title: Induction of TNF-sensitive cellular phenotype by c-Myc involves p53 and impaired NF-kappaB activation.
abstract: Normal fibroblasts are resistant to the cytotoxic action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), but are rendered TNF-sensitive upon deregulation of c-Myc. To assess if oncoproteins induce the cytotoxic TNF activity by modulating TNF signaling, we investigated the TNF-elicited signaling responses in fibroblasts containing a conditionally active c-Myc protein. In association with cell death, c-Myc impaired TNF-induced activation of phospholipase A2, JNK protein kinase and cell survival-signaling-associated NF-kappaB transcription factor complex. The TNF-induced death of mouse primary fibroblasts expressing deregulated c-Myc was inhibited by transient overexpression of the p65 subunit of NF-kappaB, which increased NF-kappaB activity in the cells. Unlike other TNF-induced signals, TNF-induced accumulation of the wild-type p53 mRNA and protein was not inhibited by c-Myc. TNF, with c-Myc, induced apoptosis in mouse primary fibroblasts but only weakly in p53-deficient primary fibroblasts. The C-terminal domain of p53, which is a transacting dominant inhibitor of wild-type p53, failed to inhibit apoptosis by c-Myc and TNF, suggesting that the cell death was not dependent on the transcription-activating function of p53. Taken together, the present findings show that the cytotoxic activity of TNF towards oncoprotein-expressing cells involves p53 and an impaired signaling for survival in such cells.
authors.affiliation: Molecular/Cancer Biology Laboratory, Haartman Institute, PO Box 21, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klefstrom
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arighi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Littlewood
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jäättelä
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saksela
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Evan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alitalo
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000502:physiology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000172:deficiency / Q000502:physiology; D050998:bcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer Protein
chemical_list: C494773:Bak1 protein, mouse; C494774:Bak1 protein, rat; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D050998:bcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer Protein; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2