PMID- 21205828 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110504 LR - 20211020 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 286 IP - 9 DP - 2011 Mar 4 TI - Cullin-4A.DNA damage-binding protein 1 E3 ligase complex targets tumor suppressor RASSF1A for degradation during mitosis. PG - 6971-8 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M110.186494 [doi] AB - Tumor suppressor RASSF1A (RAS association domain family 1, isoform A) is known to play an important role in regulation of mitosis; however, little is known about how RASSF1A is regulated during the mitotic phase of the cell cycle. In the present study, we have identified Cullin-4A (CUL4A) as a novel E3 ligase for RASSF1A. Our results demonstrate that DNA damage-binding protein 1 (DDB1) functions as a substrate adaptor that directly interacts with RASSF1A and bridges RASSF1A to the CUL4A E3 ligase complex. Depletion of DDB1 also diminishes intracellular interactions between RASSF1A and CUL4A. Our results also show that RASSF1A interacts with DDB1 via a region containing amino acids 165-200, and deletion of this region abolishes RASSF1A and DDB1 interactions. We have found that CUL4A depletion results in increased levels of RASSF1A protein due to increased half-life; whereas overexpression of CUL4A and DDB1 markedly enhances RASSF1A protein ubiquitination resulting in reduced RASSF1A levels. We further show that CUL4A-mediated RASSF1A degradation occurs during mitosis, and depletion of CUL4A markedly reverses mitotic-phase-stimulated RASSF1A degradation. We also note that overexpression of CUL4A antagonizes the ability of RASSF1A to induce M-phase cell cycle arrest. Thus, our present study demonstrates that the CUL4A.DDB1 E3 complex is important for regulation of RASSF1A during mitosis, and it may contribute to inactivation of RASSF1A and promoting cell cycle progression. FAU - Jiang, Lingyan AU - Jiang L AD - Department of Pharmacology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA. FAU - Rong, Rong AU - Rong R FAU - Sheikh, M Saeed AU - Sheikh MS FAU - Huang, Ying AU - Huang Y LA - eng GR - R03 CA128096/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 CA113868/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA128096/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA113868/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20110104 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (CUL4A protein, human) RN - 0 (Cullin Proteins) RN - 0 (DDB1 protein, human) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Multiprotein Complexes) RN - 0 (RASSF1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Proteins) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) SB - IM MH - Breast Neoplasms MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cullin Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - DNA Damage/*physiology MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Female MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Mitosis/*physiology MH - Multiprotein Complexes/metabolism MH - Protein Stability MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - RNA Interference MH - Tumor Suppressor Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics/metabolism MH - Ubiquitination/physiology PMC - PMC3044953 EDAT- 2011/01/06 06:00 MHDA- 2011/05/05 06:00 PMCR- 2012/03/04 CRDT- 2011/01/06 06:00 PHST- 2011/01/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/01/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/05/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/03/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)51891-7 [pii] AID - M110.186494 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M110.186494 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2011 Mar 4;286(9):6971-8. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.186494. Epub 2011 Jan 4.