PMID- 9575138 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19980612 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 273 IP - 20 DP - 1998 May 15 TI - p53 inhibits hypoxia-inducible factor-stimulated transcription. PG - 11995-8 AB - p53 is required for hypoxia-induced apoptosis in vivo, although the mechanism by which this occurs is not known. Conversely, induction of the hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) transactivator stimulates transcription of a number of genes crucial to survival of the hypoxic state. Here we demonstrate that p53 represses HIF-1-stimulated transcription. Although higher levels of p53 are required to inhibit HIF than are necessary to transcriptionally activate p53 target genes, these levels of p53 are similar to those that stimulate cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase, an early event in apoptosis. Transfection of full-length p300 stimulates both p53-dependent and HIF-dependent transcription but does not relieve p53-mediated inhibition of HIF. In contrast, a p300 fragment, which binds to p53 but not to HIF-1, prevents p53-dependent repression of HIF activity. Transcriptionally inactive p53, mutated in its DNA binding domain, retains the ability to block HIF transactivating activity, whereas a transcriptionally inactive double point mutant defective for p300 binding does not inhibit HIF. Finally, depletion of doxorubicin-induced endogenous p53 by E6 protein attenuates doxorubicin-stimulated inhibition of HIF, suggesting that a p53 level sufficient for HIF inhibition can be achieved in vivo. These data support a model in which stoichiometric binding of p53 to a HIF/p300 transcriptional complex mediates inhibition of HIF activity. FAU - Blagosklonny, M V AU - Blagosklonny MV AD - Department of Experimental Therapeutics, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. mikhailb@box-m.nih.gov FAU - An, W G AU - An WG FAU - Romanova, L Y AU - Romanova LY FAU - Trepel, J AU - Trepel J FAU - Fojo, T AU - Fojo T FAU - Neckers, L AU - Neckers L LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (HIF1A protein, human) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - EC 2.4.2.30 (Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases) SB - IM MH - Breast Neoplasms/metabolism/pathology MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Hydrolysis MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit MH - Nuclear Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases/metabolism MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - *Transcription Factors MH - *Transcriptional Activation MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/*metabolism EDAT- 1998/06/20 00:00 MHDA- 1998/06/20 00:01 CRDT- 1998/06/20 00:00 PHST- 1998/06/20 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1998/06/20 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1998/06/20 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(19)84219-9 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.273.20.11995 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 1998 May 15;273(20):11995-8. doi: 10.1074/jbc.273.20.11995.