title: Insights into apoptosis mechanisms induced by DNA-damaging agents in Burkitt's lymphoma cells.
abstract: p53 protein induces cell cycle arrest, DNA repair, or apoptosis of damaged cells. Loss of wild-type p53 (wt-p53) function was shown to be associated with upregulation of survivin and resistance to therapy. Here we investigated the effects of DNA-damage agents in inducing apoptosis and cell cycle arrest, and modulation of survivin levels in two Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) cell lines with different p53 mutations. Our results showed that BL cell lines have variable response to DNA-damaging agents that cannot be correlated exclusively with p53 mutation or survivin expression suggesting that p53-independent transactivation may play a role in apoptosis induced by DNA-damaging agents.
authors: Hospital do Cancer I, Instituto Nacional de Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors: Eliane Pereira
authors: EP
authors: Simões Magluta
authors: Flavia da Cunha
authors: FC
authors: Vasconcelos
authors: Raquel Ciuvalschi
authors: RC
authors: Maia
authors: Claudete Esteves
authors: CE
authors: Klumb
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 / Q000378:metabolism; D004249:DNA Damage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005047:Etoposide / Q000494:pharmacology; D005720:Gamma Rays; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D000077022:Survivin; D013997:Time Factors; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; C107489:BIRC5 protein, human; C493956:CDKN1A protein, human; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D000077022:Survivin; C495901:TP53 protein, human; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D005047:Etoposide; D004317:Doxorubicin; D002945:Cisplatin