PMID- 10581258 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000131 LR - 20161019 IS - 0261-4189 (Print) IS - 0261-4189 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 23 DP - 1999 Dec 1 TI - Phosphorylation of human p53 by p38 kinase coordinates N-terminal phosphorylation and apoptosis in response to UV radiation. PG - 6845-54 AB - Components of the ras signaling pathway contribute to activation of cellular p53. In MCF-7 cells, p38 kinase activated p53 more effectively than other members of the ras pathway. p53 and p38 kinase exist in the same physical complex, and co-expression of p38 stabilized p53 protein. In vitro, p38 kinase phosphorylated p53 at Ser33 and Ser46, a newly identified site. Mutation of these sites decreased p53-mediated and UV-induced apoptosis, and the reduction correlated with total abrogation of UV-induced phosphorylation on Ser37 and a significant decrease in Ser15 phosphorylation in mutant p53 containing alanine at Ser33 and Ser46. Inhibition of p38 activation after UV irradiation decreased phosphorylation of Ser33, Ser37 and Ser15, and also markedly reduced UV-induced apoptosis in a p53-dependent manner. These results suggest that p38 kinase plays a prominent role in an integrated regulation of N-terminal phosphorylation that regulates p53-mediated apoptosis after UV radiation. FAU - Bulavin, D V AU - Bulavin DV AD - Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. FAU - Saito, S AU - Saito S FAU - Hollander, M C AU - Hollander MC FAU - Sakaguchi, K AU - Sakaguchi K FAU - Anderson, C W AU - Anderson CW FAU - Appella, E AU - Appella E FAU - Fornace, A J Jr AU - Fornace AJ Jr LA - eng GR - GM52825/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - EMBO J JT - The EMBO journal JID - 8208664 RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - EC 2.3.1.28 (Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - OF5P57N2ZX (Alanine) SB - IM MH - Alanine/metabolism MH - Apoptosis/*radiation effects MH - Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase/metabolism MH - DNA Damage MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Humans MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Phosphorylation/radiation effects MH - Plasmids/metabolism MH - Serine/metabolism MH - Time Factors MH - Transcription, Genetic MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Ultraviolet Rays MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases PMC - PMC1171747 EDAT- 1999/12/03 09:00 MHDA- 2001/03/28 10:01 CRDT- 1999/12/03 09:00 PHST- 1999/12/03 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/03/28 10:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/12/03 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1093/emboj/18.23.6845 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - EMBO J. 1999 Dec 1;18(23):6845-54. doi: 10.1093/emboj/18.23.6845.