A role of tumor-suppressive activity of p53 in the tumor microenvironment(TME)has been implicated but remains fairly understudied.To address this knowledge gap,we leveraged our MdmxS314A mice as recipients to investig...A role of tumor-suppressive activity of p53 in the tumor microenvironment(TME)has been implicated but remains fairly understudied.To address this knowledge gap,we leveraged our MdmxS314A mice as recipients to investigate how implanted tumor cells incapacitate host p53 creating a conducive TME for tumor progression.We found that tumor cell-associated stress induced p53 downregulation in peritumor cells via an MDMX-Ser314 phosphorylation-dependent manner.As a result,an immunosuppressive TME was developed,as reflected by diminished immune cell infiltration into tumors and compromised macrophage M1 polarization.Remarkably,ablation of MDMX-Ser314 phosphorylation attenuated p53 decline in peritumor cells,which was associated with mitigation of immunosuppression and significant tumor growth delay.Our data collectively uncover a novel role of p53 in regulating the tumor immune microenvironment,suggesting that p53 restoration in the TME can be exploited as a potential strategy of anticancer therapy.展开更多
Dear Editor,Reactive oxygen species(ROS)can serve as intracellular signals that promote cell proliferation and survival at sub-toxic levels,or function as toxic substances that cause cell death and senescence at high ...Dear Editor,Reactive oxygen species(ROS)can serve as intracellular signals that promote cell proliferation and survival at sub-toxic levels,or function as toxic substances that cause cell death and senescence at high levels(Weinberg and Chandel,2009).p53 plays a key role in the control of cellular response to ROS by upregulating the expression of either antioxidant genes under low level of oxidative stresses or pro-oxidative and apoptotic genes under high level of stresses(Vigneron and Vousden,2010;Hafsi and Hainaut,2011).However,how p53 differentially regulates gene expression in response to different ROS level remains elusive.△133p53 is an N-terminal truncated form of p53(Bourdon et al.,2005)and functions to antagonize p53 apoptotic activity and to promote DNA double-strand break repair(Chen et al.,2009;Aoubala et al.,2011;Gong et al.,2015).In this study,we investigated the functional interaction between p53 and △133p53 in response to various levels of ROS.展开更多
基金This work was supported in part by the Morningside Foundation,the Zhu Fund,and grants from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health(RO1CA233558,R01CA167814,and R01CA125144)to Z.-M.Y.
文摘A role of tumor-suppressive activity of p53 in the tumor microenvironment(TME)has been implicated but remains fairly understudied.To address this knowledge gap,we leveraged our MdmxS314A mice as recipients to investigate how implanted tumor cells incapacitate host p53 creating a conducive TME for tumor progression.We found that tumor cell-associated stress induced p53 downregulation in peritumor cells via an MDMX-Ser314 phosphorylation-dependent manner.As a result,an immunosuppressive TME was developed,as reflected by diminished immune cell infiltration into tumors and compromised macrophage M1 polarization.Remarkably,ablation of MDMX-Ser314 phosphorylation attenuated p53 decline in peritumor cells,which was associated with mitigation of immunosuppression and significant tumor growth delay.Our data collectively uncover a novel role of p53 in regulating the tumor immune microenvironment,suggesting that p53 restoration in the TME can be exploited as a potential strategy of anticancer therapy.
文摘Dear Editor,Reactive oxygen species(ROS)can serve as intracellular signals that promote cell proliferation and survival at sub-toxic levels,or function as toxic substances that cause cell death and senescence at high levels(Weinberg and Chandel,2009).p53 plays a key role in the control of cellular response to ROS by upregulating the expression of either antioxidant genes under low level of oxidative stresses or pro-oxidative and apoptotic genes under high level of stresses(Vigneron and Vousden,2010;Hafsi and Hainaut,2011).However,how p53 differentially regulates gene expression in response to different ROS level remains elusive.△133p53 is an N-terminal truncated form of p53(Bourdon et al.,2005)and functions to antagonize p53 apoptotic activity and to promote DNA double-strand break repair(Chen et al.,2009;Aoubala et al.,2011;Gong et al.,2015).In this study,we investigated the functional interaction between p53 and △133p53 in response to various levels of ROS.
