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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21cip1/waf1 negatively regulates the progression of cell cycle and the potential usefulness of p21cip1/waf1 gene is proposed in gene therapy. However, studies have demonstrated a protective role of p21cip1/waf1 against apoptosis and little is known about effects of ectopic expression of p21cip1/waf1 on differentiation of colon cancer cells. In the present study, we found diffuse p21cip1/waf1 expression in only a few clinical samples of colorectal cancer with wild-type p53 gene. To explore the role of p21cip1/waf1 in cell growth, apoptosis and differentiation, we constitutively overexpressed p21cip1/waf1 in HT29 colon carcinoma cells. Ectopic overexpression of p21cip1/waf1 was associated with inhibition of CDK2-associated kinase activity, indicating the functionality of the introduced p21cip1/waf1 gene. Overexpression of p21cip1/waf1 caused an appreciable growth inhibition in monolayer and soft agar cultures and it significantly reduced sodium butyrate- but not 5-fluorouracil-induced apoptosis. p21cip1/waf1 overexpressing cells exhibited marked decrease of intestinal differentiation when assayed with intestinal alkaline phosphatase. Our findings suggest that introduction of p21cip1/waf1 gene into colon cancer cells may be useful for inhibiting cell growth but caution should be taken regarding the increased resistance to certain apoptosis-inducing agents and dysregulation of endogenous p21cip1/waf1-mediated differentiation process.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1019-6439
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
69-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Agar, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Alkaline Phosphatase, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Butyric Acids, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Carcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Colonic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Fluorouracil, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Inhibitory Concentration 50, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Isobutyric Acids, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15942645-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of p21cip1/waf1 overexpression on growth, apoptosis and differentiation in human colon carcinoma cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article