Abstract
Ubiquitylation appears to be involved in the membrane trafficking system including endocytosis, exocytosis, and ER-to-Golgi transport. We found that PIRH2, which was identified as an interacting protein for androgen receptor or p53, interacts with and ubiquitylates the ε-subunit of coatmer complex, ε-COP. PIRH2 promotes the ubiquitylation of ε-COP in vitro and in vivo and consequently promotes the degradation of ε-COP. The interaction between PIRH2 and ε-COP is affected by the presence of androgen, and PIRH2 in the presence of androgen promotes ubiquitylation of ε-COP in vivo. Furthermore, overexpression of the wild type of PIRH2 in prostate cancer cells causes downregulation of the secretion of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a secretory protein in prostate epithelial cells and one of diagnostic markers for prostate cancer. Our results indicate that PIRH2 functions as a regulator for COP I complex.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 73-82 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry |
Volume | 307 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2008 |
Funding
Acknowledgments We thank G. Sobue and T. Kitamura for the plasmids and cell lines and Y. Soida for helping with the preparation of the manuscript. The work was supported in part by a research grant from Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (18013001), the Osaka Cancer Research Foundation and the Akiyama Foundation.
Keywords
- Androgen receptor
- PIRH2
- PSA
- Ubiquitin
- ε-COP
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Biology
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Cell Biology