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What is p53?
After the identification of the p53 protein and the subsequent cloning of p53 genes from several species, early observations suggested that p53 may function as an ontogeny, because over expression of p53 appeared to cause monogenic transformation of cells. In the late 1980s, however, several critical discoveries defined the normal function of p53 to be anti-monogenic. Wild-type p53 genes, when introduced into cells, were found to be growth suppressive. The screening of DNA from colon cancer patients revealed that p53 mutations occur with unusually high frequency in tumor tissue, an observation that was extended to most of the other major forms of human cancer. Indeed, members of Li-Freemen cancer-prone families were shown to carry germ-line p53 mutations. The importance of these observations was underscored by the finding that mice that are homozygous null for p53, although developmentally competent, are highly predisposed to tumors.雖然環(huán)境因子影響p53活性及穩(wěn)定性的事實(shí)已知已久,其間的分子機(jī)轉(zhuǎn)仍不清楚。蛋白質(zhì)的磷酸化(phosphorylation)一向被認(rèn)為在訊息傳遞上扮演重要的角色。事實(shí)上,經(jīng)由我們及其他實(shí)驗(yàn)室的研究發(fā)現(xiàn),p53在經(jīng)過紫外線,伽傌射線照射后,其N端的數(shù)個胺基酸(第15,20,33,37)有磷酸化的現(xiàn)象。這種磷酸化發(fā)生極為快速,幾乎是在照射后數(shù)分鐘內(nèi)即已產(chǎn)生,而持續(xù)多久則視胺基酸位置、刺激型態(tài),及細(xì)胞種類而異。至于這些磷酸化與p53的反應(yīng)之關(guān)聯(lián)性則仍有待證明。最近我們發(fā)現(xiàn)有兩個在細(xì)胞分裂(Cell cycle)的檢查點(diǎn)(checkpoint)上扮演著重要調(diào)控功能的磷酸化酵素(kinas) hCHK1,CHK2可以有效的磷酸化p53。有趣的是,磷酸化的胺基酸中包括了那些可以被紫外線、伽傌線引起的位置,即第15,20及37胺基酸。我們正著手研究可能的CHKs的上游分子及p53在CHKs磷酸化后功能之變化。此外, 不同的環(huán)境因子與p53聯(lián)系的方式可能各異,有些可能透過磷酸化以外的方式進(jìn)行。 我們希望能先定出p53序列中與環(huán)境因子互動有關(guān)的區(qū)域(domain),再由此找出與調(diào)節(jié)p53穩(wěn)定性有關(guān)的機(jī)制及分子。
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