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ArticleScience advances2021

An unexpected role for Dicer as a reader of the unacetylated DNA binding domain of p53 in transcriptional regulation.

Xin Yang, Xingwu Wang, Zhiming Li, Shoufu Duan, Huan Li, Jian Jin, Zhiguo Zhang, Wei Gu

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xin YangInstitute for Cancer Genetics, and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1130 Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0222-5839
Xingwu WangInstitute for Cancer Genetics, and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1130 Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2457-8726
Zhiming LiInstitute for Cancer Genetics, and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1130 Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5031-8362
Shoufu DuanInstitute for Cancer Genetics, and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1130 Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 10032, USA.
Huan LiInstitute for Cancer Genetics, and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1130 Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 10032, USA.
Jian JinMount Sinai Center for Therapeutics Discovery, Departments of Pharmacological Sciences and Oncological Sciences, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2387-3862
Zhiguo ZhangInstitute for Cancer Genetics, and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1130 Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9451-2685
Wei GuInstitute for Cancer Genetics, and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1130 Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1480-2368
Cancer Genetics (United States) · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

p53-mediated metabolic regulation in tumor suppressionR35CA253059 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Wei Gu · 2021 to 2026
$5.3M
Regulation of p53 acetylation and deacetylation in tumorigenesis.R01CA085533 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GU, WEI · 2000 to 2021
$5.2M
Novel small molecule USP7 Inhibitors for p53 activation and cancer therapyR01CA254970 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GU, WEI · 2021 to 2025
$1.8M
Mechanisms of targeting oncoprotein SET in tumor suppressionR01CA216884 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GU, WEI · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
p53 acetylation in ferroptosis and tumor suppressionR01CA224272 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GU, WEI · 2018 to 2021
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA085533NCI NIH HHS R01 CA216884NCI NIH HHS R01 CA224272NCI NIH HHS R01 CA254970NCI NIH HHS R35 CA253059
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here, we identified Dicer as a major cellular factor that recognizes the DNA binding domain (DBD) of p53 in a manner dependent on its acetylation status. Upon binding the unacetylated DBD, Dicer is recruited to the promoters of p53 target genes, where it represses p53-mediated transcriptional activation. Conversely, knockdown or knockout of endogenous Dicer leads to up-regulation of p53-mediated transcriptional activation without increasing its protein levels. Moreover, Dicer-mediated repression is independent of its intrinsic endoribonuclease activity; instead, Dicer directly represses transcription by recruiting the SUV39H1 histone methyltransferase. However, upon DNA damage, Dicer-mediated repression is abrogated by stress-induced acetylation at the DBD of p53. Notably, the inability of acetylation-defective p53-3KR in transcription is partially but significantly restored upon loss of Dicer expression. Our study reveals that Dicer acts as an unexpected acetylation “reader” for p53 and thus has important implications regarding the mechanism of acetylation-mediated regulation of p53 transcriptional program.

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