Journal
JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
Volume 125, Issue 6, Pages 1544-1555Publisher
COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.095273
Keywords
ES cell; NANOG; Myc; TRIM6; Ubiquitin
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [18076001, 21390087]
- Sumitomo Foundation
- Suhara Foundation
- Kudo Science Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21390087, 22390314, 24390065, 18076001, 23659144] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The proto-oncogene product Myc is a master regulator of cell proliferation through its specific binding to the E-box motif in genomic DNA. It has been reported that Myc has an important role in the proliferation and maintenance of the pluripotency of embryonic stem (ES) cells and that the transcriptional activity of Myc is regulated by several post-translational modifications, including ubiquitination. In this study, we showed that tripartite motif containing 6 (TRIM6), one of the TRIM family ubiquitin ligases, was selectively expressed in ES cells and interacted with Myc followed by attenuation of the transcriptional activity of Myc. Knockdown of TRIM6 in ES cells enhanced the transcriptional activity of Myc and repressed expression of NANOG, resulting in the promotion of ES cell differentiation. These findings indicate that TRIM6 regulates the transcriptional activity of Myc during the maintenance of ES cell pluripotency, suggesting that TRIM6 functions as a novel regulator for Myc-mediated transcription in ES cells.
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