STATUS OF THE MDM-2 AND WAF-1 GENES IN MOUSE EPIDERMAL JB6 VARIANTS HARBORING WILD-TYPE P53 - A P53-INDEPENDENT INDUCTION OF WAF-1

  • Authors:
    • Y SUN
    • ZG DONG
    • J JACKMAN
    • G HEGAMYER
    • H KIM
    • NH COLBURN
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  • Published online on: February 1, 1995     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.6.2.465
  • Pages: 465-471
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Abstract

Mutational inactivation of the p53 tumor suppressor gene has been found not to be involved in preneoplastic-to-neoplastic progression in mouse JB6 variants. To examine the role of an inactivated p53 pathway in this tumor promotion/progression model, we have studied the possible alteration of the MDM-2 oncogene, a gene whose product binds to and inactivates p53, and WAF-1 tumor suppressor gene, a gene transcriptionally controlled by p53 that mediates p53 tumor suppression. Alteration of either of these two genes might mimic p53 inactivation in cells expressing wild-type p53. Northern analysis revealed that MDM-2 expression was, in general, upregulated in neoplastic JB6 cells as compared with preneoplastic cells. This higher expression was not due to the gene amplification. Mutational analysis of WAF-1 revealed a) no point mutation in neoplastic cells; b) two polymorphic sites; and c) three nucleotide disagreements with the published sequence. Expression of the WAF-1 gene was also found to be, in general, higher in neoplastic cells, and induced by TPA and/or TNF-alpha in a p53-independent manner. The overall induced level of WAF-1 mRNA was higher in apoptosis sensitive cells after TPA/TNF-alpha treatment, suggesting a role of WAF-1 in mediating apoptosis. We conclude from this study that a) there is no evidence for mutational inactivation of WAF-1 that might mimic p53 inactivation in the JB6 model; b) elevated expression of MDM-2 and/or WAF-1 might be involved in neoplastic progression; and c) there is a p53-independent pathway controlling WAF-1 expression which may mediate p53-independent apoptosis.

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SUN Y, DONG Z, JACKMAN J, HEGAMYER G, KIM H and COLBURN N: STATUS OF THE MDM-2 AND WAF-1 GENES IN MOUSE EPIDERMAL JB6 VARIANTS HARBORING WILD-TYPE P53 - A P53-INDEPENDENT INDUCTION OF WAF-1. Int J Oncol 6: 465-471, 1995
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SUN, Y., DONG, Z., JACKMAN, J., HEGAMYER, G., KIM, H., & COLBURN, N. (1995). STATUS OF THE MDM-2 AND WAF-1 GENES IN MOUSE EPIDERMAL JB6 VARIANTS HARBORING WILD-TYPE P53 - A P53-INDEPENDENT INDUCTION OF WAF-1. International Journal of Oncology, 6, 465-471. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.6.2.465
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SUN, Y., DONG, Z., JACKMAN, J., HEGAMYER, G., KIM, H., COLBURN, N."STATUS OF THE MDM-2 AND WAF-1 GENES IN MOUSE EPIDERMAL JB6 VARIANTS HARBORING WILD-TYPE P53 - A P53-INDEPENDENT INDUCTION OF WAF-1". International Journal of Oncology 6.2 (1995): 465-471.
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SUN, Y., DONG, Z., JACKMAN, J., HEGAMYER, G., KIM, H., COLBURN, N."STATUS OF THE MDM-2 AND WAF-1 GENES IN MOUSE EPIDERMAL JB6 VARIANTS HARBORING WILD-TYPE P53 - A P53-INDEPENDENT INDUCTION OF WAF-1". International Journal of Oncology 6, no. 2 (1995): 465-471. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.6.2.465