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This study analyses whether the inability of p53 to induce G1 arrest after the restriction point relates to an inability to modulate pRb phosphorylation. Transient p53 overexpression in normal human diploid fibroblasts and p53-deficient cancer cells led to increased levels of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21Cip1/Waf1/Sdi1 and an accumulation of hypophosphorylated pRb in cells growing asynchronously and in cells synchronized in late G1 or M. Similarly, γ-irradiation of asynchronous, late-G1, or S phase fibroblasts led to an increase in hypophosphorylated pRb. Experiments with fibroblasts expressing the HPV16 E6 protein indicated that accumulation of hypophosphorylated pRb required functional p53. Progression into and through S phase was not altered by the presence of hypophosphorylated pRb in late G1, consistent with the failure of p53 to mediate G1 arrest in cells that are past the restriction point. These data indicate that accumulation of hypophosphorylated pRb has significantly different effects on cell cycle progression in early G1 versus late G1 or S phase.
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Linke, S., Harris, M., Neugebauer, S. et al. p53-mediated accumulation of hypophosphorylated pRb after the G1 restriction point fails to halt cell cycle progression. Oncogene 15, 337–345 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1201200
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