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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
40
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-27
pubmed:abstractText
p53 levels are regulated by ubiquitination and 26 S proteasome-mediated degradation. p53 is a substrate for the E3 ligase Mdm2, however, the ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (E2s) involved in p53 ubiquitination in intact cells have not been defined previously. To investigate the E2 specificity of Mdm2 we carried out an in vitro screen using a panel of ubiquitin E2s. Of the E2s tested only UbcH5A, -B, and -C and E2-25K support Mdm2-mediated ubiquitination of p53. The same E2s also support Mdm2 auto-ubiquitination. Small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of UbcH5B/C causes accumulation of Mdm2 and p53 in unstressed cells. We show that suppression of UbcH5B/C inhibits p53 ubiquitination and degradation. Despite up-regulating the level of nuclear p53, UbcH5B/C knockdown does not on its own result in an increase in p53 transcriptional activity or sensitize p53 to activation by the therapeutic drugs doxorubicin and actinomycin D. We provide evidence that Mdm2 is responsible, at least in part, for repression of the transcriptional activity of the accumulated p53. In MCF7 cells levels of UbcH5B/C are reduced by doxorubicin and actinomycin D. This observation and the sensitivity of p53 expression to levels of UbcH5B/C raise the possibility that E2 regulation could be involved in signaling pathways that control the stability of p53. Our data indicate that UbcH5B/C are physiological E2s for Mdm2, which make a significant contribution to the maintenance of low levels of p53 and Mdm2 in unstressed cells and that inhibition of p53 ubiquitination and degradation by targeting UbcH5B/C is not sufficient to up-regulate p53 transcriptional activity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dactinomycin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Doxorubicin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MDM2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/UBE2D2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/UBE2D3 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
279
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
42169-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Dactinomycin, pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Doxorubicin, pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2, pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Stress, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes, pubmed-meshheading:15280377-Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of p53 by the ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes UbcH5B/C in vivo.
pubmed:affiliation
Cancer Research UK, Cell Transformation Research Group, Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland, UK. m.k.saville@dundee.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article