Kotake Yojiro, Cao Ru, Viatour Patrick, Sage Julien, Zhang Yi, Xiong Yue
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Genes Dev. 2007 Jan 1;21(1):49-54. doi: 10.1101/gad.1499407.
Genetic studies have demonstrated that Bmi1 promotes cell proliferation and stem cell self-renewal with a correlative decrease of p16(INK4a) expression. Here, we demonstrate that Polycomb genes EZH2 and BMI1 repress p16 expression in human and mouse primary cells, but not in cells deficient for pRB protein function. The p16 locus is H3K27-methylated and bound by BMI1, RING2, and SUZ12. Inactivation of pRB family proteins abolishes H3K27 methylation and disrupts BMI1, RING2, and SUZ12 binding to the p16 locus. These results suggest a model in which pRB proteins recruit PRC2 to trimethylate p16, priming the BMI1-containing PRC1L ubiquitin ligase complex to silence p16.
基因研究表明,Bmi1可促进细胞增殖和干细胞自我更新,同时p16(INK4a)表达相应降低。在此,我们证明多梳基因EZH2和BMI1在人和小鼠原代细胞中抑制p16表达,但在pRB蛋白功能缺陷的细胞中则不然。p16基因座发生H3K27甲基化,并与BMI1、RING2和SUZ12结合。pRB家族蛋白的失活消除了H3K27甲基化,并破坏了BMI1、RING2和SUZ12与p16基因座的结合。这些结果提示了一种模型,即pRB蛋白招募PRC2使p16发生三甲基化,从而启动含BMI1的PRC1L泛素连接酶复合体使p16沉默。