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Sakaguchi S, Nakagawa N, Wahba HM, Wada J, Kamada R, Omichinski JG, Sakaguchi K. Highly Similar Tetramerization Domains from the p53 Protein of Different Mammalian Species Possess Varying Biophysical, Functional and Structural Properties. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16620. [PMID: 38068946 PMCID: PMC10706167 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242316620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
Abstract
The p53 protein is a transcriptional regulatory factor and many of its functions require that it forms a tetrameric structure. Although the tetramerization domain of mammalian p53 proteins (p53TD) share significant sequence similarities, it was recently shown that the tree shrew p53TD is considerably more thermostable than the human p53TD. To determine whether other mammalian species display differences in this domain, we used biophysical, functional, and structural studies to compare the properties of the p53TDs from six mammalian model organisms (human, tree shrew, guinea pig, Chinese hamster, sheep, and opossum). The results indicate that the p53TD from the opossum and tree shrew are significantly more stable than the human p53TD, and there is a correlation between the thermostability of the p53TDs and their ability to activate transcription. Structural analysis of the tree shrew and opossum p53TDs indicated that amino acid substitutions within two distinct regions of their p53TDs can dramatically alter hydrophobic packing of the tetramer, and in particular substitutions at positions corresponding to F341 and Q354 of the human p53TD. Together, the results suggest that subtle changes in the sequence of the p53TD can dramatically alter the stability, and potentially lead to important changes in the functional activity, of the p53 protein.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shuya Sakaguchi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan; (S.S.); (N.N.); (J.W.); (R.K.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan; (S.S.); (N.N.); (J.W.); (R.K.)
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- Département de Biochimie et Médicine Moléculaire, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada;
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 2722165, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan; (S.S.); (N.N.); (J.W.); (R.K.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan; (S.S.); (N.N.); (J.W.); (R.K.)
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- Département de Biochimie et Médicine Moléculaire, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada;
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan; (S.S.); (N.N.); (J.W.); (R.K.)
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Xiao G, Annor GK, Fung K, Keinänen O, Zeglis BM, Bargonetti J. Targeting Triple Negative Breast Cancer with a Nucleus-Directed p53 Tetramerization Domain Peptide. Mol Pharm 2021; 18:338-346. [PMID: 33289569 PMCID: PMC8068092 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) has no targeted detection or treatment method. Mutant p53 (mtp53) is overexpressed in >80% of TNBCs, and the stability of mtp53 compared to the instability of wild-type p53 (wtp53) in normal cells makes mtp53 a promising TNBC target for diagnostic and theranostic imaging. We generated Cy5p53Tet, a novel nucleus-penetrating mtp53-oligomerization-domain peptide (mtp53ODP) to the tetramerization domain (TD) of mtp53. This mtp53ODP contains the p53 TD sequence conjugated to a Cy5 fluorophore for near-infrared fluorescence imaging (NIRF). In vitro co-immunoprecipitation and glutaraldehyde cross-linking showed a direct interaction between mtp53 and Cy5p53Tet. Confocal microscopy and flow cytometry demonstrated higher uptake of Cy5p53Tet in the nuclei of TNBC MDA-MB-468 cells with mtp53 R273H than in ER-positive MCF7 cells with wtp53. Furthermore, depletion of mtp53 R273H caused a decrease in the uptake of Cy5p53Tet in nuclei. In vivo analysis of the peptide in mice bearing MDA-MB-468 xenografts showed that Cy5p53Tet could be detected in tumor tissue 12 min after injection. In these in vivo experiments, significantly higher uptake of Cy5p53Tet was observed in mtp53-expressing MDA-MB-468 xenografts compared with the wtp53-expressing MCF7 tumors. Cy5p53Tet has clinical potential as an intraoperative imaging agent for fluorescence-guided surgery, and the mtp53ODP scaffold shows promise for modification in the future to enable the delivery of a wide variety of payloads including radionuclides and toxins to mtp53-expressing TNBC tumors.
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- Gu Xiao
- Department of Biological Sciences Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York 10021, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York 10021, United States
- The Graduate Center Biochemistry PhD Program of City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Department of Chemistry Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10021, United States
- Ph.D. Program in Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Department of Chemistry Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10021, United States
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- Department of Chemistry Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10021, United States
- Ph.D. Program in Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York 10021, United States
- The Graduate Center Biochemistry PhD Program of City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York 10021, United States
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Katz C, Low-Calle AM, Choe JH, Laptenko O, Tong D, Joseph-Chowdhury JSN, Garofalo F, Zhu Y, Friedler A, Prives C. Wild-type and cancer-related p53 proteins are preferentially degraded by MDM2 as dimers rather than tetramers. Genes Dev 2018; 32:430-447. [PMID: 29549180 PMCID: PMC5900715 DOI: 10.1101/gad.304071.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 02/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The p53 tumor suppressor protein is the most well studied as a regulator of transcription in the nucleus, where it exists primarily as a tetramer. However, there are other oligomeric states of p53 that are relevant to its regulation and activities. In unstressed cells, p53 is normally held in check by MDM2 that targets p53 for transcriptional repression, proteasomal degradation, and cytoplasmic localization. Here we discovered a hydrophobic region within the MDM2 N-terminal domain that binds exclusively to the dimeric form of the p53 C-terminal domain in vitro. In cell-based assays, MDM2 exhibits superior binding to, hyperdegradation of, and increased nuclear exclusion of dimeric p53 when compared with tetrameric wild-type p53. Correspondingly, impairing the hydrophobicity of the newly identified N-terminal MDM2 region leads to p53 stabilization. Interestingly, we found that dimeric mutant p53 is partially unfolded and is a target for ubiquitin-independent degradation by the 20S proteasome. Finally, forcing certain tumor-derived mutant forms of p53 into dimer configuration results in hyperdegradation of mutant p53 and inhibition of p53-mediated cancer cell migration. Gaining insight into different oligomeric forms of p53 may provide novel approaches to cancer therapy.
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- Chen Katz
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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Toguchi Y, Kamada R, Kanno M, Imagawa T, Sakaguchi K. Quantitative Single Cell Analysis for Transcriptional Activity of p53 Hetero-tetramers between Wild-type Protein and Oligomerization Domain. CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.170980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yu Toguchi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, N10 W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, N10 W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, N10 W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, N10 W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, N10 W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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Kamada R, Toguchi Y, Nomura T, Imagawa T, Sakaguchi K. Tetramer formation of tumor suppressor protein p53: Structure, function, and applications. Biopolymers 2017; 106:598-612. [PMID: 26572807 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Revised: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Tetramer formation of p53 is essential for its tumor suppressor function. p53 not only acts as a tumor suppressor protein by inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in response to genotoxic stress, but it also regulates other cellular processes, including autophagy, stem cell self-renewal, and reprogramming of differentiated cells into stem cells, immune system, and metastasis. More than 50% of human tumors have TP53 gene mutations, and most of them are missense mutations that presumably reduce tumor suppressor activity of p53. This review focuses on the role of the tetramerization (oligomerization), which is modulated by the protein concentration of p53, posttranslational modifications, and/or interactions with its binding proteins, in regulating the tumor suppressor function of p53. Functional control of p53 by stabilizing or inhibiting oligomer formation and its bio-applications are also discussed. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers (Pept Sci) 106: 598-612, 2016.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rui Kamada
- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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