Open AccessEstablished cell lines transformed by E2F‐1 overexpression contain wild‐type p53
Author(s) -
Sladek T. L.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
cell proliferation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.647
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1365-2184
pISSN - 0960-7722
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2184.1996.tb00973.x
Subject(s) - transactivation , mutant , transfection , wild type , cell culture , e2f , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , immunoprecipitation , hek 293 cells , reporter gene , gene , apoptosis , transformation (genetics) , transcription factor , gene expression , genetics
. Overexpression of genes encoding E2F transcription factors can transform some cultured cell lines and cause apoptosis of others. Apoptosis due to E2F overexpression requires the presence of wild‐type p53. Cell lines in which stable E2F overexpression is possible might be expected, therefore, to contain mutant p53. In this report, it was asked whether endogenous p53 was mutant or wild‐type in four established fibroblast cell lines that this laboratory previously showed stably overexpressed and were transformed by exogenous E2F‐1. Unexpectedly, it was found that the p53 in these cells was wild‐type by the criteria of immunoprecipitation with conformation‐specific, p53 monoclonal antibodies and by transactivation of a p53‐dependent reporter gene construct in transient transfection assays. These data indicate that stable overexpression of E2F‐1 is possible in the presence of wild‐type p53 and may result in cell transformation.