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Inactivation of p53 and life span extension of human diploid fibroblasts by mot-2.

Normal human lung fibroblasts were transfected with expression plasmids encoding mot-2, an hsp70 family member that is associated with the immortal phenotype. After the empty vector-transfected controls had become senescent and positive for senescence-associated beta-galactosidase (SA-beta-gal), the mot-2-expressing cells continued to proliferate for an additional 12-18 population doublings and showed a young cell morphology and much lower SA-beta-gal activity. The tumor suppressor p53 was found to be transcriptionally inactivated in life span-extended cells. We have thus shown for the first time that overexpression of mot-2 in normal human cells is able to permit their temporary escape from senescence.[1]

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  1. Inactivation of p53 and life span extension of human diploid fibroblasts by mot-2. Kaula, S.C., Reddelb, R.R., Sugiharac, T., Mitsuia, Y., Wadhwac, R. FEBS Lett. (2000) [Pubmed]
 
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