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ArticleGenes & development2011

Regulation of E2Fs and senescence by PML nuclear bodies.

Mathieu Vernier, Véronique Bourdeau, Marie-France Gaumont-Leclerc, Olga Moiseeva, Virginie Bégin, Fred Saad, Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, Gerardo Ferbeyre

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Article in Genes & development, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers.

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93 citing papers in PubMed, 159 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mathieu VernierBiochemistry Department, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3C3J7, Canada.
Véronique Bourdeau
Marie-France Gaumont-Leclerc
Olga Moiseeva
Virginie Bégin
Fred Saad
Anne-Marie Mes-Masson
Gerardo Ferbeyre
Université de Montréal · CACentre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tumor suppressor PML (promyelocytic leukemia protein) regulates cellular senescence and terminal differentiation, two processes that implicate a permanent exit from the cell cycle. Here, we show that the mechanism by which PML induces a permanent cell cycle exit and activates p53 and senescence involves a recruitment of E2F transcription factors bound to their promoters and the retinoblastoma (Rb) proteins to PML nuclear bodies enriched in heterochromatin proteins and protein phosphatase 1α. Blocking the functions of the Rb protein family or adding back E2Fs to PML-expressing cells can rescue their defects in E2F-dependent gene expression and cell proliferation, inhibiting the senescent phenotype. In benign prostatic hyperplasia, a neoplastic disease that displays features of senescence, PML was found to be up-regulated and forming nuclear bodies. In contrast, PML bodies were rarely visualized in prostate cancers. The newly defined PML/Rb/E2F pathway may help to distinguish benign tumors from cancers, and suggest E2F target genes as potential targets to induce senescence in human tumors.

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Gene Expression RegulationCell Line, TumorCell NucleusCellular SenescenceE2F Transcription FactorsHumansMaleNuclear ProteinsPromyelocytic Leukemia ProteinProstatic HyperplasiaProtein TransportTranscription FactorsTumor Suppressor ProteinsE2F Transcription FactorsNuclear ProteinsPML protein, humanPromyelocytic Leukemia ProteinTranscription FactorsTumor Suppressor Proteins

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PMID21205865
PMCPMC3012935
OpenAlexW2156150950

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