PMID- 21135113 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110502 LR - 20211020 IS - 1538-7445 (Electronic) IS - 0008-5472 (Print) IS - 0008-5472 (Linking) VI - 71 IP - 3 DP - 2011 Feb 1 TI - 14-3-3sigma exerts tumor-suppressor activity mediated by regulation of COP1 stability. PG - 884-94 LID - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-2518 [doi] AB - Constitutive photomorphogenic 1 (COP1) is a p53-targeting E3 ubiquitin ligase that is downregulated by DNA damage through mechanisms that remain obscure. Here, we report that COP1 is not downregulated following DNA damage in 14-3-3sigma null cells, implicating 14-3-3sigma as a critical regulator in the response of COP1 to DNA damage. We also identified that 14-3-3sigma, a p53 target gene product, interacted with COP1 and controlled COP1 protein stability after DNA damage. Mechanistic studies revealed that 14-3-3sigma enhanced COP1 self-ubiquitination, thereby preventing COP1-mediated p53 ubiquitination, degradation, and transcriptional repression. In addition, we found that COP1 expression promoted cell proliferation, cell transformation, and tumor progression, manifesting its role in cancer promotion, whereas 14-3-3sigma negatively regulated COP1 function and prevented tumor growth in a mouse xenograft model of human cancer. Immunohistochemical analysis of clinical breast and pancreatic cancer specimens demonstrated that COP1 protein levels were inversely correlated with 14-3-3sigma protein levels. Together, our findings define a mechanism for posttranslational regulation of COP1 after DNA damage that can explain the correlation between COP1 overexpression and 14-3-3sigma downregulation during tumorigenesis. FAU - Su, Chun-Hui AU - Su CH AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. FAU - Zhao, Ruiying AU - Zhao R FAU - Zhang, Fanmao AU - Zhang F FAU - Qu, Changju AU - Qu C FAU - Chen, Bo AU - Chen B FAU - Feng, Yin-Hsun AU - Feng YH FAU - Phan, Liem AU - Phan L FAU - Chen, Jian AU - Chen J FAU - Wang, Hua AU - Wang H FAU - Wang, Huamin AU - Wang H FAU - Yeung, Sai-Ching J AU - Yeung SC FAU - Lee, Mong-Hong AU - Lee MH LA - eng GR - P30 CA016672/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA16672/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 CA089266/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01CA089266/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA089266/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20101206 PL - United States TA - Cancer Res JT - Cancer research JID - 2984705R RN - 0 (14-3-3 Proteins) RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (TP53 protein, human) 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 3.1.- (Exonucleases) RN - EC 3.1.- (Exoribonucleases) RN - EC 3.1.- (SFN protein, human) SB - IM MH - 14-3-3 Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Breast Neoplasms/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Adhesion/physiology MH - Cell Growth Processes/physiology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Colonic Neoplasms/genetics/metabolism MH - DNA Damage MH - Down-Regulation MH - Exonucleases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Exoribonucleases MH - HCT116 Cells MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - Pancreatic Neoplasms/genetics/metabolism MH - Transfection MH - Transplantation, Heterologous MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/antagonists & inhibitors/biosynthesis/genetics/*metabolism MH - Ubiquitination PMC - PMC3358120 MID - NIHMS376367 COIS- Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed. EDAT- 2010/12/08 06:00 MHDA- 2011/05/03 06:00 PMCR- 2012/05/22 CRDT- 2010/12/08 06:00 PHST- 2010/12/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/12/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/05/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/05/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 0008-5472.CAN-10-2518 [pii] AID - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-2518 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Res. 2011 Feb 1;71(3):884-94. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-2518. Epub 2010 Dec 6.