Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2018, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (5): 349-353.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2018.05.004

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Involvement of p53 in regulation of DNA damage-induced cell death in MDA-MB-231

JIANG Pengtao, HU Zhifang, GAO Xingchun, GUO Na, ZHANG Dian, JIANG Fengliang   

  1. Department of Immunology, Xi an Medical University, Xi'an 710021, Shaanxi, China
  • Received:2018-05-10 Revised:2018-09-03 Online:2018-09-30 Published:2018-09-30

Abstract: OBJECTIVE:To investigate protective effect against cell death in DNA damage-induced breast 2 cancer cell line MDA-MB-231. METHODS:MDA-MB-231 cells were irradiated with 5 J/m2 UVC and were used to establish our DNA damage cell model. Western blot was used to detect DNA damage marker phospho-H2AX;cell death related proteins:p53, p21, and PARP; and nuclear factor NF-90 which regulates p53 and p21 expression. 2 RESULTS:At 0.5 h after 5 J/m2 UVC irradiation of MDA-MB-231 cells,phospho-H2AX expression was induced (P < 0.05),p21 was degraded (P < 0.05),and phosphor-p53 (p-p53) was induced (P < 0.05). At 8 hours after irradiation, PARP was cleaved (P < 0.05). There were not any significant changes on p53 and NF-90. CONCLUSION:From our cell model of DNA damage in MDA-MB-231 cell line,p21-PARP pathway was involved in induction of cell death,but phosphor-p53 was resistant. These imply that phosphor-p53 showed a protective role on this model.

Key words: breast cancer, DNA damage, cell death, p53, p21

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