Title
Dual effect of p53 on radiation sensitivity in vivo: p53 promotes hematopoietic injury, but protects from gastro-intestinal syndrome in mice.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2004
Keywords
Digestive-System, Hematopoiesis, Mice, Mice-Inbred-C57BL, Protein-p53, Radiation-Tolerance, SUPPORT-NON-U-S-GOVT, SUPPORT-U-S-GOVT-P-H-S, Thiazoles, Toluene
JAX Source
Oncogene 2004 Apr; 23(19):3265-71.
Abstract
Ionizing radiation (IR) induces p53-dependent apoptosis in radiosensitive tissues, suggesting that p53 is a determinant of radiation syndromes. In fact, p53-deficient mice survive doses of IR that cause lethal hematopoietic syndrome in wild-type animals. Surprisingly, p53 deficiency results in sensitization of mice to higher doses of IR, causing lethal gastro-intestinal (GI) syndrome. While cells in the crypts of p53-wild-type epithelium undergo prolonged growth arrest after irradiation, continuous cell proliferation ongoing in p53-deficient epithelium correlates with accelerated death of damaged cells followed by rapid destruction of villi and accelerated lethality. p21-deficient mice are also characterized by increased sensitivity to GI syndrome-inducing doses of IR. We conclude that p53/p21-mediated growth arrest plays a protective role in the epithelium of small intestine after severe doses of IR. Pharmacological inhibition of p53 by a small molecule that can rescue from lethal hematopoietic syndrome has no effect on the lethality from gastro-intestinal syndrome, presumably because of a temporary and reversible nature of its action.
Recommended Citation
Komarova, E A.; Kondratov, R V.; Wang, K; Christov, K; Golovkina, T V.; Goldblum, J R.; and Gudkov, A V., " Dual effect of p53 on radiation sensitivity in vivo: p53 promotes hematopoietic injury, but protects from gastro-intestinal syndrome in mice." (2004). Faculty Research 2000 - 2009. 762.
https://mouseion.jax.org/stfb2000_2009/762