PMID:23150668

Citation	Yang, Y, Wang, C, Zhang, P, Gao, K, Wang, D, Yu, H, Zhang, T, Jiang, S, Hexige, S, Hong, Z, Yasui, A, Liu, JO, Huang, H and Yu, L' (2012) Polycomb group protein PHF1 regulates p53-dependent cell growth arrest and apoptosis. J. Biol. Chem. '
Abstract	Polycomb group protein PHF1 is well known as a component of a novel EED-EZH2/PRC2 complex and plays important roles in H3K27 methylation and Hox gene silencing. PHF1 is also involved in the response to DNA double-strand breaks in human cells, promotes nonhomologous end-joining processes through interaction with Ku70/Ku80. Here, we identified another function of PHF1 as a potential p53 pathway activator in a pathway screen using luminescence reporter assay. Subsequent studies showed PHF1 directly interacts with p53 proteins both in vivo and in vitro and co-localized in nucleus. PHF1 binds to the C-terminal regulatory domain of p53. Overexpression of PHF1 elevated p53 protein level and prolonged its turnover. Knockdown of PHF1 reduced p53 protein level and its target gene expression both in normal state and DNA damage response. Mechanically, PHF1 protects p53 proteins from MDM2-mediated ubiquitination and degradation. Furthermore, we showed that PHF1 regulates cell growth arrest and etoposide-induced apoptosis in a p53-dependent manner. Finally, PHF1 expression was significantly downregulated in human breast cancer samples. Taken together, we establish PHF1 as a novel positive regulator of p53 pathway. These data shed light on the potential roles of PHF1 in tumorigenesis and/or tumor progression.
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1074/jbc.M111.338996
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Gene product	Qualifier	GO Term	Evidence Code	with/from	Aspect	Extension	Notes	Status
HUMAN:PHF1		GO:0001867: complement activation, lectin pathway	ECO:0000314:		P		FIGURE #1 shows that "PHF1 specifically activates p53 pathway" therefore regulating cell growth and apoptosis.	complete CACAO 6008

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