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SUBMITTER: Pan X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2656158 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pan Xin X Zhao Jie J Zhang Wei-Na WN Li Hui-Yan HY Mu Rui R Zhou Tao T Zhang Hai-Ying HY Gong Wei-Li WL Yu Ming M Man Jiang-Hong JH Zhang Pei-Jing PJ Li Ai-Ling AL Zhang Xue-Min XM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090220 10
DNA damage response (DDR) acts as a tumorigenesis barrier, and any defects in the DDR machinery may lead to cancer. SOX4 expression is elevated in many types of tumors; however, its role in DDR is still largely unknown. Here, we show that SOX4, a new DNA damage sensor, is required for the activation of p53 tumor suppressor in response to DNA damage. Notably, SOX4 interacts with and stabilizes p53 protein by blocking Mdm2-mediated p53 ubiquitination and degradation. Furthermore, SOX4 enhances p53 ...[more]