PMID- 17968316 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080501 LR - 20191210 IS - 1476-5594 (Electronic) IS - 0950-9232 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 17 DP - 2008 Apr 10 TI - COP1D, an alternatively spliced constitutive photomorphogenic-1 (COP1) product, stabilizes UV stress-induced c-Jun through inhibition of full-length COP1. PG - 2401-11 AB - COP1 is an evolutionarily conserved RING-finger ubiquitin ligase acting within a Cullin-RING ligase (CRL) complex that promotes polyubiquitination of c-Jun and p53. Stability of the above substrates is affected by post-translational changes priming the proteins for polyubiquitination and proteasome-dependent degradation. However, degradation of both substrates is controlled indirectly by signaling pathways affecting the E3 ligases involved in their polyubiquitination. Here, we report the identification of COP1D, a ubiquitously expressed splice variant of COP1 lacking a portion of a coiled-coil region involved in intermolecular associations. While being unable to associate with other components of the CRL complex, COP1D exerts a dominant-negative function over the full-length protein, due to its ability to heterodimerize with COP1 and sequester it from the enzymatically active complex. Ectopic expression of COP1D antagonizes the function of COP1, while its selective downregulation by RNA interference promotes more efficient degradation of c-Jun and p53 by the full-length protein. The COP1/COP1D mRNA ratio is modulated by UV stress and a decreased COP1/COP1D ratio correlates with elevated c-Jun, but not p53 protein levels in invasive ductal breast cancer. Thus, dynamic changes of the COP1/COP1D ratio provide an additional level of regulation of the half-life of the substrates of this E3 ligase under homeostatic or pathological conditions. FAU - Savio, M G AU - Savio MG AD - Unit of Leukocyte Biology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University School of Medicine, DIBIT-Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy. FAU - Rotondo, G AU - Rotondo G FAU - Maglie, S AU - Maglie S FAU - Rossetti, G AU - Rossetti G FAU - Bender, J R AU - Bender JR FAU - Pardi, R AU - Pardi R LA - eng GR - R01 HL43331/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20071029 PL - England TA - Oncogene JT - Oncogene JID - 8711562 RN - 0 (Isoenzymes) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (COP1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) SB - IM MH - Base Sequence MH - Breast Neoplasms/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - Down-Regulation MH - Enzyme Stability/radiation effects MH - HeLa Cells MH - Health MH - Humans MH - Isoenzymes/genetics/metabolism MH - JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Kinetics MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - Transcription, Genetic/genetics MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics/*metabolism EDAT- 2007/10/31 09:00 MHDA- 2008/05/02 09:00 CRDT- 2007/10/31 09:00 PHST- 2007/10/31 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/05/02 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/10/31 09:00 [entrez] AID - 1210892 [pii] AID - 10.1038/sj.onc.1210892 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncogene. 2008 Apr 10;27(17):2401-11. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210892. Epub 2007 Oct 29.