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dc.contributor.authorZhang, Yuan
dc.contributor.supervisorDr. Brett Dix
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:09:16Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:09:16Z
dc.date.created2009-03-31T08:35:52Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1577
dc.description.abstract

The p53 tumour suppressor protein lies at the hub of a very complex network of cellular pathways including apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, DNA repair and cellular senescence. However, the mechanism of why and how p53 switches between apoptosis and cell cycle arrest, thereby determining a cell’s fate, remains a mystery to us. To enable us to investigate this ability of p53 to switch between cell cycle arrest and apoptosis, we developed a model which demonstrates similar p53 expression patterns but different functional outcomes. Treating cells with Cisplatin (a common chemotherapeutic drug) and Nutlin-3 (an MDM-2 inhibitor) results in similar high levels of p53 accumulation but different cellular responses. Cisplatin-treated cells undergo apoptosis while Nutlin-treated cells enter cell cycle arrest. Using this model, we explored the localization of p53 and in particular a C-terminal Ser 392 moiety in an attempt to identify how p53 is able to preferentially activate cell cycle arrest or apoptotic pathway.

dc.languageen
dc.publisherCurtin University
dc.subjectapoptosis
dc.subjectnutlin-3
dc.subjectp53 tumour suppressor protein
dc.subjectcisplatin
dc.subjectcell cycle arrest
dc.subjectdifferential activation
dc.titleAn investigation of p53’s differential activation of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis
dc.typeThesis
dcterms.educationLevelMPharm
curtin.departmentSchool of Pharmacy
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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