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- Title
An anti-apoptotic role for the p53 family member, p73, during developmental neuron death.
- Authors
Pozniak, C D; Radinovic, S; Yang, A; McKeon, F; Kaplan, D R; Miller, F D
- Abstract
p53 plays an essential pro-apoptotic role, a function thought to be shared with its family members p73 and p63. Here, we show that p73 is primarily present in developing neurons as a truncated isoform whose levels are dramatically decreased when sympathetic neurons apoptose after nerve growth factor (NGF) withdrawal. Increased expression of truncated p73 rescues these neurons from apoptosis induced by NGF withdrawal or p53 overexpression. In p73-/- mice, all isoforms of p73 are deleted and the apoptosis of developing sympathetic neurons is greatly enhanced. Thus, truncated p73 is an essential anti-apoptotic protein in neurons, serving to counteract the pro-apoptotic function of p53.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2000, Vol 289, Issue 5477, p304
- ISSN
0036-8075
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.289.5477.304