Roles of p53 alterations in Connection to Longevity
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  • Release Date: 2022-01-18
  • p53
  • aging
  • longevity
  • comparative analysis
  • protein sequence
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This video is adapted from 10.3390/ijms22168512

Recently, the quest for the mythical fountain of youth has produced extensive research programs that aim to extend the healthy lifespan of humans. Despite advances in their understanding of the aging process, the surprisingly extended lifespan and cancer resistance of some animal species remain unexplained. The p53 protein plays a crucial role in tumor suppression, tissue homeostasis, and aging. Long-lived, cancer-free African elephants have 20 copies of the TP53 gene, including 19 retrogenes (38 alleles), which are partially active, whereas humans possess only one copy of TP53 and have an estimated cancer mortality rate of 11-25%. The mechanism through which p53 contributes to the resolution of the Peto's paradox in Animalia remains vague. Thus, authors took advantage of the available datasets and inspected the p53 amino acid sequence of phylogenetically related organisms that show variations in their lifespans. Authors discovered new correlations between specific amino acid deviations in p53 and the lifespans across different animal species. They found that species with extended lifespans have certain characteristic amino acid substitutions in the p53 DNA-binding domain that alter its function, as depicted from the Phenotypic Annotation of p53 Mutations, using the PROVEAN tool or SWISS-MODEL workflow. In addition, the loop 2 region of the human p53 DNA-binding domain was identified as the longest region that was associated with longevity. The 3D model revealed variations in the loop 2 structure in long-lived species when compared with human p53. Their findings show a direct association between specific amino acid residues in p53 protein, changes in p53 functionality, and the extended animal lifespan, and further highlight the importance of p53 protein in aging.

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Bartas, M.; Brázda, V.; Volná, A.; Cerven, J.; Pečinka, P.; Zawacka, J. Roles of p53 alterations in Connection to Longevity. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/174 (accessed on 27 July 2024).
Bartas M, Brázda V, Volná A, Cerven J, Pečinka P, Zawacka J. Roles of p53 alterations in Connection to Longevity. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/174. Accessed July 27, 2024.
Bartas, Martin, Václav Brázda, Adriana Volná, Jiri Cerven, Petr Pečinka, Joanna Zawacka. "Roles of p53 alterations in Connection to Longevity" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/174 (accessed July 27, 2024).
Bartas, M., Brázda, V., Volná, A., Cerven, J., Pečinka, P., & Zawacka, J. (2022, January 18). Roles of p53 alterations in Connection to Longevity. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/174
Bartas, Martin, et al. "Roles of p53 alterations in Connection to Longevity." Encyclopedia. Web. 18 January, 2022.
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