The human ΔNp53 isoform triggers metabolic and gene expression changes that activate mTOR and alter mitochondrial function.

ABSTRACT: A naturally occurring p53 isoform that lacks 39 residues at the N-terminus (denoted ΔNp53), when expressed with wild-type p53 (WTp53), forms mixed ΔNp53:WTp53 tetramers and causes accelerated aging in mice. Cellular alterations specific to ΔNp53:WTp53 have been difficult to assess because ΔNp53 and WTp53 coexpression results in tetramer heterogeneity, including formation of contaminating WTp53 tetramers. Based on the p53 tetramer structure, we expressed ΔNp53 and WTp53 as a single transcript that maintained tetramer architecture, ensuring a 2:2 ΔNp53:WTp53 stoichiometry. As expected, ΔNp53:WTp53 tetramers were stable and transcriptionally active in vitro and in cells, largely mimicking the function of WTp53 tetramers. Microarray analyses, however, revealed about 80 genes whose expression w

SUBMITTER: Lin SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3773055 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature