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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-5-9
pubmed:abstractText
The tumor suppressor p53 functions as a transcriptional activator to induce cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in response to DNA damage. Although p53 was also shown to mediate apoptosis in a manner independent of its transactivation activity, the mechanism and conditions that trigger such cell death have remained largely unknown. We have now shown that inhibition of RNA polymerase II-mediated transcription by alpha-amanitin or RNA interference induced p53-dependent apoptosis. Inhibition of pol II-mediated transcription resulted in down-regulation of p21Cip1, which was caused by both transcriptional suppression and protein degradation, despite eliciting p53 accumulation, allowing the cells to progress into S phase and then to undergo apoptosis. This cell death did not require the transcription of p53 target genes and was preceded by translocation of the accumulated p53 to mitochondria. Our data thus suggested that blockade of pol II-mediated transcription induced p53 accumulation in mitochondria and was the critical factor for eliciting p53-dependent but transcription-independent apoptosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
280
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19166-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-5-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Amanitins, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-G1 Phase, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-RNA Interference, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-RNA Polymerase II, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-S Phase, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Subcellular Fractions, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, pubmed-meshheading:15753095-Ultraviolet Rays
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Transcriptional blockade induces p53-dependent apoptosis associated with translocation of p53 to mitochondria.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Tumor Genetics and Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article