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Regulation of the human AP-endonuclease (APE1/Ref-1) expression by the tumor suppressor p53 in response to DNA damage

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Zaky, A., Busso, C., Izumi, T., Chattopadhyay, R., Bassiouny, A., Mitra, S., Bhakat, K. K.·2008·Nucleic Acids Research

Abstract

The human AP-endonuclease (APE1/Ref-1), an essential multifunctional protein, plays a central role in the repair of oxidative base damage via the DNA base excision repair (BER) pathway. The mammalian AP-endonuclease (APE1) overexpression is often observed in tumor cells, and confers resistance to various anticancer drugs; its downregulation sensitizes tumor cells to those agents via induction of apoptosis. Here we show that wild type (WT) but not mutant p53 negatively regulates APE1 expression. Time-dependent decrease was observed in APE1 mRNA and protein levels in the human colorectal cancer line HCT116 p53(+/+), but not in the isogenic p53 null mutant after treatment with camptothecin, a DNA topoisomerase I inhibitor. Furthermore, ectopic expression of WTp53 in the p53 null cells significantly reduced both endogenous APE1 and APE1 promoter-dependent luciferase expression in a dose-dependent fashion. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays revealed that endogenous p53 is bound to the APE1 promoter region that includes a Sp1 site. We show here that WTp53 interferes with Sp1 binding to the APE1 promoter, which provides a mechanism for the downregulation of APE1. Taken together, our results demonstrate that WTp53 is a negative regulator of APE1 expression, so that repression of APE1 by p53 could provide an additional pathway for p53-dependent induction of apoptosis in response to DNA damage.

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Authors
Zaky, A., Busso, C., Izumi, T., Chattopadhyay, R., Bassiouny, A., Mitra, S., & Bhakat, K. K.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
  • Louisiana State University (US)
Corresponding author
Bhakat, K. K.
Venue
Nucleic Acids Research
Published
2008-01-10
Volume
36
Issue
5
Pages
1555-1566
ISSN
  • 0305-1048 (ISSN-L)
  • 1362-4962
OpenAlex
W2106130941
Cited by
111
References
65
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5.99
Type
journal article
Language
en
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cc-by-nc
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  • Nucleic Acids Research (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • American Heart Association
  • University of Oxford
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute (CA98664, R01 CA53791, R56CA098664, R01CA053791, R01CA098664)
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (R01 ES 08457, R01ES008457)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cell death mechanisms and regulation
Keywords
APE1/Ref-1, p53, transcriptional regulation, Sp1, DNA base excision repair, oxidative DNA damage, DNA damage response, apoptosis, camptothecin, colorectal cancer, chemoresistance
MeSH terms
DNA Damage, Humans, Mutation, Promoter Regions, Genetic, RNA, Messenger, Down-Regulation, Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Sp1 Transcription Factor, Response Elements, DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase, Cell Line, Tumor

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