| Literature DB >> 8795570 |
K J Williams1, J Heighway, J M Birch, J D Norton, D Scott.
Abstract
The radiation response of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-immortalised lymphoblastoid cell lines derive from Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) and LFS-like individuals was investigated. Cells from all LFS and LFS-like cases showed an accumulation of p53 protein following 137Cs gamma-irradiation, which was associated with cell cycle arrest at the G1/S border. This response was indistinguishable from that seen in cells derived from normal individuals, and occurred in cases with missense mutations in the TP53 gene at codons 175, 180, 220 and 248 and also in two LFS-like individuals with no TP53 mutation. Previous studies using lymphocytes and fibroblasts from LFS individuals have demonstrated abnormal radiation responses in these cells. This suggest cell type specificity in the contribution of a mutant p53 protein to phenotype.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8795570 PMCID: PMC2074690 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.424
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Cancer ISSN: 0007-0920 Impact factor: 7.640