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The ARF Tumor Suppressor: Keeping Myc on a Leash
Mark A. Gregory, Ying Qi and Stephen R. Hann
volume 4 | issue 2
february 2005Pages: 249 - 252
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The ARF tumor suppressor protein acts in a checkpoint that guards against unscheduled cellular proliferation in response to oncogenic signaling. Deregulated expression of c-Myc induces ARF expression and apoptosis through the ARF-Mdm2-p53 axis. Our recent study reveals a new direct role for ARF in controlling c-Myc’s oncogenic activity that is independent of p53. ARF binds to and selectively impairs the transactivation ability of c-Myc while leaving its transrepression ability intact. Biologically, ARF prevents hyperproliferation and transformation caused by c-Myc and enhances c-Myc-induced apoptosis independently of p53. These new findings may be especially relevant for therapeutic strategies targeting c-Myc-induced cancers.
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