Caspase-2-Mediated Cleavage of Mdm2 Creates a p53-Induced Positive Feedback Loop
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Oliver, Trudy
Meylan, Etienne
Chang, Gregory P.
Xue, Wen
Burke, James R.
Humpton, Timothy J.
Hubbard, Diana D.
Bhutkar, Arjun (AJ)
Jacks, Tyler E.
Date Issued
July 2011
Journal
Molecular Cell
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Elsevier
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Oliver, Trudy G., Etienne Meylan, Gregory P. Chang, Wen Xue, James R. Burke, Timothy J. Humpton, Diana Hubbard, Arjun Bhutkar, and Tyler Jacks. “Caspase-2-Mediated Cleavage of Mdm2 Creates a P53-Induced Positive Feedback Loop.” Molecular Cell 43, no. 1 (July 2011): 57–71. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.
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Abstract
Caspase-2 is an evolutionarily conserved caspase, yet its biological function and cleavage targets are poorly understood. Caspase-2 is activated by the p53 target gene product PIDD (also known as LRDD) in a complex called the Caspase-2-PIDDosome. We show that PIDD expression promotes growth arrest and chemotherapy resistance by a mechanism that depends on Caspase-2 and wild-type p53. PIDD-induced Caspase-2 directly cleaves the E3 ubiquitin ligase Mdm2 at Asp 367, leading to loss of the C-terminal RING domain responsible for p53 ubiquitination. As a consequence, N-terminally truncated Mdm2 binds p53 and promotes its stability. Upon DNA damage, p53 induction of the Caspase-2-PIDDosome creates a positive feedback loop that inhibits Mdm2 and reinforces p53 stability and activity, contributing to cell survival and drug resistance. These data establish Mdm2 as a cleavage target of Caspase-2 and provide insight into a mechanism of Mdm2 inhibition that impacts p53 dynamics upon genotoxic stress.
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Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2011.06.012
