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SUBMITTER: Gilkes DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1679771 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gilkes Daniele M DM Chen Lihong L Chen Jiandong J
The EMBO journal 20061116 23
Ribosomal stress such as disruption of rRNA biogenesis activates p53 by release of ribosomal proteins from the nucleoli, which bind to MDM2 and inhibit p53 degradation. We found that p53 activation by ribosomal stress requires degradation of MDMX in an MDM2-dependent fashion. Tumor cells overexpressing MDMX are less sensitive to actinomycin D-induced growth arrest due to formation of inactive p53-MDMX complexes. Knockdown of MDMX increases sensitivity to actinomycin D, whereas MDMX overexpressio ...[more]