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SUBMITTER: Vilborg A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2773521 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vilborg Anna A Glahder Jacob A JA Wilhelm Margareta T MT Bersani Cinzia C Corcoran Martin M Mahmoudi Salah S Rosenstierne Maiken M Grandér Dan D Farnebo Marianne M Norrild Bodil B Wiman Klas G KG
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090901 37
The p53 target gene Wig-1 encodes a double-stranded-RNA-binding zinc finger protein. We show here that Wig-1 binds to p53 mRNA and stabilizes it through an AU-rich element (ARE) in the 3' UTR of the p53 mRNA. This effect is mirrored by enhanced p53 protein levels in both unstressed cells and cells exposed to p53-activating stress agents. Thus, the p53 target Wig-1 is a previously undescribed ARE-regulating protein that acts as a positive feedback regulator of p53, with implications both for the ...[more]