| First Author | Wikonkal NM | Year | 2003 |
| Journal | Nat Cell Biol | Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 7 | Pages | 655-60 |
| PubMed ID | 12833065 | Mgi Jnum | J:84051 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:2664656 | Doi | 10.1038/ncb1001 |
| Citation | Wikonkal NM, et al. (2003) Inactivating E2f1 reverts apoptosis resistance and cancer sensitivity in Trp53-deficient mice. Nat Cell Biol 5(7):655-60 |
| abstractText | The E2f1 transcription factor, which regulates genes required for S-phase entry, also induces apoptosis by transcriptional and post-translational mechanisms. As E2f1 is inducible by DNA damage we investigated its importance in vivo in ultraviolet (UV)-induced apoptosis, a protective mechanism that prevents the epidermis from accumulating UV-induced mutations. Contrary to expectation, E2f1-/- mice demonstrated enhanced keratinocyte apoptosis after UVB exposure, whereas apoptosis was suppressed by epidermis-specific overexpression of human E2F1. Apoptosis induced by -radiation was also repressed by E2f1. E2f1-/-;Trp53-/- double knockout mice exhibited the elevated UVB-induced apoptosis of E2f1-/- alone, rather than the profound apoptosis defect seen in Trp53-/- mice, indicating that Trp53 (p53) lies functionally upstream of E2f1. Transfecting E2F1 into E2f1-/-;Trp53-/- primary fibroblasts suppressed UVB-induced apoptosis and this suppression was relieved by Trp53. The double knockout also reverted the abnormal sex ratio and early-onset tumours of Trp53-/- mice. These results imply that E2f1 functions as a suppressor of an apoptosis pathway that is initiated by DNA photoproducts and perhaps genetic abnormalities; p53 relieves this suppression. |
