title: Partial characterization of the woodchuck tumor suppressor, p53, and its interaction with woodchuck hepatitis virus X antigen in hepatocarcinogenesis.
abstract: Full length cDNAs for p53 were made by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction of total RNA from two normal woodchuck livers. Two randomly chosen clones from each liver were sequenced and shown to be identical. This sequence revealed 80% or more identity with p53 sequences from human, monkey, and mouse. The cDNA was translated into a 55 kD protein in vitro that was immunoprecipitated by antibodies to p53. Cotranslation of woodchuck p53 with woodchuck hepatitis virus X antigen, followed by immunoprecipitation suggested X/p53 complex formation. Similar complexes were also immunoprecipitated from extracts of infected liver, but not from uninfected liver. The finding of X/p53 complexes in vivo and in vitro in the woodchuck hepadnavirus system, combined with analogous data with hepatitis B, suggests a common mechanism by which these viruses contribute to hepatocellular transformation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-6799, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Feitelson
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Ranganathan
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Clayton
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D016158:Genes, p53; D000882:Haplorhini; D017919:Hepatitis B Virus, Woodchuck / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D008392:Marmota; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D054334:Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins
chemical_list: D015534:Trans-Activators; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D054334:Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins; C057628:hepatitis B virus X protein