Cancer Cell
Volume 5, Issue 2, February 2004, Pages 177-189
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Loss of CBP causes T cell lymphomagenesis in synergy with p27Kip1 insufficiency

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Abstract

CBP can function as a tumor suppressor, but the mechanisms that govern oncogenesis in its absence are unknown. Here we show that CBP inactivation in mouse thymocytes leads to lymphoma. Although CBP has been implicated in the transactivation functions of p53, development of these tumors does not seem to involve loss of p53 activity. CBP-null tumors show reduced levels of p27Kip1 and increased levels of cyclin E and Skp2, two oncoproteins that can promote p27Kip1 proteolysis. Reduction of p27Kip1 by introduction of a p27Kip1-null allele into CBP knockout mice accelerates lymphomagenesis and seems to obviate the requirement for Skp2 and cyclin E upregulation. These data suggest that CBP loss mediates lymphomagenesis in cooperation with a mechanism that reduces p27Kip1 abundance.

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