TY - JOUR
T1 - PML activates transcription by protecting HIPK2 and p300 from SCF Fbx3-mediated degradation
AU - Shima, Yutaka
AU - Shima, Takito
AU - Chiba, Tomoki
AU - Irimura, Tatsuro
AU - Pandolfi, Pier Paolo
AU - Kitabayashi, Issay
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - PML, a nuclear protein, interacts with several transcription factors and their coactivators, such as HIPK2 and p300, resulting in the activation of transcription. Although PML is thought to achieve transcription activation by stabilizing the transcription factor complex, little is known about the underlying molecular mechanism. To clarify the role of PML in transcription regulation, we purified the PML complex and identified Fbxo3 (Fbx3), Skp1, and Cullin1 as novel components of this complex. Fbx3 formed SCFFbx3 ubiquitin ligase and promoted the degradation of HIPK2 and p300 by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. PML inhibited this degradation through a mechanism that unexpectedly did not involve inhibition of the ubiquitination of HIPK2. PML, Fbx3, and HIPK2 synergistically activated p53-induced transcription. Our findings suggest that PML stabilizes the transcription factor complex by protecting HIPK2 and p300 from SCFFbx3-induced degradation until transcription is completed. In contrast, the leukemia-associated fusion PML-RARα induced the degradation of HIPK2. We discuss the roles of PML and PML-retinoic acid receptor α, as well as those of HIPK2 and p300 ubiquitination, in transcriptional regulation and leukemogenesis.
AB - PML, a nuclear protein, interacts with several transcription factors and their coactivators, such as HIPK2 and p300, resulting in the activation of transcription. Although PML is thought to achieve transcription activation by stabilizing the transcription factor complex, little is known about the underlying molecular mechanism. To clarify the role of PML in transcription regulation, we purified the PML complex and identified Fbxo3 (Fbx3), Skp1, and Cullin1 as novel components of this complex. Fbx3 formed SCFFbx3 ubiquitin ligase and promoted the degradation of HIPK2 and p300 by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. PML inhibited this degradation through a mechanism that unexpectedly did not involve inhibition of the ubiquitination of HIPK2. PML, Fbx3, and HIPK2 synergistically activated p53-induced transcription. Our findings suggest that PML stabilizes the transcription factor complex by protecting HIPK2 and p300 from SCFFbx3-induced degradation until transcription is completed. In contrast, the leukemia-associated fusion PML-RARα induced the degradation of HIPK2. We discuss the roles of PML and PML-retinoic acid receptor α, as well as those of HIPK2 and p300 ubiquitination, in transcriptional regulation and leukemogenesis.
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U2 - 10.1128/MCB.00897-08
DO - 10.1128/MCB.00897-08
M3 - Article
C2 - 18809579
AN - SCOPUS:57349101560
SN - 0270-7306
VL - 28
SP - 7126
EP - 7138
JO - Molecular and Cellular Biology
JF - Molecular and Cellular Biology
IS - 23
ER -