Abstract
In response to diverse stresses, the tumor suppressor p53 differentially regulates its target genes, variably inducing cell cycle arrest, apoptosis or senescence. Emerging evidence indicates that p53 plays an important role in regulating hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) quiescence, self-renewal, apoptosis and aging. The p53 pathway is activated by DNA damage, defects in ribosome biogenesis, oxidative stress and oncogene induced p19ARF upregulation. We present an overview of the current state of knowledge about p53 (and its target genes) in regulating HSC behavior, with the hope that understanding the molecular mechanisms that control p53 activity in HSCs and how p53 mutations affect its role in these events may facilitate the development of therapeutic strategies for eliminating leukemia (and cancer) propagating cells.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3120-3124 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Cell Cycle |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 19 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work was funded by NIH RO1 grant (DK52208 to S.D.N.) and an LLS SCOR grant (S.D.N.). The authors would like to thank John Petrini, Andrew Koff and members of Nimer lab for helpful comments. We also would like to thank Ms. Erica Chuang for help in the preparation of this manuscript.
Keywords
- Aging
- Apoptosis
- Gfi-1
- Hematopoietic stem cell
- Leukemia stem cell
- Necdin
- Quiescence
- Self-renewal
- Slug
- p21
- p53
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology
- Developmental Biology