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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
29
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-7-3
pubmed:abstractText
We previously reported that actin damage by treatment with an actin-depolymerizing agent including pectenotoxin-2 induces Bim-mediated apoptosis in p53-deficient human tumors. In this study, we investigated a molecular mechanism underlying Bim-mediated apoptosis of p53-deficient tumor cells following actin damage. We found that actin inhibitors increased the protein levels of p53 and p21 and thereby inactivated both Cdk2 and Cdc2 kinases. However, p53- or p21-knockout cells fail to induce p21 and hence kept both Cdk2 and Cdc2 kinases active even after treatment with actin inhibitor. The p53- or p21-knockout cells became multinucleate and polyploidy in association with induction of apoptosis. Expression of Bcl-x(L) resulted in accumulation of polyploid cells in association with inhibition of apoptosis. However, expression of a dominant negative mutant (Cdk2dn) and treatment with chemical inhibitors for Cdk2 suppressed not only accumulation of multinucleated cells, but also induction of Bim expression and apoptosis. Therefore, these results suggest that Bim-mediated apoptosis following actin damage due to deregulation of Cdk2 and the cell cycle by the absence of functional p53.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Actins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/BCL2L1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bcl-2-like protein 11, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CDC2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CDK2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclin B, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Furans, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pyrans, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TP53 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/bcl-X Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/pectenotoxin 2
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1476-5594
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4115-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Deregulation of Cdk2 causes Bim-mediated apoptosis in p53-deficient tumors following actin damage.
pubmed:affiliation
National Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't