PPM1D phosphatase, a target of p53 and RBM38 RNA-binding protein, inhibits p53 mRNA translation via dephosphorylation of RBM38

• Published in: Oncogene 2015-11, Vol.34 (48), p.5900-5911
• Main Authors: Zhang, M, Xu, E, Zhang, J, Chen, X
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 13; 13/106; 13/109; 13/89; 13/95; 3' Untranslated regions; 3' Untranslated Regions - genetics; 38; 38/71; 631/67; 82; Apoptosis; Binding proteins; Binding sites; Blotting, Western; Breast Neoplasms - genetics; Breast Neoplasms - metabolism; Breast Neoplasms - pathology; Cell Biology; Colonic Neoplasms - genetics; Colonic Neoplasms - metabolism; Colonic Neoplasms - pathology; Dephosphorylation; Ectopic expression; Female; Flow Cytometry; Gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; Genetic translation; Gsk3 protein; Health aspects; Human Genetics; Humans; Immunoenzyme Techniques; Immunoprecipitation; Internal Medicine; Kinases; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Messenger RNA; mRNA; Oncology; original-article; p53 Protein; Phosphatase; Phosphoprotein Phosphatases - antagonists & inhibitors; Phosphoprotein Phosphatases - genetics; Phosphoprotein Phosphatases - metabolism; Phosphorylation; Properties; Protein kinase; Protein Phosphatase 2C; Proteins; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Reporter gene; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; RNA, Messenger - genetics; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; RNA, Small Interfering - genetics; RNA-binding protein; RNA-Binding Proteins - antagonists & inhibitors; RNA-Binding Proteins - genetics; RNA-Binding Proteins - metabolism; Serine; Translation; Tumor Cells, Cultured; Tumor suppressor genes; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 - antagonists & inhibitors; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 - genetics; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 - metabolism
• ISSN: 0950-9232; 1476-5594
• DOI: 10.1038/onc.2015.31

PPM1D phosphatase, also called wild-type p53-induced phosphatase 1, promotes tumor development by inactivating the p53 tumor suppressor pathway. RBM38 RNA-binding protein, also called RNPC1 and a target of p53, inhibits p53 messenger RNA (mRNA) translation, which can be reversed by GSK3 protein kinase via phosphorylation of RBM38 at serine 195. Here we showed that ectopic expression of RBM38 increases, whereas knockdown of RBM38 inhibits, PPM1D mRNA translation. Consistent with this, we found that RBM38 directly binds to PPM1D 3′-untranslated region (3′-UTR) and promotes expression of a heterologous reporter gene that carries PPM1D 3′-UTR in a dose-dependent manner. Interestingly, we showed that PPM1D directly interacts with and dephosphorylates RBM38 at serine 195. Furthermore, we showed that PPM1D modulates p53 mRNA translation and p53-dependent growth suppression through dephosphorylation of RBM38. These findings provide evidence that the crosstalk between PPM1D and RBM38, both of which are targets and modulators of p53, has a critical role in p53 expression and activity.