title: SUMO-1 overexpression increases RbAp46 protein stability and suppresses cell growth.
abstract: The retinoblastoma suppressor (Rb)-associated protein 46 (RbAp46) is a nuclear protein of 46 kDa and contains four repeats that end with Trp-Asp (WD) residues. In this study, we reveal that the RbAp46 protein level upon SUMO-1 expression was increased. The increasing level of RbAp46 protein by SUMO-1 was not regulated at the transcriptional level. SUMO-1 does not affect the degradation of RbAp46. Co-localization of RbAp46 and SUMO-1 in the nuclei of stable NIH/3T3 cells harboring the inducible Ha-ras(Val12) oncogene (pSVlacOras) designated as 7-4, and protein-protein interaction between RbAp46 and SUMO-1 was also detected by co-immunoprecipitation in these cells. However, SUMO-l-related sumoylation was not involved in the modification of RbAp46. It is possibly that SUMO-1 acts through formation of complex with RbAp46 to stabilize RbAp46 protein. Overexpression of RbAp46 protein suppressed the NIH/3T3 cell growth induced by Ha-Ras(V12). SUMO-1 further enhances the suppression of cell growth through stabilization of RbAp46 protein. This is the first report to demonstrate that SUMO-1 can suppress Ras-related cell proliferation through stabilization of RbAp46 protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Raghavaraju
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giri
authors.forename: Hsuan-Heng
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Chin-Han
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Hsiao-Sheng
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D048708:Cell Growth Processes / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D006801:Humans; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D051379:Mice; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D056524:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 7; D025842:SUMO-1 Protein / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C096378:Rbbp7 protein, mouse; D056524:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 7; D025842:SUMO-1 Protein