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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 400, 期 4, 页码 649-654出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.08.121
关键词
Apoptosis; Bile acids; Mdm-2; p53; Ubiquitination
资金
- Child Health and Development,
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), Lisbon, Portugal [PTDC/SAU-GMG/099162/2008]
- FCT [BPD/47376/2008]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/SAU-GMG/099162/2008] Funding Source: FCT
p53/Mdm-2 interaction is a prime target of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) for regulating apoptosis in primary rat hepatocytes. Here, we further explored the role of UDCA in downregulating p53 by Mdm-2. UDCA reduced the stability of p53 by decreasing protein half-life. Although proteasomal activity was slightly increased with UDCA, the effect was also observed for other bile acids. More importantly, immunoprecipitation assays revealed that UDCA promoted p53 ubiquitination, therefore leading to increased p53 degradation. In this regard, proteasome inhibition after UDCA pre-treatment resulted in accumulation of ubiquitinated p53, which in turn was prevented in cells overexpressing a mutated form of p53 that does not undergo Mdm-2 ubiquitination. The involvement of Mdm-2 in UDCA-mediated response was further confirmed by siRNA-mediated gene silencing experiments. Finally, the protective effect of UDCA against p53-induced apoptosis was abolished after inhibition of proteasome activity and prevention of p53 ubiquitination by Mdm-2. These findings suggest that UDCA protects cells from p53-mediated apoptosis by promoting its degradation via the Mdm-2-ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. (c) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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