School of Public Health, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, Shandong 271016, China.
Department of Breast Surgery, Qilu Hospital (Qingdao), Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Qingdao, China; State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing 102206, China.
Cell Signal. 2022 Oct;98:110405. doi: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2022.110405. Epub 2022 Jul 12.
As one of the most important tumor suppressors, the activity of p53 is precisely regulated. However, the mechanism of p53 regulation is still being elucidated and new regulatory molecules for p53 have also been frequently identified. Our previous works revealed that two members of the KRAB zinc-finger protein (KZFP) family Apak and PISA, which are located on human 19q13.12, participated in the regulation of p53 signaling pathway. KZFPs genes are mainly amplified via tandem in situ duplication during evolution, which indicates that similar sequences and functions may be conserved in evolutionarily and physically close KZFPs. Here, we revealed that ZNF383, another member of the KZFPs mapped at 19q13.12, could inhibit p53-mediated apoptosis and the activation of IFN-β pathway by decreasing the H3K36me2 level at p53's binding sites and the attenuating the binding of p53 to its target genes. We further explored the effect of other KZFPs clustered on 19q13.12 on p53, and found that 85% of these KZFPs exerted p53-repressive activity. Intriguingly, an acidic amino acid-enriched sequence, the SAcL motif in the zinc-finger domains of these KZFPs, was found to be critical for p53 binding. Taken together, our findings revealed the KZFPs cluster located at 19q13.12 not only was involved in p53 regulation but also exhibited different features in the selective regulation of p53 and functional mechanisms, and for the first time, confirmed a motif in KZFPs that mediates the interaction of KZFPs and p53. These results would enrich the knowledge on the role, sequence features, and functional mechanisms of the KZFP family in p53 regulation.
作为最重要的肿瘤抑制因子之一,p53 的活性受到精确调控。然而,p53 调控的机制仍在阐明之中,并且新的 p53 调节分子也经常被鉴定出来。我们之前的工作表明,位于人类 19q13.12 上的 KRAB 锌指蛋白 (KZFP) 家族的两个成员 Apak 和 PISA,参与了 p53 信号通路的调节。KZFPs 基因主要通过进化过程中的串联原位重复扩增,这表明在进化和物理上密切相关的 KZFPs 中可能保守类似的序列和功能。在这里,我们揭示了另一个位于 19q13.12 上的 KZFP 成员 ZNF383,通过降低 p53 结合位点处的 H3K36me2 水平,以及减弱 p53 与靶基因的结合,抑制 p53 介导的细胞凋亡和 IFN-β 通路的激活,从而抑制 p53 介导的细胞凋亡和 IFN-β 通路的激活。我们进一步探讨了位于 19q13.12 上的其他 KZFPs 对 p53 的影响,发现这些 KZFPs 中有 85%具有抑制 p53 的活性。有趣的是,在这些 KZFPs 的锌指结构域中富含酸性氨基酸的 SAcL 基序,对于 p53 结合是至关重要的。总之,我们的研究结果揭示了位于 19q13.12 上的 KZFPs 不仅参与了 p53 的调节,而且在 p53 的选择性调节以及功能机制上表现出不同的特征,并且首次证实了 KZFPs 中的一个基序介导了 KZFPs 和 p53 之间的相互作用。这些结果丰富了 KZFP 家族在 p53 调控中的作用、序列特征和功能机制的知识。