title: Identification and characterization of multiple mdm-2 proteins and mdm-2-p53 protein complexes.
abstract: A protein product of the mdm-2 oncogene (p90) has been recently shown to associate with the protein encoded by the tumor-suppressor gene p53. The mdm-2 gene was originally identified as a gene amplified in a spontaneously transformed Balb/c 3T3 cell line (3T3DM). This report describes the characterization of mdm-2 gene products and their interactions with the p53 protein. Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies were generated against murine and human mdm-2 protein. These antibodies detected the mdm-2 p90 protein and at least four additional polypeptides (p85, p76, p74, p58-p57) in cultured cells. These additional proteins may arise from different spliced mRNA forms of the mdm-2 gene or post-translational modifications of the mdm-2 protein. The monoclonal antibodies distinguished at least three sets of mdm-2 proteins with distinct combinations of epitopes (p90 and p85; p76 and p74; p58-57). One or two of these proteins forms a complex with the p53 protein (p90, p58). These mdm-2 proteins were found to be overexpressed in 3T3DM cells and a subset of these proteins were complexed with p53. In 3T3DM cells, p90, like p53, had a short half-life of approximately 20 min and was localized to the cell nucleus. In resting cells stimulated with serum p90 levels and p90/p53 complex levels increased in the late G1 phase of the cell cycle. The p90 mdm-2 protein could regulate p53 activity in the late G1 phase of the cell cycle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544-1014.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Marechal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Momand
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romocki
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D002453:Cell Cycle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D000939:Epitopes; D006801:Humans; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051379:Mice; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051736:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2; D016196:S Phase; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism*; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; C497206:MDM2 protein, human; C497207:Mdm2 protein, mouse; D051736:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2