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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-11-15
pubmed:abstractText
Hydoxyurea induces senescence-like growth arrest in normal human fibroblasts. p21(WAF/CIP1/SDI1), a cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor, was found to be upregulated during this growth arrest. Levels of p21(WAF/CIP1/SDI1) protein and mRNA were increased nine-fold by hydroxyurea in these cells. In order to determine whether p21(WAF/CIP1/SDI1) mRNA is increased by hydroxyurea at the transcriptional level, human fibroblast cells were transfected with reporter constructs containing a p21(WAF/CIP1/SDI1) promoter fragment and then treated with hydroxyurea. The luciferase activities in the reporter-transfected fibroblast cells were not increased by hydroxyurea, indicating that p21(WAF/CIP1/SDI1) transcription was not elevated by hydroxyurea. The half-life of the p21(WAF/CIP1/SDI1) mRNA was increased by 2.5-fold but that of p21(WAF/CIP1/SDI1) protein was not. Our results suggest that increased mRNA stability is the major mechanism of p21(WAF/CIP1/SDI1) elevation in the hydroxyurea-induced growth arrest of human fibroblasts.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0047-6374
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
126
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1255-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Cell Aging, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Hydroxyurea, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Nucleic Acid Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:16111738-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
p21WAF/CIP1/SDI1 is upregulated due to increased mRNA stability during hydroxyurea-induced senescence of human fibroblasts.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Hallym University, 1 Okchon-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do 200-702, South Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't