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The role of p53 in hypoxia-induced apoptosis

2005; Elsevier BV; Volume: 331; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.03.154

1090-2104

Ester M. Hammond, Amato J. Giaccia,

RNA modifications and cancer

Hypoxia represents one of the most physiologically relevant stresses, having significant roles in both normal development and malignant progression. Exposure to severe hypoxia leads to the accumulation of p53 which can in turn lead to rapid apoptosis. In contrast to the response to DNA-damaging agents, hypoxia-induced p53 has little or no transcriptional transactivation capabilities and instead seems to function primarily as a transrepressor in order to induce apoptosis.