Overexpression of MYC causes p53-dependent G2 arrest of normal fibroblasts
AUTOR(ES)
Felsher, Dean W.
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
Overexpression of the proto-oncogene MYC has been implicated in the genesis of diverse human cancers. One explanation for the role of MYC in tumorigenesis has been that this gene might drive cells inappropriately through the division cycle, leading to the relentless proliferation characteristic of the neoplastic phenotype. Herein, we report that the overexpression of MYC alone cannot sustain the division cycle of normal cells but instead leads to their arrest in G2. We used an inducible form of the MYC protein to stimulate normal human and rodent fibroblasts. The stimulated cells passed through G1 and S but arrested in G2 and frequently became aneuploid, presumably as a result of inappropriate reinitiation of DNA synthesis. Absence of the tumor suppressor gene p53 or its downstream effector p21 reduced the frequency of both G2 arrest and aneuploidy, apparently by compromising the G2 checkpoint control. Thus, relaxation of the G2 checkpoint may be an essential early event in tumorigenesis by MYC. The loss of p53 function seems to be one mechanism by which this relaxation commonly occurs. These findings dramatize how multiple genetic events can collaborate to produce neoplastic cells.
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