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REPRESSION OF MYC-RAS COTRANSFORMATION BY MAD IS MEDIATED BY MULTIPLE PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS
List of Authors: KOSKINEN PJ, AYER DE, EISENMAN RN
Publisher: AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
Publication year: 1995
Journal: CELL GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION
Journal name in source: CELL GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION
Journal acronym: CELL GROWTH DIFFER
Volume number: 6
Issue number: 6
Start page: 623
End page: 629
Number of pages: 7
ISSN: 1044-9523
Abstract
Mad is a bHLH/Zip protein that, as a heterodimer with Max, can repress Myc-induced transcriptional transactivation, Expression of Mad is induced upon terminal differentiation of several cell types, where it has been postulated to down-regulate Myc-induced genes that drive cell proliferation. Here we show that Mad also blocks transformation of primary rat embryo fibroblasts by c-Myc and the activated c-Ha-Ras oncoproteins. Mad mutants lacking either the basic region, the leucine zipper, or an intact NH2-terminal protein interaction domain fail to inhibit Myc-Ras cotransformation. These results indicate that the repression of cotransformation requires DNA-binding and is mediated by multiple protein-protein interactions involving both Max and mSin3, a putative mammalian corepressor protein. With increasing amounts of the cotransfected myc gene, the numbers of transformed foci are reduced and the ability of Mad to inhibit focus formation is attenuated. Moreover, cell lines derived from such foci constitutively express both Myc and Mad proteins. Whereas Bcl-2 can significantly increase the numbers of transformed foci by enhancing the survival of myc-ras-transfected cells, it does not counteract the repressive effects of Mad on transformation, suggesting that Mad affects the growth properties rather than the viability of cells. Taken together, our results demonstrate that Mad is capable of antagonizing the biological effects of Myc and thereby suggest that Mad could function as a tumor suppressor gene.
Mad is a bHLH/Zip protein that, as a heterodimer with Max, can repress Myc-induced transcriptional transactivation, Expression of Mad is induced upon terminal differentiation of several cell types, where it has been postulated to down-regulate Myc-induced genes that drive cell proliferation. Here we show that Mad also blocks transformation of primary rat embryo fibroblasts by c-Myc and the activated c-Ha-Ras oncoproteins. Mad mutants lacking either the basic region, the leucine zipper, or an intact NH2-terminal protein interaction domain fail to inhibit Myc-Ras cotransformation. These results indicate that the repression of cotransformation requires DNA-binding and is mediated by multiple protein-protein interactions involving both Max and mSin3, a putative mammalian corepressor protein. With increasing amounts of the cotransfected myc gene, the numbers of transformed foci are reduced and the ability of Mad to inhibit focus formation is attenuated. Moreover, cell lines derived from such foci constitutively express both Myc and Mad proteins. Whereas Bcl-2 can significantly increase the numbers of transformed foci by enhancing the survival of myc-ras-transfected cells, it does not counteract the repressive effects of Mad on transformation, suggesting that Mad affects the growth properties rather than the viability of cells. Taken together, our results demonstrate that Mad is capable of antagonizing the biological effects of Myc and thereby suggest that Mad could function as a tumor suppressor gene.
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