p53 Functions through Stress- and Promoter-Specific Recruitment of Transcription Initiation Components before and after DNA Damage
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The tumor suppressor protein p53 regulates transcriptional programs that control the response to cellular stress. We show that distinct mechanisms exist to activate p53 target genes as revealed by marked differences in affinities and damage-specific recruitment of transcription initiation components. p53 functions in a temporal manner to regulate promoter activity both before and after stress. Before DNA damage, basal levels of p53 are required to assemble a poised RNA polymerase II initiation complex on the p21 promoter. RNA pol II is converted into an elongating form shortly after stress but before p53 stabilization. Proapoptotic promoters, such as Fas/APO1, have low levels of bound RNA pol II but undergo damage-induced activation through efficient reinitiation. Surprisingly, in a p53-dependent process key basal factors TAFII250 and TFIIB assemble into the transcription machinery in a stress- and promoter-specific manner, behaving as differential cofactors for p53 action after distinct types of DNA damage.
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Target genes were reported to be activated by p53 with varying kinetics through stimulus- and promoter-specific recruitment of transcription initiation components and polymerase II.
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- Authors
- Espinosa, J. M., Verdun, R. E., & Emerson, B. M.
- Affiliations
- Salk Institute for Biological Studies (US)
- Corresponding author
- Emerson, Beverly M
- ORCID
- Emerson, Beverly M
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- Molecular Cell
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- Elsevier BV
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- 2003-10
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- 12
- Issue
- 4
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- 1015-1027
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- 1097-2765 (ISSN-L)
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- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Keywords
- p53, DNA damage response, transcriptional activation, RNA polymerase II, promoter recruitment, p21 promoter, reinitiation, TFIIB, transcriptional cofactors, cellular stress, p53 stabilization
- MeSH terms
- DNA Damage, Humans, Promoter Regions, Genetic, RNA Polymerase II, Stress, Physiological, Transcriptional Activation, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Cyclins, Apoptosis, fas Receptor, Transcription Initiation Site, Transcription Factor TFIID, TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors, Transcription Factor TFIIB, Cell Line, Tumor, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21, Histone Acetyltransferases
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