Journal
GENES & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 23, Issue 10, Pages 1171-1176Publisher
COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS, PUBLICATIONS DEPT
DOI: 10.1101/gad.510809
Keywords
Cancer; senescence; INK4A; ARF; histone methylation; histone demethylation
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation
- Association for International Cancer Research
- Danish Cancer Society
- Danish Medical Research Council
- Danish Natural Science Research Council
- Benzon Foundation
- Lundbeck foundation
- Harboefonden
- Danish National Research Foundation
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The tumor suppressor proteins p16(INK4A) and p14(ARF), encoded by the INK4A-ARF locus, are key regulators of cellular senescence. The locus is epigenetically silenced by the repressive H3K27me3 mark in normally growing cells, but becomes activated in response to oncogenic stress. Here, we show that expression of the histone H3 Lys 27 (H3K27) demethylase JMJD3 is induced upon activation of the RAS-RAF signaling pathway. JMJD3 is recruited to the INK4A-ARF locus and contributes to the transcriptional activation of p16(INK4A) in human diploid fibroblasts. Additionally, inhibition of Jmjd3 expression in mouse embryonic fibroblasts results in suppression of p16(Ink4a) and p19(Arf) expression and in their immortalization.
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