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- Title
Mutant p53 targeting by the low molecular weight compound STIMA-1
- Authors
Zache, Nicole; Lambert, Jeremy M.R.; Rökaeus, Nina; Shen, Jinfeng; Hainaut, Pierre; Bergman, Jan; Wiman, Klas G.; Bykov, Vladimir J.N.
- Abstract
Abstract: Reactivation of mutant p53 in human tumor cells should induce cell death by apoptosis and thus eliminate the tumor. Several small molecules that reactivate mutant p53 have been identified. Here we show that STIMA-1, a low molecular weight compound with some structural similarities to the previously identified molecule CP-31398, can stimulate mutant p53 DNA binding in vitro and induce expression of p53 target proteins and trigger apoptosis in mutant p53-expressing human tumor cells. Human diploid fibroblasts are significantly more resistant to STIMA-1 than mutant or wild type p53-carrying tumor cells. STIMA-1 may provide new insights into possible mechanisms of mutant p53 reactivation and thus facilitate the development of novel anticancer drugs that target mutant p53-carrying tumors.
- Subjects
P53 antioncogene; CANCER cells; TUMORS; APOPTOSIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; MOLECULAR weights
- Publication
Molecular Oncology, 2008, Vol 2, Issue 1, p70
- ISSN
1574-7891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.molonc.2008.02.004