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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
49
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
p53 is known to be recruited in response to DNA-damaging genotoxic stress and plays an important role in maintaining the integrity of the genome. In the present study, the effect of a potent lung cancer carcinogen, benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) on p53 expression was investigated. We showed that exposure of A549 and NIH 3T3 cells to B[a]P resulted in an increase in p53 mRNA levels and in p53 promoter activation, indicating that B[a]P-induced p53 expression is partly regulated at the transcriptional level. The p53 promoter region which extends from -58 to -43, overlapping the kappaB motif, is essential for both the p53 basal promoter activity and p53 promoter activation induced by B[a]P. Nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) proteins have been revealed to be activated in B[a]P-induced p53 expression. Activated NF-kappaB complexes were shown to contain predominantly p50 and p65 subunit components in A549 cells and p65 subunit in NIH 3T3 cells. In addition, the overexpression of IkappaBalpha completely inhibited NF-kappaB activation, p53 promoter transactivation and the stimulatory effect on p53 transcription induced by B[a]P. We therefore conclude that B[a]P transcriptionally activates the human p53 gene through the induction of NF-kappaB activity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
274
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
35240-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10575010-3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Benzo(a)pyrene, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Carcinogens, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-I-kappa B Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:10575010-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Benzo[a]pyrene activates the human p53 gene through induction of nuclear factor kappaB activity.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article