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Sustained Activation of the JNK Cascade and Rapamycin-induced Apoptosis Are Suppressed by P53/p21(Cip1)

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Journal Mol Cell
Publisher Cell Press
Specialty Cell Biology
Date 2003 Jun 25
PMID 12820963
Citations 78
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Abstract

Under serum-free conditions, rapamycin, an inhibitor of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), induces apoptosis of cells lacking functional p53. Cells expressing wild-type p53 or p21(Cip1)arrest in G1 and remain viable. In cells lacking functional p53, rapamycin or amino acid deprivation induces rapid and sustained activation of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1), c-Jun N-terminal kinase, and elevation of phosphorylated c-Jun that results in apoptosis. This stress response depends on expression of eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding protein 1 and is suppressed by p21(Cip1) independent of cell cycle arrest. Rapamycin induces p21(Cip1) binding to ASK1, suppressing kinase activity and attenuating cellular stress. These results suggest that inhibition of mTOR triggers a potentially lethal response that is prevented only in cells expressing p21(Cip1).

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