title: hNRAGE, a human neurotrophin receptor interacting MAGE homologue, regulates p53 transcriptional activity and inhibits cell proliferation.
abstract: hNRAGE, a neurotrophin receptor p75 interacting MAGE homologue, is cloned from a human placenta cDNA library. hNRAGE can inhibit the colony formation of and arrest cell proliferation at the G1/S and G2/M stages in hNRAGE overexpressing cells. Interestingly, hNRAGE also increases the p53 protein level as well as its phosphorylation (Ser392). Further studies demonstrated that hNRAGE does not affect the proliferation of mouse p53-/- embryonic fibroblasts, suggesting that p53 function is required for hNRAGE induced cell cycle arrest. Moreover, the cell cycle inhibiting protein p21(WAF) is induced by hNRAGE in a p53 dependent manner. The data provide original evidence that hNRAGE arrests cell growth through a p53 dependent pathway.
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, PR China.
authors.forename: Chuan-Jun
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Wen-Xin
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Mingyan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Min-Yue
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Dong-Hong
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Jian-Ren
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Chao-Jun
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D002455:Cell Division; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007399:Interphase; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; C493956:CDKN1A protein, human; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins; C120897:MAGED1 protein, human; C486541:Maged1 protein, mouse; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53