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Axin determines cell fate by controlling the p53 activation threshold after DNA damage.
Nature cell biology - 1 Sept 2009
Li Qinxi, Lin Shuyong, Wang Xuan, Lian Guili, Lu Zailian, Guo Huiling, Ruan Ka, Wang Yanhai, Ye Zhiyun, Han Jiahuai, Lin Sheng-Cai
Abstract excerpt
Cells can undergo either cell-cycle arrest or apoptosis after genotoxic stress, based on p53 activity(1-6). Here we show that cellular fate commitment depends on Axin forming distinct complexes with Pirh2, Tip60, HIPK2 and p53. In cells treated with sublethal doses of ultra-violet (UV) radiation or doxorubicin (Dox), Pirh2 abrogates Axin-induced p53 phosphorylation at Ser 46 catalysed by HIPK2, by competing with...
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