title: Essential role for p53-mediated transcription in E1A-induced apoptosis.
abstract: Baby rat kidney (BRK) cell lines transformed by E1A and a temperature-sensitive p53 [tsp53(val135)] undergo rapid apoptosis when p53 assumes the wild-type conformation at the permissive temperature. Wild-type p53 function is therefore required for induction of apoptosis in response to growth deregulation by E1A. BRK cells transformed by E1A and a transcriptionally defective temperature-sensitive p53 [tsp53(22-23val135)] are dramatically impaired for the ability to mediate E1A-induced apoptosis at the permissive temperature. The tsp53(22-23val135), however, still retains some ability to suppress cell growth. Thus, the activity of p53 as a transcription factor is directly correlated with the ability of E1A to induce apoptosis. In addition, there may exist at least two different mechanisms by which p53 can suppress cell-cycle progression, only one of which is dependent on p53-mediated transcription.
authors.affiliation: Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sabbatini
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D017500:Adenovirus E1A Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002455:Cell Division; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D002470:Cell Survival; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D013696:Temperature; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D017500:Adenovirus E1A Proteins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D004247:DNA