Cooperative effects of genes controlling the G(2)/M checkpoint.
Cooperative effects of genes controlling the G(2)/M checkpoint.
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DOI:
10.1101/gad.14.13.1584
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发表时间:
2000-07
影响因子:
10.5
通讯作者:
Timothy A. Chan;Paul M. Hwang;H. Hermeking;K. Kinzler;B. Vogelstein
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作者:
Timothy A. Chan;Paul M. Hwang;H. Hermeking;K. Kinzler;B. Vogelstein
It is believed that multiple effectors independently control the checkpoints permitting transitions between cell cycle phases. However, this has not been rigorously demonstrated in mammalian cells. The p53-induced genes p21 and 14-3-3sigma are each required for the G(2) arrest and allow a specific test of this fundamental tenet. We generated human cells deficient in both p21 and 14-3-3sigma and determined whether the double knockout was more sensitive to DNA damage than either single knockout. p21(-/-) 14-3-3sigma(-/-) cells were significantly more sensitive to DNA damage or to the exogenous expression of p53 than cells lacking only p21 or only 14-3-3sigma. Thus, p21 and 14-3-3sigma play distinct but complementary roles in the G(2)/M checkpoint, and help explain why genes at the nodal points of growth arrest pathways, like p53, are the targets of mutation in cancer cells.