title: Inhibitory role of cAMP on doxorubicin-induced apoptosis in pre-B ALL cells through dephosphorylation of p53 serine residues.
abstract: Exposure of cells to chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin, a DNA-damaging agent, induces an increase in the levels and activity of the wild-type p53 protein. Less well appreciated was the effect of cAMP levels on posttranslational modifications of p53 in response to doxorubicin. Here we show that elevation of cAMP in pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia NALM-6 cells significantly attenuated phosphorylation state of p53 at Ser6, Ser9, Ser15, Ser20, Ser37, Ser46 and Ser392 upon exposure to doxorubicin. Increased cAMP levels also shifted the ratio of the death promoter to death repressor genes via alteration of Bcl-2 and Bax proteins expression. In conclusion, our results suggest that activation of cAMP-signaling system may repress p53-dependent apoptosis in malignant cells exposed to doxorubicin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box # 14155-6183, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Safa
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kazemi
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zand
authors.forename: Azita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azarkeivan
authors.forename: Farhad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zaker
authors.forename: Parisa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hayat
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins; D053148:Caspase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015973:Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D042541:Intracellular Space / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D019319:Okadaic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D010768:Phosphoserine / Q000378:metabolism; D015452:Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D000071636:Protein Phosphatase 2C; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism*; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; D010768:Phosphoserine; D019319:Okadaic Acid; D012694:Serine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; C576324:ATM protein, human; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins; C578634:CHEK2 protein, human; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2; D000071636:Protein Phosphatase 2C; D053148:Caspase 3