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. 2002 Jul;2(1):55-65.
doi: 10.1016/s1535-6108(02)00085-5.

E2F transcriptional repressor complexes are critical downstream targets of p19(ARF)/p53-induced proliferative arrest

Benjamin D Rowland  1 , Serguei G Denissov, Sirith Douma, Hendrik G Stunnenberg, René Bernards, Daniel S Peeper
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E2F transcriptional repressor complexes are critical downstream targets of p19(ARF)/p53-induced proliferative arrest

Benjamin D Rowland et al. Cancer Cell. 2002 Jul.
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Abstract

The p16(INK4a)/pRB/E2F and p19(ARF)/p53 tumor suppressor pathways are disrupted in most human cancers. Both p19(ARF) and p53 are required for the induction of senescence in primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), but little is known about their downstream targets. Disruption of E2F-mediated transcriptional repression in MEFs caused a general increase in the expression of E2F target genes, including p19ARF. We detected no contribution of E2F-mediated transactivation in this setting, indicating that a predominant role of endogenous E2F in asynchronously growing primary MEFs is to repress its target genes. Moreover, relief of transcriptional repression by E2F rendered MEFs resistant to senescence induced by either p19(ARF), p53, or RAS(V12). Thus, E2F transcriptional repressor complexes are critical downstream targets of antiproliferative p19(ARF)/p53 signaling.

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