Pd. Burr et al., Nucleotide sequence of the porcine p53 cDNA, and the detection of recombinant porcine p53 expressed in vitro with a variety of anti-p53 antibodies, ONCOGENE, 18(35), 1999, pp. 5005-5009
The cDNA of porcine p53 was cloned and sequenced by a reverse transcriptase
polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) approach with primers based on regions
of homology between all known p53 sequences. The p53 cDNA was found to be 8
7% conserved to human p53 and 86% conserved to bovine p53 at the nucleotide
level. The porcine p53 sequence was inserted into an expression vector and
recombinant protein expressed in vitro. An approximately 50 kDa protein wa
s detected by Western blotting using both polyclonal and monoclonal anti-p5
3 antibodies. The sequence data of porcine p53 and the ability to detect ex
pressed protein with various anti-p53 antibodies will allow the p53 status
of the pig population, and the role of p53 in porcine tumours, to be assess
ed. An understanding of tumour development in the pig may be important if p
ig cells, tissues or organs are to be used in the treatment of humans.