-Fraumeni syndrome fibroblasts lacking wild-type p53 displayed an attenuated G2 checkpoint response. These results link the early events in G2 checkpoint response to IR in NHFs with a rapid inhibition of p34CDC2/cyclin B protein kinase activity and demonstrate that while not required for this immediate G2 delay, lack of p53 can lead to subsequent genetic alterations that result in defective G2 checkpoint function.
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PMID:Defective G2 checkpoint function in cells from individuals with familial cancer syndromes. 771 86

Phospholipase C gamma-catalyzed inositol phospholipid hydrolysis, a critical step in B cell antigen receptor signaling leading to second messenger generation and proliferation, depends upon tyrosine kinase activation. The B cell antigen receptor-associated tyrosine kinases p53/56lyn, p59fyn, p55blk, and p72syk are assumed to participate in receptor-initiated signaling. It is unknown, however, which of these kinases is involved in the tyrosine phosphorylation and resulting activation of phospholipase C gamma in response to antigen receptor cross-linking. We have used a fusion protein containing the tandem src homology-2 (SH2) domains of phospholipase C gamma 1 (PLC gamma 1) to identify B cell kinases which associate with PLC gamma 1. Using an in vitro kinase assay, we demonstrate SH2-dependent association of tyrosine kinase activity from anti-mu-stimulated B cells. The PLC gamma 1 SH2 domains associate with a prominent 70-72-kDa tyrosine phosphoprotein from anti-mu-stimulated, but not resting, B cells. Immunoblotting and secondary immunoprecipitation studies definitively identify this protein as p72syk. These results imply a physical interaction between PLC gamma 1 and p72syk in antigen receptor-stimulated B cells. This conclusion is confirmed by our ability to co-immunoprecipitate p72syk and PLC gamma 1 from lysates of anti-mu-stimulated B cells. These results implicate p72syk in the activation of phospholipase C gamma 1 during B cell antigen receptor signaling.
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PMID:Association of p72syk with the src homology-2 (SH2) domains of PLC gamma 1 in B lymphocytes. 774 30

Point mutations and deletions in the p53 tumor suppressor gene occur frequently in advanced stage bladder tumors. To extend these observations to an in vitro model of bladder tumorigenicity, we have evaluated the presence of p53 mutations in a panel of bladder carcinoma cell lines. p53 alleles were cloned using the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction method, and exons 2-11 were sequenced. Of 11 cell lines examined, 5 cell lines had missense point mutations, and each overexpressed p53 protein on western blot analysis. Except for the HT-1197 cell line, these point mutations occurred in evolutionarily conserved domains, which are characteristic hot spots for mutations. HT-1197 encodes an unusual C-terminal point mutation in codon 365, within the basic motif tetramerization domain, suggesting a linkage between induction of a mutant p53 conformation and alterations in protein oligomerization. Six of 11 cell lines had wild-type levels of p53 expression, with 4 producing p53 proteins having either internal deletions or truncations, and 2 producing wild-type p53. Presence of wild-type p53 was found only in cell lines derived from either a low-grade, papillary tumor (RT4) or fetal bladder (FHs 738Bl). The T24 cell line was found to contain a novel p53 mutant having an in-frame deletion of tyrosine 126. This p53 mutant does not bind SV40 large T antigen, yet is expressed at low levels, comparable to cell lines containing wild-type p53 alleles. Our findings characterize p53 mutations in a panel of bladder carcinoma cell lines, and provide a model for testing the role of wild-type or mutant p53 cDNA to suppress or induce tumorigenic properties.
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PMID:p53 mutations in bladder carcinoma cell lines. 778 50

The cancer chemopreventive retinoid N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-all-trans retinamide (HPR) was recently shown by us to have antiproliferative and apoptotic effects on human leukemic cell lines, including those unresponsive to all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). We have now characterized further the process of HPR-induced cell death. We report that inhibitors of RNA transcription and of protein synthesis, activators of protein kinase C (PKC), inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, Zn++, and the antioxidants acetylcysteine, ascorbic acid, alpha-tocopherol, and deferoxamine suppressed HPR-induced apoptosis. HL60 cells induced toward monocytic differentiation by 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin-D3 [1,25(OH)2D3], but not those induced toward the granulocytic differentiation by ATRA, showed reduced responses to HPR. The transport of HPR by cells with different sensitivity to the retinoid, however, was similar, even after treatment with the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), which induces unresponsiveness to HPR. The expression of the apoptosis-related genes bcl-2, p53, and c-myc was examined to determine their role in HPR-triggered cell death. The levels of bcl-2 mRNA were markedly diminished by 24 hours of HPR treatment in all cell lines except in the relatively HPR-insensitive line K422. However, probably because of its long half-life, bcl-2 protein levels were either unchanged or only slightly decreased. Downregulation of p53 mRNA was also observed within 24 hours of HPR exposure in NB4 but not K422 cells, but no changes in the amount of p53 protein were found. Suppression of c-myc transcription was observed in all cells except K422. The protective role of bcl-2 on cell death by HPR was investigated in HL60 as well as 697 pre-B leukemia and Jurkat T-acute lymphocytic leukemia (T-ALL) cells constitutively expressing high levels of bcl-2 proteins due to gene transfer manipulation. Compared with control cells, the onset of apoptosis in these cells with deregulated bcl-2 production was delayed by at least 24 hours. These findings establish that cell death by HPR requires RNA transcription and protein synthesis and is regulated by the activation of PKC. Although changes in bcl-2, p53, and c-myc expression are found in cells treated with HPR, the time-course of these events suggests that HPR-triggered apoptosis is not directly controlled by these genes. Finally, while ectopic overexpression of bcl-2 does not protect cells from death by HPR, it markedly delays its onset.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Regulation of apoptosis induced by the retinoid N-(4-hydroxyphenyl) retinamide and effect of deregulated bcl-2. 781 93

The 72-kDa spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) and Src-family kinase p53/56Lyn (Lyn) contribute to signaling via the B-cell antigen receptor complex. Here we show that Syk and Lyn from human B lymphocytes can interact directly. Syk and Lyn coimmunoprecipitated from mature and activated B-cell lines, and gel-purified Syk and Lyn reassociated in vitro, demonstrating their direct interaction. This Syk-Lyn interaction may be dependent on the stage of B-cell differentiation, since Syk-Lyn associations were not detected in pre-B and myeloma cell lines and Syk from an immature B-cell line did not reassociate with Lyn in vitro. Serine/threonine kinase activity was also associated with Syk. Crosslinking of cell surface IgM led to rapid activation of both tyrosine and serine/threonine protein kinase activities that resulted in phosphorylation in vitro of proteins coprecipitating with Syk--in particular, a serine/threonine phosphorylated protein 120 kDa in size (pp120). Several phosphoproteins, including one of 72 kDa and one of 120 kDa, coprecipitated with phospholipase C-gamma 1 (PLC gamma 1). Sequential immunoprecipitation identified the 72-kDa protein associated with PLC gamma 1 as Syk. The 120-kDa serine/threonine phosphorylated protein that coprecipitated with PLC gamma 1 resembled the Syk-associated pp120 by several criteria. Thus, pp120 may serve as a link between Syk and PLC gamma 1, coupling the B-cell antigen receptor to the phosphatidylinositol pathway.
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PMID:Human spleen tyrosine kinase p72Syk associates with the Src-family kinase p53/56Lyn and a 120-kDa phosphoprotein. 783 Dec 90


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