title: Differential response of p53 target genes to p73 overexpression in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell line.
abstract: p73, the first p53 gene homologue, encodes an array of p73 proteins including p73 alpha full-length (TAp73 alpha) and amino-truncated isoforms (Delta Np73 alpha), two proteins with opposite biological functions. TAp73 alpha can induce tumor suppressive properties, while Delta Np73 alpha antagonizes p53 as well as TAp73 in a dominant-negative manner. In human malignant neuroblasts, p53 protein is wild-type but known to be excluded from the nucleus, therefore disabling its function as a tumor suppressor. The present study investigates whether there is a functional link between p73 isoforms and p53 in neuroblastoma. Experiments were performed on two neuroblastoma cell lines differing in their p53 status, e.g. wild-type p53 SH-5Y5Y cells and mutated p53 IGR-N-91 cells. Data indicate that (i) both TA- and Delta N-p73 alpha enhance p53 protein level in SH-SY5Y cells, whereas level remains unchanged in IGR-N-91 cells; (ii) only in SH-SY5Y cells does forced TAp73 alpha overexpression markedly induce nuclear accumulation of p53 protein; (iii) p21 protein expression is increased in both cell lines infected with TAp73, suggesting that, in IGR-N-91 cells, p21 is induced by p73 through a p53-independent pathway; (iv) in the SHSY5Y cell line, Btg2 expression is strongly enhanced in cells overexpressing TA, and to a lesser extent in cells overexpressing Delta N. Taken together our results suggest that TAp73 may restore p53 function in NB with wild-type nonfunctional p53, but not in NB with mutated p53.
authors.affiliation: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Unité Mixte de Recherche 8126, 39 rue Camille Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goldschneider
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blanc
authors.forename: Gilda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raguénez
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barrois
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Legrand
authors.forename: Gwenaëlle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Le Roux
authors.forename: Hedi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haddada
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bénard
authors.forename: Sétha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Douc-Rasy
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000502:physiology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D000072160:Tumor Protein p73; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D054462:p21-Activated Kinases
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; C000606460:TP73 protein, human; D000072160:Tumor Protein p73; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C000606369:delta Np73 protein, human; C070114:BTG2 protein, human; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D054462:p21-Activated Kinases