TY - JOUR
T1 - SUMOylation of HMGA2
T2 - Selective destabilization of promyelocytic leukemia protein via proteasome
AU - Cao, Xuefei
AU - Clavijo, Carlos
AU - Li, Xu
AU - Lin, H. Helen
AU - Chen, Yuan
AU - Shih, Hsiu Ming
AU - Ann, David K.
PY - 2008/4/1
Y1 - 2008/4/1
N2 - The HMGA2 architectural protein functions in a variety of cellular processes, such as cell growth, transcription regulation, neoplastic transformation, and progression. Up-regulation of HMGA2 protein is observed in many tumors and is associated with advanced cancers with poor prognoses. Although the expression and biochemical properties of HMGA2 protein are regulated by microRNA and phosphorylation, it is unknown whether HMGA2 activity can also be regulated by SUMOylation, and that is what is investigated in this report. We identified HMGA2 as a SUMOylation target and showed that the expression of wild-type HMGA2, but not SUMOylation-defective HMGA2(2K/R), selectively lowered the steady-state level of PML protein. Consequently, the HMGA2-elicited PML down-regulation rendered a reduction in the average number of PML nuclear bodies per cell and the volume of PML assembled per PML nuclear body. Using small interfering RNA to suppress endogenous ubiquitin expression and proteasome inhibitor to repress ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation, we showed that HMGA2 confers PML down-regulation through ubiquitin-proteasome- dependent protein degradation. Importantly, arsenic trioxide treatment stimulated HMGA2 SUMOylation, leading to the formation of HMGA2 nuclear foci surrounding PML nuclear bodies and the stimulation of PML degradation. Collectively, our results unveil a previously unrecognized effect by HMGA2 on the modulation of PML protein level, providing a novel mechanism underlying HMGA2 function and underscoring the molecular basis for oncogenic progression by HMGA2.
AB - The HMGA2 architectural protein functions in a variety of cellular processes, such as cell growth, transcription regulation, neoplastic transformation, and progression. Up-regulation of HMGA2 protein is observed in many tumors and is associated with advanced cancers with poor prognoses. Although the expression and biochemical properties of HMGA2 protein are regulated by microRNA and phosphorylation, it is unknown whether HMGA2 activity can also be regulated by SUMOylation, and that is what is investigated in this report. We identified HMGA2 as a SUMOylation target and showed that the expression of wild-type HMGA2, but not SUMOylation-defective HMGA2(2K/R), selectively lowered the steady-state level of PML protein. Consequently, the HMGA2-elicited PML down-regulation rendered a reduction in the average number of PML nuclear bodies per cell and the volume of PML assembled per PML nuclear body. Using small interfering RNA to suppress endogenous ubiquitin expression and proteasome inhibitor to repress ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation, we showed that HMGA2 confers PML down-regulation through ubiquitin-proteasome- dependent protein degradation. Importantly, arsenic trioxide treatment stimulated HMGA2 SUMOylation, leading to the formation of HMGA2 nuclear foci surrounding PML nuclear bodies and the stimulation of PML degradation. Collectively, our results unveil a previously unrecognized effect by HMGA2 on the modulation of PML protein level, providing a novel mechanism underlying HMGA2 function and underscoring the molecular basis for oncogenic progression by HMGA2.
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U2 - 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-07-0540
DO - 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-07-0540
M3 - Article
C2 - 18413806
AN - SCOPUS:42249109186
SN - 1535-7163
VL - 7
SP - 923
EP - 934
JO - Molecular cancer therapeutics
JF - Molecular cancer therapeutics
IS - 4
ER -