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ArticleMolecular cancer2024

The DNA damage sensor ATM kinase interacts with the p53 mRNA and guides the DNA damage response pathway.

Konstantinos Karakostis, Laurence Malbert-Colas, Aikaterini Thermou, Borek Vojtesek, Robin Fåhraeus

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Article in Molecular cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Konstantinos KarakostisInserm UMRS1131, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire, Paris Cité Université, Hôpital St. Louis, Paris, France. konstantinos.karakostis@gmail.com.
Laurence Malbert-ColasInserm UMRS1131, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire, Paris Cité Université, Hôpital St. Louis, Paris, France.
Aikaterini ThermouInserm UMRS1131, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire, Paris Cité Université, Hôpital St. Louis, Paris, France.
Borek VojtesekResearch Centre for Applied Molecular Oncology (RECAMO), Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic.
Robin FåhraeusInserm UMRS1131, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire, Paris Cité Université, Hôpital St. Louis, Paris, France. robin.fahraeus@inserm.fr.
Inserm · FRInstitut Cochin · FRMasaryk Memorial Cancer Institute · CZUmeå University · SEUniversité Paris Cité · FR

Funding

Czech Science Foundation project no. 23-06884SGrantová Agentura České Republiky MH CZ - DRO (MMCI, 00209805)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe ATM kinase constitutes a master regulatory hub of DNA damage and activates the p53 response pathway by phosphorylating the MDM2 protein, which develops an affinity for the p53 mRNA secondary structure. Disruption of this interaction prevents the activation of the nascent p53. The link of the MDM2 protein-p53 mRNA interaction with the upstream DNA damage sensor ATM kinase and the role of the p53 mRNA in the DNA damage sensing mechanism, are still highly anticipated.

methodsThe proximity ligation assay (PLA) has been extensively used to reveal the sub-cellular localisation of the protein-mRNA and protein-protein interactions. ELISA and co-immunoprecipitation confirmed the interactions in vitro and in cells.

resultsThis study provides a novel mechanism whereby the p53 mRNA interacts with the ATM kinase enzyme and shows that the L22L synonymous mutant, known to alter the secondary structure of the p53 mRNA, prevents the interaction. The relevant mechanistic roles in the DNA Damage Sensing pathway, which is linked to downstream DNA damage response, are explored. Following DNA damage (double-stranded DNA breaks activating ATM), activated MDMX protein competes the ATM-p53 mRNA interaction and prevents the association of the p53 mRNA with NBS1 (MRN complex). These data also reveal the binding domains and the phosphorylation events on ATM that regulate the interaction and the trafficking of the complex to the cytoplasm.

conclusionThe presented model shows a novel interaction of ATM with the p53 mRNA and describes the link between DNA Damage Sensing with the downstream p53 activation pathways; supporting the rising functional implications of synonymous mutations altering secondary mRNA structures.

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Polynucleotide 5'-Hydroxyl-KinaseProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsDNA DamageDNA RepairHumansTumor Suppressor Protein p53Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsATM protein, humanPolynucleotide 5'-Hydroxyl-KinaseProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2Tumor Suppressor Protein p53DNA Damage SensingGenotoxic stressMDM2MRN complexPrecision medicineRNA secondary structureSynonymous mutations

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PMID38263180
PMCPMC10804554
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