Mutant p53 accumulates in cycling and proliferating cells in the normal tissues of p53 R172H mutant mice.

ABSTRACT: The tumour suppressor p53 is regulated primarily at the protein level. In normal tissues its levels are maintained at a very low level by the action of specific E3 ligases and the ubiquitin proteosome pathway. The mutant p53 protein contributes to transformation, metastasis and drug resistance. High levels of mutant p53 can be found in tumours and the accumulation of mutant p53 has previously been reported in pathologically normal cells in human skin. We show for the first time that similarly elevated levels of mutant p53 can be detected in apparently normal cells in a mutant p53 knock-in mouse model. In fact, in the small intestine, mutant p53 spontaneously accumulates in a manner dependent on gene dosage and cell type. Mutant p53 protein is regulated similarly to wild type p53, which can

SUBMITTER: Goh AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4627229 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature