A Designed Inhibitor of p53 Aggregation Rescues p53 Tumor Suppression in Ovarian Carcinomas.

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Source:

Cancer Cell, Volume 29, Issue 1, p.90-103 (2016)

Keywords:

Animals, Cell Line, Cell Proliferation, Cells, Cultured, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Humans, Mice, Transgenic, Ovarian Neoplasms, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53

Abstract:

<p>Half of all human cancers lose p53 function by missense mutations, with an unknown fraction of these containing p53 in a self-aggregated amyloid-like state. Here we show that a cell-penetrating peptide, ReACp53, designed to inhibit p53 amyloid formation, rescues p53 function in cancer cell lines and in organoids derived from high-grade serous ovarian carcinomas (HGSOC), an aggressive cancer characterized by ubiquitous p53 mutations. Rescued p53 behaves similarly to its wild-type counterpart in regulating target genes, reducing cell proliferation and increasing cell death. Intraperitoneal administration decreases tumor proliferation and shrinks xenografts in vivo. Our data show the effectiveness of targeting a specific aggregation defect of p53 and its potential applicability to HGSOCs.</p>

PDB: 
4RP6; 4RP7
Detector: 
Q315
Beamline: 
24-ID-E