PMID- 10208433 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990601 LR - 20161124 IS - 0950-9232 (Print) IS - 0950-9232 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 9 DP - 1999 Mar 4 TI - DNA damage induced p53 stabilization: no indication for an involvement of p53 phosphorylation. PG - 1723-32 AB - Abundance and activity of p53 are predominantly regulated posttranslationally. Structural disturbance in transcribed genes induced by radiation, e.g. DNA damage, or by transcriptional inhibitors cause p53 protein stabilization by a yet unknown mechanism. Using stable and transient transfections for the analysis of p53 mutant proteins, we have ruled out a role in stabilization by UV, gamma irradiation or actinomycin C for the following putative phosphorylation sites in the p53 protein: serines 6, 9, 15, 33, 315 and 392, and threonine 18. By double mutation combinations of phosphorylations were also ruled out; 6,9; 15,18; 15,37. These mutations eliminate modifications by casein kinases I and II, DNA-PK, ATM, CDK and JNK. Also the 30 carboxyterminal amino acids are not required for induced p53 stabilization. Thus neither phosphorylations of individual amino acids nor interactions of the carboxyterminus of p53 with cellular macromolecules appear to play a role in the stabilization process. The only single prerequisite for induced stabilization of p53 is its prior destabilization by Mdm2. However, the level of active Mdm2 must be controlled carefully: overexpression of Mdm2 inhibits UV induced p53 stabilization. FAU - Blattner, C AU - Blattner C AD - Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut fur Genetik, Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany. FAU - Tobiasch, E AU - Tobiasch E FAU - Litfen, M AU - Litfen M FAU - Rahmsdorf, H J AU - Rahmsdorf HJ FAU - Herrlich, P AU - Herrlich P LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Oncogene JT - Oncogene JID - 8711562 RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Mdm2 protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2) SB - IM MH - 3T3 Cells MH - Animals MH - Binding Sites MH - *DNA Damage MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Mice MH - *Nuclear Proteins MH - Phosphorylation MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2 MH - Transcription, Genetic MH - Transfection MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics/*metabolism EDAT- 1999/04/20 00:00 MHDA- 1999/04/20 00:01 CRDT- 1999/04/20 00:00 PHST- 1999/04/20 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/04/20 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/04/20 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1038/sj.onc.1202480 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncogene. 1999 Mar 4;18(9):1723-32. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202480.