Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29311662›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2018

Evidence for a radiation-responsive 'p53 gateway' contributing significantly to the radioresistance of lepidopteran insect cells.

Ashish Kumar, Sudhir Chandna

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
16.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 242 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Impact ofJournal of radiosurgery and SBRT · 2024
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ashish KumarDepartment of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, 7620 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, Texas, 78227, USA.
Sudhir ChandnaDivision of Natural Radiation Response Mechanisms, Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences, Brig. S.K. Mazumdar Road, Timarpur, Delhi, 110054, India. sudhirchandna@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-5786
Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences · INTexas Biomedical Research Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, we have demonstrated that microRNA-31 (miR-31) overexpression is inherent to radiation-induced cell death in the highly radioresistant Sf9 insect cells, and regulates pro-apoptotic Bax translocation to mitochondria. In the present study, we report that at sub-lethal radiation doses for Sf9 cells, miR-31 is significantly downregulated and is tightly regulated by an unusual mechanism involving p53. While ectopic overexpression of a well-conserved Sfp53 caused typical apoptosis, radiation-induced p53 accumulation observed selectively at sub-lethal doses failed to induce cell death. Further investigation of this paradoxical response revealed an intriguing phenomenon that sub-lethal radiation doses result in accumulation of a 'hyper-phosphorylated' Sfp53, which in turn binds to miR-31 genomic location and suppresses its expression to prevent cell death. Interestingly, priming cells with sub-lethal doses even prevented the apoptosis induced by lethal radiation or ectopic Sfp53 overexpression. On the other hand, silencing p53 increased radiation-induced cell death by inhibiting miR-31 downregulation. This study thus shows the existence of a unique radiation-responsive 'p53 gateway' preventing miR-31-mediated apoptosis in Sf9 cells. Since Sfp53 has a good functional homology with human p53, this study may have significant implications for effectively modulating the mammalian cell radioresistance.

Indexed as

RadiationRadiation ToleranceAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsApoptosisCell LineCell NucleusEctopic Gene ExpressionLepidopteraMicroRNAsModels, MolecularPhosphorylationProtein ConformationProtein TransportSignal TransductionTranscription, GeneticMicroRNAsTumor Suppressor Protein p53

Identifiers

PMID29311662
PMCPMC5758781
OpenAlexW2781521480

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.