Ghosh Asish K, Kanda Tatsuo, Steele Robert, Ray Ratna B
Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2008;3(10):e3384. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003384. Epub 2008 Oct 13.
MBP-1 acts as a general transcriptional repressor. Overexpression of MBP-1 induces cell death in a number of cancer cells and regresses tumor growth. However, the function of endogenous MBP-1 in normal cell growth regulation remains unknown. To unravel the role of endogenous MBP-1, we knocked down MBP-1 expression in primary human foreskin fibroblasts (HFF) by RNA interference. Knockdown of MBP-1 in HFF (HFF-MBPsi-4) resulted in an induction of premature senescence, displayed flattened cell morphology, and increased senescence-associated beta-galactosidase activity. FACS analysis of HFF-MBPsi-4 revealed accumulation of a high number of cells in the G1-phase. A significant upregulation of cyclin D1 and reduction of cyclin A was detected in HFF-MBPsi-4 as compared to control HFF. Senescent fibroblasts exhibited enhanced expression of phosphorylated and acetylated p53, and cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, p21. Further analysis suggested that promyolocytic leukemia protein (PML) bodies are dramatically increased in HFF-MBPsi-4. Together, these results demonstrated that knockdown of endogenous MBP-1 is involved in cellular senescence of HFF through p53-p21 pathway.
髓鞘碱性蛋白-1(MBP-1)作为一种通用转录抑制因子发挥作用。MBP-1的过表达在多种癌细胞中诱导细胞死亡并使肿瘤生长消退。然而,内源性MBP-1在正常细胞生长调节中的功能仍不清楚。为了阐明内源性MBP-1的作用,我们通过RNA干扰敲低了原代人包皮成纤维细胞(HFF)中MBP-1的表达。在HFF(HFF-MBPsi-4)中敲低MBP-1导致过早衰老的诱导,表现为扁平的细胞形态,并增加了衰老相关的β-半乳糖苷酶活性。对HFF-MBPsi-4的流式细胞术分析显示大量细胞在G1期积累。与对照HFF相比,在HFF-MBPsi-4中检测到细胞周期蛋白D1显著上调和细胞周期蛋白A减少。衰老的成纤维细胞表现出磷酸化和乙酰化p53以及细胞周期蛋白依赖性激酶抑制剂p21的表达增强。进一步分析表明,早幼粒细胞白血病蛋白(PML)小体在HFF-MBPsi-4中显著增加。总之,这些结果表明敲低内源性MBP-1通过p53-p21途径参与HFF的细胞衰老。