Gamma-irradiation-induced micronuclei from mouse hepatoma cells accumulate high levels of the tumor suppressor protein p53 - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1994 Jul 15;54(14):3651-5.

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Gamma-irradiation-induced micronuclei from mouse hepatoma cells accumulate high levels of the tumor suppressor protein p53

C Unger et al. Cancer Res. 1994.

Abstract

The p53 tumor suppressor protein plays an important role in the G1 arrest of cells treated with DNA-damaging agents. Mouse hepatoma cells with wild-type or mutated p53 genotype were gamma-irradiated and the time course of p53 expression was determined by immunocytochemical staining. In p53 wild-type cells, gamma-irradiation led to a transient accumulation of the protein in the nuclei, whereas no such accumulation occurred in p53-mutated cells. Micronuclei were induced by gamma-irradiation in both wild-type and mutated cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner, but only micronuclei from p53 wild-type cells demonstrated a strongly positive staining reaction for p53 protein. This accumulation of p53 protein in micronuclei was not associated with a block in DNA synthesis as evidenced by bromodeoxyuridine labeling experiments.

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