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Abnormal MDMX degradation in tumor cells due to ARF deficiency

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Li, X, Gilkes, D, Li, B, Cheng, Q, Pernazza, D, Lawrence, H, Lawrence, N, Chen, J·2012·Oncogene

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MDMX is a heterodimeric partner of MDM2 and a critical regulator of p53. The MDMX level is generally elevated in tumors with wild-type p53 and contributes to p53 inactivation. MDMX degradation is controlled in part by MDM2-mediated ubiquitination. Here, we show that MDMX turnover is highly responsive to changes in MDM2 level in non-transformed cells, but not in tumor cells. We found that loss of alternate reading frame (ARF) expression, which occurs in most tumors with wild-type p53, significantly reduces MDMX sensitivity to MDM2. Restoration of ARF expression in tumor cells enables MDM2 to degrade MDMX in a dose-dependent manner. ARF binds to MDM2 and stimulates a second-site interaction between the central region of MDM2 and MDMX, and thus increases MDMX-MDM2 binding and MDMX ubiquitination. These results reveal an important abnormality in the p53-regulatory pathway as a consequence of ARF deficiency. Loss of ARF during tumor development not only prevents p53 stabilization by proliferative stress but also causes accumulation of MDMX that compromises p53 activity. This phenomenon may reduce the clinical efficacy of MDM2-specific inhibitors by preventing MDMX downregulation.

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Li, X., Gilkes, D., Li, B., Cheng, Q., Pernazza, D., Lawrence, H., Lawrence, N., & Chen, J.
Affiliations
  • Moffitt Cancer Center (US)
  • University of South Florida (US)
Corresponding author
Chen, J
Venue
Oncogene
Published
2011-11-28
Volume
31
Issue
32
Pages
3721-3732
ISSN
  • 0950-9232 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-5594
OpenAlex
W2057923521
Cited by
32
References
56
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FWCI
1.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Oncogene (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA109636, CA 109636, CA 118210, P01CA118210, CA141244, R01CA141244)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Heat shock proteins research
Keywords
MDMX, MDM2, ARF, p53 regulation, protein degradation, ubiquitination, cancer cells, wild-type p53, MDM2 inhibitors, tumor suppressor loss
MeSH terms
Humans, Imidazoles, Indoles, Nuclear Proteins, Piperazines, Protein Binding, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Spiro Compounds, Gene Expression, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Cell Cycle Proteins, Tumor Suppressor Protein p14ARF, Cell Line, Tumor, Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, Immunoprecipitation, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, Ubiquitination, Protein Multimerization, Protein Stability, Cell Cycle Checkpoints, Proteolysis, Proteasome Inhibitors

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