title: Oxidative stress regulates the interaction of p16 with Cdk4.
abstract: Oxidative stress can have a myriad of effects on many different cell types. The mechanisms by which these effects occur are not completely known. Chimeric proteins of the GAL4 DNA binding domain and Cdk4, or the GAL4 activation domain with p16, were expressed in the yeast two-hybrid system. Cells expressing these chimeric proteins were cultured with hydrogen peroxide and decreases in beta-galactosidase activity were observed when compared to cells incubated without hydrogen peroxide. When cells, which expressed the intact GAL4 binding protein, were cultured in the presence of hydrogen peroxide the opposite was observed. Incubation of cells with buthionine sulfoximine augmented these responses to hydrogen peroxide. These data suggest that one of the mechanisms by which oxidative stress acts is via the modulation of protein-protein interactions and demonstrate that the yeast two-hybrid system may be a model by which to study protein interactions due to oxidative stress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Leo Jenkins Cancer Center, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Franklin
mesh_terms: D019328:Buthionine Sulfoximine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal / Q000187:drug effects; D017930:Genes, Reporter / Q000235:genetics; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction / Q000187:drug effects; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000187:drug effects; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D015003:Yeasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D019328:Buthionine Sulfoximine; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases; D001616:beta-Galactosidase