p27Kip1 stabilization is essential for the maintenance of cell cycle arrest in response to DNA damage.
p27Kip1 stabilization is essential for the maintenance of cell cycle arrest in response to DNA damage.
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DOI:
10.1158/0008-5472.can-09-0729
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发表时间:
2009-11-15
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影响因子:
11.2
通讯作者:
Fernandez-Capetillo O
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作者:
Cuadrado M;Gutierrez-Martinez P;Swat A;Nebreda AR;Fernandez-Capetillo O
One of the current models of cancer proposes that oncogenes activate a DNA damage response (DDR), which would limit the growth of the tumor in its earliest stages. In this context, and in contrast to studies focused on the acute responses to a one-time genotoxic insult, understanding how cells respond to a persistent source of DNA damage might become critical for future studies in the field. We here report the discovery of a novel damage-responsive pathway, which involves p27kip1 and retinoblastoma tumour suppressors (TS), and which is only implemented after a persistent exposure to clastogens. In agreement with its late activation, we show that this pathway is critical for the maintenance –but not the initiation- of the cell cycle arrest triggered by DNA damage. Interestingly, this late response is independent of the canonical ATM- and ATR-dependent DDR, but downstream of p38 MAPK. Our results might help to reconcile the oncogene-induced DNA damage model with the clinical evidence that points to non-DDR members as the most important TSs in human cancer.