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Gene 33/Mig6 Regulates Apoptosis And The Dna Damage Response Through Independent Mechanisms, Cen Li, Soyoung Park, Leonard M. Eisenberg, Hong Zhao, Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, Dazhong Xu

NYMC Faculty Posters

Gene 33 (Mig6, ERRFI1) is an inducible adaptor/scaffold protein whose expression can be induced by both stress and mitogenic signals. It contains multiple domains for protein-protein interaction and is involved in a broad spectrum of cellular functions. Gene 33 promotes apoptosis in a cell type-dependent manner. A recent study has linked Gene 33 to the DNA damage response (DDR) induced by hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)]. Here we show that Gene 33 induces apoptosis via both c-Abl/p73 and EGFR/AKT-dependent pathways in lung epithelial and lung carcinoma cells. Ectopic expression of Gene 33 also triggers DDR in an ATM-dependent fashion and through pathways …