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Ring finger 20/ring finger 40/WW domain‑containing adaptor with coiled‑coil complex interacts with p53 to regulate gene transcription in DNA damage response

  • Authors:
    • Danni Meng
    • Kun Guo
    • Die Zhang
    • Cheng Zhao
    • Chuanwen Sun
    • Feng Zhang
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  • Published online on: April 1, 2021     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2021.12697
  • Article Number: 436
  • Copyright: © Meng et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

p53 is one of the most important tumor suppressor genes, and its primary function is to act as a transcriptional activator to control cell cycle arrest, DNA repair and cellular metabolism by recognizing and binding to specific DNA sequences. Defects in the ring finger (RNF)20/RNF40/WW domain‑containing adaptor with coiled‑coil (WAC) complex, one of the histone H2B ubiquitination E3 ligases, have been reported to be a key factor in oncogenesis, cancer cell migration and invasion. Histone H2B mono‑ubiquitination has been demonstrated to be essential for maintaining the functionality of the p53 tumor suppressor protein. The aim of the present study was to identify any sites in the p53 DNA‑binding domain (DBD) specific to the RNF20/RNF40/WAC complex that may be involved in the gene regulation in DNA damage response. The results demonstrated that p53 and the RNF20/RNF40/WAC complex interacted with each other, and the coiled‑coil regions in RNF20, RNF40 and WAC were identified to directly interact with p53. The R282 site in the p53 DBD, one of the frequent missense mutations associated with p53 mutation‑dependent cancer, was demonstrated to be the key binding site for the RNF20/RNF40/WAC complex. Furthermore, knockout of RNF20/RNF40 suppressed the expression levels of p53 and its target genes in HCT116 cells compared with those in wild‑type HCT116 cells. Consistent with these results, the R282W mutation in p53 inhibited the expression levels of p53 and its downstream genes by inactivating the interaction between p53 and RNF20/RNF40 compared with those in wild‑type HCT116 cells. In conclusion, the results of the present study revealed the molecular mechanism of the interaction between the RNF20/RNF40/WAC complex and p53, and demonstrated that these proteins regulated gene transcription in the DNA damage response.
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Meng D, Guo K, Zhang D, Zhao C, Sun C and Zhang F: Ring finger 20/ring finger 40/WW domain‑containing adaptor with coiled‑coil complex interacts with p53 to regulate gene transcription in DNA damage response. Oncol Lett 21: 436, 2021.
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Meng, D., Guo, K., Zhang, D., Zhao, C., Sun, C., & Zhang, F. (2021). Ring finger 20/ring finger 40/WW domain‑containing adaptor with coiled‑coil complex interacts with p53 to regulate gene transcription in DNA damage response. Oncology Letters, 21, 436. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2021.12697
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Meng, D., Guo, K., Zhang, D., Zhao, C., Sun, C., Zhang, F."Ring finger 20/ring finger 40/WW domain‑containing adaptor with coiled‑coil complex interacts with p53 to regulate gene transcription in DNA damage response". Oncology Letters 21.6 (2021): 436.
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Meng, D., Guo, K., Zhang, D., Zhao, C., Sun, C., Zhang, F."Ring finger 20/ring finger 40/WW domain‑containing adaptor with coiled‑coil complex interacts with p53 to regulate gene transcription in DNA damage response". Oncology Letters 21, no. 6 (2021): 436. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2021.12697