title: ARF-BP1 as a potential therapeutic target.
abstract: In this review, we discuss the recent identification of ARF-BP1 (also known as Mule, UREB1, E3(histone), LASU1, and HectH9). ARF-BP1, a HECT domain-containing E3 ubiquitin ligase, interacts with ARF and p53. Its ubiquitin ligase activity is inhibited by ARF. Inactivation of ARF-BP1 stabilised p53 and induced apoptosis. Notably, inactivation of ARF-BP1 also caused cell growth repression in p53-null cells and breast cancer cells with mutant p53. Thus, ARF-BP1 emerges as a novel therapeutic target against cancer regardless of p53 status.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Cancer Genetics, Department of Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1150 St Nicholas Ave, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000502:physiology*; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C502830:HUWE1 protein, human; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases