PMID- 10391251 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990721 LR - 20161124 IS - 0028-0836 (Print) IS - 0028-0836 (Linking) VI - 399 IP - 6738 DP - 1999 Jun 24 TI - p73 is regulated by tyrosine kinase c-Abl in the apoptotic response to DNA damage. PG - 814-7 AB - The protein p73 is a structural and functional homologue of the p53 tumour-suppressor protein but, unlike p53, it is not induced in response to DNA damage. The tyrosine kinase c-Abl is activated by certain DNA-damaging agents and contributes to the induction of programmed cell death (apoptosis) by p53-dependent and p53-independent mechanisms. Here we show that c-Abl binds to p73 in cells, interacting through its SH3 domain with the carboxy-terminal homo-oligomerization domain of p73. c-Abl phosphorylates p73 on a tyrosine residue at position 99 both in vitro and in cells that have been exposed to ionizing radiation. Our results show that c-Abl stimulates p73-mediated transactivation and apoptosis. This regulation of p73 by c-Abl in response to DNA damage is also demonstrated by a failure of ionizing-radiation-induced apoptosis after disruption of the c-Abl-p73 interaction. These findings show that p73 is regulated by a c-Abl-dependent mechanism and that p73 participates in the apoptotic response to DNA damage. FAU - Yuan, Z M AU - Yuan ZM AD - Department of Cancer Cell Biology, Harvard School of Public Health, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. FAU - Shioya, H AU - Shioya H FAU - Ishiko, T AU - Ishiko T FAU - Sun, X AU - Sun X FAU - Gu, J AU - Gu J FAU - Huang, Y Y AU - Huang YY FAU - Lu, H AU - Lu H FAU - Kharbanda, S AU - Kharbanda S FAU - Weichselbaum, R AU - Weichselbaum R FAU - Kufe, D AU - Kufe D LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Nature JT - Nature JID - 0410462 RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Trp73 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Tumor Protein p73) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl) SB - IM CIN - Nature. 1999 Jun 24;399(6738):734-5, 737. PMID: 10391235 EIN - Nature 1999 Aug 19;400(6746):792 MH - Animals MH - *Apoptosis MH - Binding Sites MH - COS Cells MH - Cell Line MH - *DNA Damage MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Genes, Tumor Suppressor MH - Mice MH - Nuclear Proteins/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Binding MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl/*metabolism MH - Recombinant Proteins/metabolism MH - Tumor Protein p73 MH - Tumor Suppressor Proteins MH - src Homology Domains EDAT- 1999/07/03 10:00 MHDA- 2001/03/23 10:01 CRDT- 1999/07/03 10:00 PHST- 1999/07/03 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/03/23 10:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/07/03 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1038/21704 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nature. 1999 Jun 24;399(6738):814-7. doi: 10.1038/21704.