Journal
CELL CYCLE
Volume 9, Issue 16, Pages 3227-3232Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.16.12605
Keywords
ribosomal biogenesis; nucleolar stress; nucleostemin; p53; MDM2; cell cycle and cell growth
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- NIH-NCI [CA127724, CA095441, CA129828]
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Several nucleolar proteins, such as ARF, ribosomal protein (RP) L5, L11, L23 and S7, have been shown to induce p53 activation by inhibiting MDM2 E3 ligase activity and consequently to trigger cell cycle arrest and/or apoptosis. Our recent study revealed another nucleolar protein called nucleostemin (NS), a nucleolar GTP binding protein, as a novel regulator of the p53-MDM2 feedback loop. However, unlike other known nucleolar regulators of this loop, NS surprisingly plays a dual role, as both up and downregulations of its levels could turn on p53 activity. Here, we try to offer some prospective views for this unusual phenomenon by reconciling previously and recently published studies in the field in hoping to better depict the role of NS in linking the p53 pathway with ribosomal biogenesis during cell growth and proliferation as well as to propose NS as another potential molecular target for anti-cancer drug development.
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