The WTX Tumor Suppressor Enhances p53 Acetylation by CBP/p300

WTX encodes a tumor suppressor, frequently inactivated in Wilms tumor, with both plasma membrane and nuclear localization. WTX has been implicated in β-catenin turnover, but its effect on nuclear proteins is unknown. We report an interaction between WTX and p53, derived from the unexpected observati...

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Veröffentlicht in:Molecular cell 2012-03, Vol.45 (5), p.587-597
Hauptverfasser: Kim, Woo Jae, Rivera, Miguel N., Coffman, Erik J., Haber, Daniel A.
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Zusammenfassung:WTX encodes a tumor suppressor, frequently inactivated in Wilms tumor, with both plasma membrane and nuclear localization. WTX has been implicated in β-catenin turnover, but its effect on nuclear proteins is unknown. We report an interaction between WTX and p53, derived from the unexpected observation of WTX, p53, and E1B 55K colocalization within the characteristic cytoplasmic body of adenovirus-transformed kidney cells. In other cells without adenovirus expression, the C-terminal domain of WTX binds to the DNA-binding domain of p53, enhances its binding to CBP, and increases CBP/p300-mediated acetylation of p53 at Lys 373/382. WTX knockdown accelerates CBP/p300 protein turnover and attenuates this modification of p53. In p53-reconstitution experiments, cell-cycle arrest, apoptosis, and p53 target-gene expression are suppressed by depletion of WTX. Together, these results suggest that WTX modulates p53 function, in part through regulation of its activator CBP/p300. ► WTX releases p53 from suppression by adenovirus E1B 55K ► WTX activates p53 through Lys 382 acetylation ► WTX modulates protein stability of the acetyltransferases CBP/p300 ► WTX enhances the interaction between p53 and CBP
ISSN:1097-2765
1097-4164
DOI:10.1016/j.molcel.2011.12.025