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. 1997 Dec;1(1):3-11.
doi: 10.1016/s1097-2765(00)80002-7.

14-3-3sigma is a p53-regulated inhibitor of G2/M progression

H Hermeking  1 , C Lengauer, K Polyak, T C He, L Zhang, S Thiagalingam, K W Kinzler, B Vogelstein
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14-3-3sigma is a p53-regulated inhibitor of G2/M progression

H Hermeking et al. Mol Cell. 1997 Dec.
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Abstract

Exposure of colorectal cancer (CRC) cells to ionizing radiation results in a cell-cycle arrest in G1 and G2. The G1 arrest is due to p53-mediated induction of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21WAF1/CIP1/SDI1, but the basis for the G2 arrest is unknown. Through a quantitative analysis of gene expression patterns in CRC cell lines, we have discovered that 14-3-3sigma is strongly induced by gamma irradiation and other DNA-damaging agents. The induction of 14-3-3sigma is mediated by a p53-responsive element located 1.8 kb upstream of its transcription start site. Exogenous introduction of 14-3-3sigma into cycling cells results in a G2 arrest. As the fission yeast 14-3-3 homologs rad24 and rad25 mediate similar checkpoint effects, these results document a molecular mechanism for G2/M control that is conserved throughout eukaryotic evolution and regulated in human cells by p53.

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