来自北京大学医学院的研究人员发表了题为“The RNA processing and modification protein, carbon catabolite repression 4, arrests the cell cycle through a p21-dependent and p53-independent pathway”的文章,阐述了一种新发现碳分解代谢物阻遏CCR4家族成员:Ccr4d的生物功能和作用机制,并指出了这种分子在癌变过程中的重要作用。相关成果公布在JBC杂志上。
生物通报道:来自北京大学医学院的研究人员发表了题为“The RNA processing and modification protein, carbon catabolite repression 4, arrests the cell cycle through a p21-dependent and p53-independent pathway”的文章,阐述了一种新发现碳分解代谢物阻遏CCR4家族成员:Ccr4d的生物功能和作用机制,并指出了这种分子在癌变过程中的重要作用。相关成果公布在JBC杂志上。
The RNA processing and modification protein, carbon catabolite repression 4, arrests the cell cycle through a p21-dependent and p53-independent pathway.
Ccr4d is a new member of the Ccr4 (carbon catabolite repression 4) family of proteins that are implicated in the regulation of mRNA stability and translation through mRNA deadenylation. However, Ccr4d is not believed to be involved in mRNA deadenylation. Thus its biological function and mechanistic activity remain to be determined. Here, we report that Ccr4d is broadly expressed in various normal tissues and the expression of Ccr4d is markedly down-regulated during cell cycle progression. We showed that Ccr4d inhibits cell proliferation and induces cell cycle arrest at G1 phase. Our experiments further revealed that Ccr4d regulates the expression of p21 in a p53-independent manner. Mechanistic studies indicated that Ccr4d strongly bound to the 3′UTR of p21 mRNA, leading to the stabilization of p21 mRNA. Interestingly, we found that the expression of Ccr4d is down-regulated in various tumor tissues. Collectively, our data indicate that Ccr4d functions as an anti-proliferating protein through the induction of cell cycle arrest via a p21-dependent and p53-independent pathway and suggest that Ccr4d might have an important implication in carcinogenesis.