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Vol. 10, Issue 10, 3251-3261, October 1999
Department of Cancer Biology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
Rb protein inhibits both cell cycle progression and
apoptosis. Interaction of specific cellular proteins, including E2F1, with Rb C-terminal domains mediates cell cycle regulation. In contrast,
the nuclear N5 protein associates with an Rb N-terminal domain with
unknown function. The N5 protein contains a region of sequence
similarity to the death domain of proteins involved in apoptotic
signaling. We demonstrate here that forced N5 expression potently
induces apoptosis in several tumor cell lines. Mutation of conserved
residues within the death domain homology compromise N5-induced
apoptosis, suggesting that it is required for normal function.
Endogenous N5 protein is specifically altered in apoptotic cells
treated with ionizing radiation. Furthermore, dominant interfering death domain mutants compromise cellular responses to ionizing radiation. Finally, physical association with Rb protein inhibits N5-induced apoptosis. We propose that N5 protein plays a role in the
regulation of apoptosis and that Rb directly coordinates cell
proliferation and apoptosis by binding specific proteins involved in
each process through distinct protein binding domains.
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