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Dual contributions of Xrp1 to genome integrity through the DNA damage response and cell competition

Baker Model organisms may help understand how p53 suppresses tumorigenesis in mammals. In Drosophila, the primary transcriptional target of p53 is the gene encoding the bZip AT-hook protein Xrp1, which is another transcription factor.

Dual contributions of Xrp1 to genome integrity through the DNA damage response and cell competition

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Baker Model organisms may help understand how p53 suppresses tumorigenesis in mammals.

In Drosophila, the primary transcriptional target of p53 is the gene encoding the bZip AT-hook protein Xrp1, which is another transcription factor.

We report that Xrp1 mediates multiple functions of p53 in the DNA damage response (DDR), contributing to p53-dependent gene transcription and DNA damage-induced apoptosis.

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Baker Model organisms may help understand how p53 suppresses tumorigenesis in mammals. In Drosophila, the primary transcriptional target of p53 is the gene encoding the bZip AT-hook protein Xrp1, which is another transcription factor. We report that Xrp1 mediates multiple functions of p53 in the DNA damage response (DDR), contributing to p53-dependent gene transcription and DNA damage-induced apoptosis.

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  • to this role as a p53 effector, a p53-independent role for Xrp1 in cell competition has been described.
  • Cell competition can remove cells whose genome has been altered by DNA damage and repair.
  • During cell competition, Xrp1 is induced by RpS12, which acts as a sensor of defective ribosome biogenesis.
  • Such p53 inhibition resulted in persistence of DNA damage after irradiation, revealed by γH2Av accumulation.

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