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SUBMITTER: Sashida G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2698769 | biostudies-other | 2009 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Sashida Goro G Liu Yan Y Elf Shannon S Miyata Yasuhiko Y Ohyashiki Kazuma K Izumi Miki M Menendez Silvia S Nimer Stephen D SD
Molecular and cellular biology 20090420 13
Several ETS transcription factors, including ELF4/MEF, can function as oncogenes in murine cancer models and are overexpressed in human cancer. We found that Elf4/Mef activates Mdm2 expression; thus, lack of or knockdown of Elf4/Mef reduces Mdm2 levels in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (mef's), leading to enhanced p53 protein accumulation and p53-dependent senescence. Even though p53 is absent in Elf4(-/-) p53(-/-) mef's, neither oncogenic H-Ras(V12) nor c-myc can induce transformation of these cel ...[more]