title: Characterization of endogenous human promyelocytic leukemia isoforms.
abstract: Promyelocytic leukemia (PML) has been implicated in a variety of functions, including control of TP53 function and modulation of cellular senescence. Sumolated PML is the organizer of mature PML bodies, recruiting a variety of proteins onto these nuclear domains. The PML gene is predicted to encode a variety of protein isoforms. Overexpression of only one of them, PML-IV, promotes senescence in human diploid fibroblasts, whereas PML-III was proposed to specifically interact with the centrosome. We show that all PML isoform proteins are expressed in cell lines or primary cells. Unexpectedly, we found that PML-III, PML-IV, and PML-V are quantitatively minor isoforms compared with PML-I/II and could not confirm the centrosomal targeting of PML-III. Stable expression of each isoform, in a pml-null background, yields distinct subcellular localization patterns, suggesting that, like in other RBCC/TRIM proteins, the COOH-terminal domains of PML are involved in interactions with specific cellular components. Only the isoform-specific sequences of PML-I and PML-V are highly conserved between man and mouse. That PML-I contains all conserved exons and is more abundantly expressed than PML-IV suggests that it is a critical contributor to PML function(s).
authors.affiliation: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7151, Equipe Labellisée par La Ligne Contre le Cancer, Paris Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Wilfried
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Condemine
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Francine
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Puvion-Dutilleul
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guegan
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Janin
authors.forename: Hugues
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de Thé
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018385:Centrosome / Q000378:metabolism; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D000071156:Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C513293:Pml protein, mouse; D000071156:Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C070576:PML protein, human