Stephen Jones Lab Publications
Title
The Wip1 Phosphatase acts as a gatekeeper in the p53-Mdm2 autoregulatory loop
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Cell Biology
Publication Date
2007-10-16
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Animals; Cell Cycle Proteins; Cell Line, Tumor; DNA Damage; DNA-Binding Proteins; Fibroblasts; Homeostasis; Humans; Mice; Mice, Knockout; Mutation; Osteosarcoma; Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; Phosphorylation; Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2; RNA Interference; RNA, Small Interfering; Serine; *Signal Transduction; Time Factors; Transcription, Genetic; Transfection; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; Tumor Suppressor Proteins; Ubiquitin; Ubiquitin Thiolesterase
Disciplines
Cell Biology
Abstract
The tumor suppressor p53 is a transcription factor that responds to cellular stresses by initiating cell cycle arrest or apoptosis. One transcriptional target of p53 is Mdm2, an E3 ubiquitin ligase that interacts with p53 to promote its proteasomal degradation in a negative feedback regulatory loop. Here we show that the wild-type p53-induced phosphatase 1 (Wip1), or PPM1D, downregulates p53 protein levels by stabilizing Mdm2 and facilitating its access to p53. Wip1 interacts with and dephosphorylates Mdm2 at serine 395, a site phosphorylated by the ATM kinase. Dephosphorylated Mdm2 has increased stability and affinity for p53, facilitating p53 ubiquitination and degradation. Thus, Wip1 acts as a gatekeeper in the Mdm2-p53 regulatory loop by stabilizing Mdm2 and promoting Mdm2-mediated proteolysis of p53.
DOI of Published Version
10.1016/j.ccr.2007.08.033
Source
Cancer Cell. 2007 Oct;12(4):342-54. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Cancer cell
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Repository Citation
Lu X, Ma O, Nguyen T, Jones SN, Oren M, Donehower LA. (2007). The Wip1 Phosphatase acts as a gatekeeper in the p53-Mdm2 autoregulatory loop. Stephen Jones Lab Publications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2007.08.033. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jones/17