title: The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 is regulated by RNA-binding protein PCBP4 via mRNA stability.
abstract: RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play a major role in many post-transcriptional processes, including mRNA stability, alternative splicing and translation. PCBP4, also called MCG10, is an RBP belonging to the poly(C)-binding protein family and a target of p53 tumor suppressor. Ectopic expression of PCBP4 induces cell-cycle arrest in G₂ and apoptosis. To identify RNA targets regulated by PCBP4 and further decipher its function, we generated multiple cell lines in which PCBP4 is either inducibly over-expressed or knocked down. We found that PCBP4 expression decreases cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 induction in response to DNA damage. We also provided evidence that PCBP4 regulates p21 expression independently of p53. In addition, we showed that a deficiency in PCBP4 enhances p21 induction upon DNA damage. To validate PCBP4 regulation of p21, we made PCBP4-deficient mice and showed that p21 expression is markedly increased in PCBP4-deficient primary mouse embryo fibroblasts compared to that in wild-type counterparts. Finally, we uncovered that PCBP4 binds to the 3'-UTR of p21 transcript in vitro and in vivo to regulate p21 mRNA stability. Taken together, we revealed that PCBP4 regulates both basal and stress-induced p21 expression through binding p21 3'-UTR and modulating p21 mRNA stability.
authors.affiliation: The Center for Comparative Oncology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Ariane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scoumanne
authors.forename: Seong Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xinbin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D004249:DNA Damage; D055785:Gene Knockdown Techniques; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D020871:RNA Stability; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; C411734:PCBP4 protein, human; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
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