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Pifithrin-alpha promotes p53-mediated apoptosis in JB6 cells.

Recently, blockage of p53-dependent transcriptional activation and apoptosis by pifithrin-alpha (PFTalpha) has been reported to be useful for reducing the side effects of cancer therapy and the compound is thus thought to be a specific inhibitor of p53 [Komarov et al., Science 1999;285:1733-1737]. Here, we found that PFTalpha did not inhibit UVB- or doxorubicin (Dox)-stimulated p53-mediated transcriptional activation and apoptosis in JB6 cells. Instead, p53-dependent activation and apoptosis were not only induced by PFTalpha itself but were also enhanced by a combination of PFTalpha with UVB or Dox. Furthermore, PFTalpha-induced apoptosis was mediated through p53-dependent and -independent signaling pathways. Extracellular signal-regulated kinases and p38 kinase, but not c-jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs), were activated, and these activations were required for phosphorylation and accumulation of p53 in the cellular apoptotic response to PFTalpha. Thus, we conclude that PFTalpha is not a specific p53 inhibitor in JB6 cells but is a potential activator of p53-mediated signaling and apoptosis.[1]

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  1. Pifithrin-alpha promotes p53-mediated apoptosis in JB6 cells. Kaji, A., Zhang, Y., Nomura, M., Bode, A.M., Ma, W.Y., She, Q.B., Dong, Z. Mol. Carcinog. (2003) [Pubmed]
 
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