title: Enhanced degradation of MDM2 by a nuclear envelope component, mouse germ cell-less.
abstract: A mouse homologue of Drosophila germ cell less, mouse germ cell less-1 (mgcl-1), encodes a nuclear envelope component essential for nuclear integrity. To analyze the molecular function of mGCL-1, we carried out two hybrid screening and found that mGCL-1 bound to the gene product of tumor susceptibility gene 101 (tsg101). Effects of mGCL-1 on the expression of MDM2-p53 axis were examined, since TSG101 has been shown to elevate the amount of MDM2 by inhibiting the ubiquitination. mGCL-1 significantly reduced the amount of MDM2 probably by changing the sub-cellular localization of the MDM2 and facilitating the ubiquitination of MDM2. In addition, the amount of p53 was increased and transactivation by p53 was enhanced by mGCL-1. Thus, mGCL-1 turned out to be a factor modulating MDM2-p53 axis by enhanced degradation of MDM2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masuhara
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D056827:Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport; D006801:Humans; D008156:Luciferases / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009685:Nuclear Envelope / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051736:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000378:metabolism; D000099177:Tsg101 Protein
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D056827:Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport; D008156:Luciferases; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051736:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D025801:Ubiquitin; D000099177:Tsg101 Protein; C471550:Gcl protein, mouse; C497206:MDM2 protein, human; C497207:Mdm2 protein, mouse