PMID- 12821780 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030904 LR - 20240214 IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 1091-6490 (Electronic) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 100 IP - 14 DP - 2003 Jul 8 TI - Mdm2-dependent ubiquitination and degradation of the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor. PG - 8247-52 AB - Recently, p53 was demonstrated to affect the expression of the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R), a receptor tyrosine kinase that plays a crucial role in growth and survival of cancer cells. However, the underlying mechanisms for interaction between p53 and IGF-1R are still not fully understood. One of the challenging questions remaining to be answered is why the wild-type p53, which per se represses the transcription of the IGF-1R gene, in overexpressed form is necessary for a high IGF-1R expression. In this study, we show that inhibition of p53 causes ubiquitination and down-regulation, through increased degradation, of the IGF-1R in human malignant melanoma cells. This effect, which was independent of the p53 status (i.e., wild type or mutated), was prevented if Mdm2 was coinhibited. Similar results were obtained in UV-irradiated human melanocytes (harboring wild-type p53), in which level of the IGF-1R increased after up-regulation of p53. Interestingly, the basal ubiquitination of the IGF-1R in untreated cells also depended on Mdm2. We could prove that Mdm2 physically associates with IGF-1R and that Mdm2 causes IGF-1R ubiquitination in an in vitro assay. Taken together our data provide evidence that Mdm2 serves as a ligase in ubiquitination of the IGF-1R and thereby causes its degradation by the proteasome system. Consequently, by sequestering Mdm2 in the cell nuclei, the level of p53 may indirectly influence the expression of IGF-1R. This role of Mdm2 and p53 represents an unexpected mechanism for the regulation of IGF-1R and cell growth. FAU - Girnita, Leonard AU - Girnita L AD - Department of Oncology and Pathology, Division of Cellular and Molecular Tumor Pathology, Cancer Center Karolinska, R8:04, Karolinska Hospital, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Girnita, Ada AU - Girnita A FAU - Larsson, Olle AU - Larsson O LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20030623 PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - 0 (Ubiquitin) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (MDM2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Mdm2 protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, IGF Type 1) RN - EC 3.4.- (Peptide Hydrolases) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) RN - EC 3.4.99.- (ATP dependent 26S protease) SB - IM MH - 3T3 Cells/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Cell Nucleus/metabolism MH - Down-Regulation/physiology/radiation effects MH - Genes, p53 MH - Humans MH - Melanoma/metabolism/pathology MH - Mice MH - Neoplasm Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - *Nuclear Proteins MH - Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology MH - Peptide Hydrolases/*metabolism MH - *Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex MH - Protein Interaction Mapping MH - Protein Processing, Post-Translational/*physiology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2 MH - Receptor, IGF Type 1/*metabolism MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism MH - Transfection MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured/metabolism/radiation effects MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Ubiquitin MH - Ultraviolet Rays PMC - PMC166214 EDAT- 2003/06/25 05:00 MHDA- 2003/09/05 05:00 PMCR- 2003/12/23 CRDT- 2003/06/25 05:00 PHST- 2003/06/25 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/09/05 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/06/25 05:00 [entrez] PHST- 2003/12/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1431613100 [pii] AID - 1008247 [pii] AID - 10.1073/pnas.1431613100 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Jul 8;100(14):8247-52. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1431613100. Epub 2003 Jun 23.