title: BAF60a interacts with p53 to recruit the SWI/SNF complex.
abstract: To understand the tumor-suppressing mechanism of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, we investigated its molecular relationship with p53. Using the pREP4-luc episomal reporter, we first demonstrated that p53 utilizes the chromatin remodeling activity of the SWI/SNF complex to initiate transcription from the chromatin-structured promoter. Among the components of the SWI/SNF complex, we identified BAF60a as a mediator of the interaction with p53 by the yeast two-hybrid assay. p53 directly interacted only with BAF60a, but not with other components of the SWI/SNF complex, such as BRG1, SRG3, SNF5, or BAF57. We found out that multiple residues at the amino acid 108-150 region of BAF60a were involved in the interaction with the tetramerization domain of p53. The N-terminal fragment of BAF60a containing the p53-interacting region as well as small interfering RNA for baf60a inhibited the SWI/SNF complex-mediated transcriptional activity of p53. The uncoupling of p53 with the SWI/SNF complex resulted in the repression of both p53-dependent apoptosis and cell cycle arrest by the regulation of target genes. These results suggest that the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex is involved in the suppression of tumors by the interaction with p53.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Research Center for Functional Cellulomics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
authors.forename: Jaehak
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Dong H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Myunggon
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Heekyoung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Sung H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Rho H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Seong
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D042002:Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly / Q000187:drug effects; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D050505:Mutant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000187:drug effects; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D014161:Transduction, Genetic; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D050505:Mutant Proteins; C445179:SWI-SNF-B chromatin-remodeling complex; C529549:Smarcd1 protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D004317:Doxorubicin