p53-dependent repression of polo-like kinase-1 (PLK1)

Lynsey McKenzie, Sharon King, Lynnette Marcar, Samantha Nicol, Sylvia Dias, Kate Schumm, Pamela Robertson, Jean-Christophe Bourdon, Neil Perkins, Frances Fuller-Pace, David W. Meek

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    Abstract

    PLK1 is a critical mediator of G(2)/M cell cycle transition that is inactivated and depleted as part of the DNA damage-induced G(2)/M checkpoint. Here we show that downregulation of PLK1 expression occurs through a transcriptional repression mechanism and that p53 is both necessary and sufficient to mediate this effect. Repression of PLK1 by p53 occurs independently of p21 and of arrest at G(1)/S where PLK1 levels are normally repressed in a cell cycle-dependent manner through a CDE/CHR element. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis indicates that p53 is present on the PLK1 promoter at two distinct sites termed p53RE1 and p53RE2. Recruitment of p53 to p53RE2, but not to p53RE1, is stimulated in response to DNA damage and/or p53 activation and is coincident with repression-associated changes in the chromatin. Downregulation of PLK1 expression by p53 is relieved by the histone deacetylase inhibitor, trichostatin A, and involves recruitment of histone deacetylase to the vicinity of p53RE2, further supporting a transcriptional repression mechanism. Additionally, wild type, but not mutant, p53 represses expression of the PLK1 promoter when fused upstream of a reporter gene. Silencing of PLK1 expression by RNAi interferes with cell cycle progression consistent with a role in the p53-mediated checkpoint. These data establish PLK1 as a direct transcriptional target of p53, independently of p21, that is required for efficient G(2)/M arrest.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)4200-4212
    Number of pages13
    JournalCell Cycle
    Volume9
    Issue number20
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15 Oct 2010

    Keywords

    • p53
    • repression
    • G(2)/M checkpoint
    • DNA damage response
    • PLK1
    • P53 TUMOR-SUPPRESSOR
    • HUMAN CANCER-CELLS
    • DNA-DAMAGE
    • TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSION
    • DOWN-REGULATION
    • MAMMALIAN-CELLS
    • GENE-EXPRESSION
    • ACTIVATION
    • APOPTOSIS
    • DEPLETION

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