WILD-TYPE HUMAN P53 IS ANTIPROLIFERATIVE IN SV40-TRANSFORMED HAMSTER-CELLS
- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 5 (7) , 973-980
Abstract
The transformation related protein p53 has been implicated in the process of normal cell proliferation and neoplastic transformation. In this study, the influence of wild type human p53 on cell proliferation was examined. Plasmid constructs encoding the wild type human p53 and various mutant p53 cDNAs, driven by the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) promoter linked to the dominant biochemical selection marker gpt, were used in a colony forming assay employing SV40 transformed HR8 hamster cells. Plasmids encoding wild type p53 drastically reduced the number of gpt+ colonies obtained after transfection, whereas the mutant forms of p53 had no effect. Stable clonal hamster cell lines that constitutively express wild type p53 were isolated and found to have altered growth characteristics (i.e. lower saturation densities, increased doubling times). These findings are consistent with the notion that wild type p53 protein could function as a growth suppressor. The potential role of p53 in the normal cell cycle and in the transformation process is discussed.This publication has 45 references indexed in Scilit:
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