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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2012

Nucleolar AATF regulates c-Jun-mediated apoptosis.

Saima E Ferraris, Kimmo Isoniemi, Elin Torvaldson, Julius Anckar, Jukka Westermarck, John E Eriksson

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Saima E FerrarisDepartment of Biosciences, Åbo Akademi University, FIN-20521 Turku, Finland.
Kimmo Isoniemi
Elin Torvaldson
Julius Anckar
Jukka Westermarck
John E Eriksson
Åbo Akademi University · FI

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Abstract

The AP-1 transcription factor c-Jun has been shown to be essential for stress-induced apoptosis in several models. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the proapoptotic activity of c-Jun are poorly understood. We identify the apoptosis-antagonizing transcription factor (AATF) as a novel nucleolar stress sensor, which is required as a cofactor for c-Jun-mediated apoptosis. Overexpression or down-regulation of AATF expression levels led to a respective increase or decrease in the amount of activated and phosphorylated c-Jun with a proportional alteration in the induction levels of the proapoptotic c-Jun target genes FasL and TNF-α. Accordingly, AATF promoted commitment of ultraviolet (UV)-irradiated cells to c-Jun-dependent apoptosis. Whereas AATF overexpression potentiated UV-induced apoptosis in wild-type cells, c-Jun-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts were resistant to AATF-mediated apoptosis induction. Furthermore, AATF mutants defective in c-Jun binding were also defective in inducing AP-1 activity and c-Jun-mediated apoptosis. UV irradiation induced a translocation of AATF from the nucleolus to the nucleus, thereby enabling its physical association to c-Jun. Analysis of AATF deletion mutants revealed that the AATF domains required for compartmentalization, c-Jun binding, and enhancement of c-Jun transcriptional activity were all also required to induce c-Jun-dependent apoptosis. These results identify AATF as a nucleolar-confined c-Jun cofactor whose expression levels and spatial distribution determine the stress-induced activity of c-Jun and the levels of c-Jun-mediated apoptosis.

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ApoptosisAnimalsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCell NucleolusEmbryo, MammalianFibroblastsHEK293 CellsHumansMiceMice, KnockoutNuclear ProteinsProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryProtein TransportProto-Oncogene Proteins c-junRepressor ProteinsAATF protein, humanAatf protein, mouseApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsNuclear ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-junRepressor Proteins

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PMID22933572
PMCPMC3484108
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