p53 induces angiogenesis-restricted dormancy in a mouse fibrosarcoma |
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Authors: | L Holmgren G Jackson J Arbiser |
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Affiliation: | Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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Abstract: | The p53 tumor-suppressor gene is inactivated in over 50% of all human cancers. In normal cells, p53 induces growth arrest and apoptosis in response to DNA damage. We show that p53 acts as potent tumor-suppressor gene independent of its well-documented effects on tumor-cell proliferation and apoptosis. p53 activates target genes in a murine fibrosarcoma cell-line but does not affect tumor cell-cycle progression or survival. Exogenous expression of wt-p53 does, however, block the angiogenic potential of the tumor cells resulting in formation of dormant tumors in vivo. These data provide evidence that: (1) p53 acts as a tumor suppressor gene independent of its anti-proliferative effects; (2) By inhibiting angiogenesis p53 can indirectly induce apoptosis in vivo but not in vitro; (3) p53-gene therapy which alters a tumors angiogenic potential, can revert tumors to a dormant phenotype. |
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