Spillare E A, Robles A I, Wang X W, Shen J C, Yu C E, Schellenberg G D, Harris C C
Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255, USA.
Genes Dev. 1999 Jun 1;13(11):1355-60. doi: 10.1101/gad.13.11.1355.
The WRN DNA helicase is a member of the DExH-containing DNA helicase superfamily that includes XPB, XPD, and BLM. Mutations in WRN are found in patients with the premature aging and cancer susceptibility syndrome known as Werner syndrome (WS). p53 binds to the WRN protein in vivo and in vitro through its carboxyl terminus. WS fibroblasts have an attenuated p53- mediated apoptotic response, and this deficiency can be rescued by expression of wild-type WRN. These data support the hypothesis that p53 can induce apoptosis through the modulation of specific DExH-containing DNA helicases and may have implications for the cancer predisposition observed in WS patients.
WRN DNA解旋酶是含DExH的DNA解旋酶超家族的成员,该超家族包括XPB、XPD和BLM。在患有早衰和癌症易感性综合征(称为沃纳综合征,WS)的患者中发现了WRN的突变。p53在体内和体外均通过其羧基末端与WRN蛋白结合。WS成纤维细胞的p53介导的凋亡反应减弱,这种缺陷可通过野生型WRN的表达得到挽救。这些数据支持以下假设:p53可通过调节特定的含DExH的DNA解旋酶诱导凋亡,并且可能对WS患者中观察到的癌症易感性具有影响。