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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-1-10
pubmed:abstractText
The ras-oncogene-encoded p21 protein causes malignant transformation of NIH 3T3 cells and maturation of Xenopus oocytes when microinjected into these cells. P21 is known to interact with GTPase activating protein (GAP) intracellularly. Residues 32-45 of p21 have been implicated in interacting with GAP. In a previous study, we demonstrated that a synthetic peptide containing residues 35-47 from the GAP-binding region of p21 could block in vivo the effects of oncogenic p21 protein. It has also been found that an antibiotic, azatyrosine, blocks ras-initiated cell transformation. We now demonstrate that both of these agents inhibit the ras-p21 protein-induced maturation of Xenopus oocytes in a dose-related manner when microinjected into oocytes. The effects of each of these agents is specific. Both agents block insulin-induced maturation of oocytes, a process which is known to involve activation of endogenous normal p21 protein. On the other hand, neither agent inhibited oocyte maturation induced by progesterone, which is known to initiate oocyte maturation by ras-independent pathways. The inhibitory effects of the peptide were not mimicked by a control peptide from the CD4 receptor protein. Furthermore, the effect of azatyrosine was not mimicked by L-tyrosine. These results suggest that both the peptide and azatyrosine have potent anti-ras effects intracellularly.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0250-7005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:geneSymbol
ras
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1373-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1746893-3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Alanine, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Antibiotics, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-GTPase-Activating Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Genes, ras, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Progesterone, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), pubmed-meshheading:1746893-Xenopus laevis, pubmed-meshheading:1746893-ras GTPase-Activating Proteins
pubmed:articleTitle
A peptide from the GAP-binding domain of the ras-p21 protein and azatyrosine block ras-induced maturation of Xenopus oocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, New York University, NY 10003.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't