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SUBMITTER: Seo YR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC137920 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Seo Young R YR Kelley Mark R MR Smith Martin L ML
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20020930 22
The cancer chemopreventive properties of selenium compounds are well documented, yet little is known of the mechanism(s) by which these agents inhibit carcinogenesis. We show that selenium in the form of selenomethionine (SeMet) can activate the p53 tumor suppressor protein by a redox mechanism that requires the redox factor Ref1. Assays to measure direct reduction/oxidation of p53 showed a SeMet-dependent response that was blocked by a dominant-negative Ref1. By using a peptide containing only ...[more]