Study identifies new mechanisms that boost p53 signaling and tumor suppression

Study identifies new mechanisms that boost p53 signaling and tumor suppression
Graphical abstract. Credit:Molecular Cell(2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.04.010

路德维希·斯坦福大学领导的研究小组劳拉Attardi explored novel mechanisms by which the p53 protein, often called the guardian of the genome, regulates gene expression by looking for novel proteins that interact with the versatile tumor suppressor in response to cellular stressors. The researchers isolated these proteins based on their binding to p53 and identified them by mass spectroscopy. They reported in a May publication inMolecular Cellthat METTL3—a key component of an mRNA-modifying protein complex known as M6A RNA methyltransferase complex (MTC) that helps regulate gene expression—amplifies p53 signaling induced by cellular stress.

The researchers showed that METTL3 helps to stabilize p53 and promotes the expression of its target genes in response to DNA damage and oncogenic signaling by more than one mechanism. Indeed, p53 is relatively less stable and adept at inducing itsin cells that are deficient in METTL3. Attardi and her colleagues also showed that METTL3 enhances the tumor suppressing activity of p53 in human cancer cells and in mouse models of cancer. Finally, their analysis of human cancer genome data supports a role for MTC in reinforcing p53 function in cancer.

更多的信息:Nitin Raj et al, The Mettl3 epitranscriptomic writer amplifies p53 stress responses,Molecular Cell(2022).DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.04.010
Journal information: Molecular Cell

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