Cells respond to the shift of intracellular environment toward pro-oxidant conditions by activating the transcription of numerous “antioxidant” genes. This response is based on the activation of the Nrf2 transcription factor, which transactivates the genes containing in their promoters the antioxidant response cis-elements (AREs). If the oxidative stress provokes DNA damage, a second response of the cell takes place, based on the activation of p53, which induces cell cycle arrest and/or apoptosis. Here we have explored the cross-talk between these two regulatory mechanisms. The results show that p53 counteracts the Nrf2-induced transcription of three ARE-containing promoters of the x-CT, NQO1, and GST-α1 genes. Endogenous transcripts of these antioxidant genes accumulate as a consequence of Nrf2 overexpression or exposure to electrophile diethylmaleate, but these effects are again blocked by p53 overexpression or endogenous p53 activation. Chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments support the hypothesis that this p53-dependent trans-repression is due to the direct interaction of p53 with the ARE-containing promoters. Considering that p53-induced apoptosis requires an accumulation of reactive oxygen species, this negative control on the Nrf2 transactivation appears to be aimed to prevent the generation of a strong anti-oxidant intracellular environment that could hinder the induction of apoptosis.

p53 suppresses the Nrf2-dependent transcription of antioxidant response genes / Faraonio, Raffaella; P., Vergara; D., DI MARZO; Pierantoni, GIOVANNA MARIA; M., Napolitano; Russo, Tommaso; Cimino, Filiberto. - In: THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0021-9258. - STAMPA. - 281:52(2006), pp. 39776-39784. [10.1074/jbc.M605707200]

p53 suppresses the Nrf2-dependent transcription of antioxidant response genes

FARAONIO, RAFFAELLA;PIERANTONI, GIOVANNA MARIA;RUSSO, TOMMASO;CIMINO, FILIBERTO
2006

Abstract

Cells respond to the shift of intracellular environment toward pro-oxidant conditions by activating the transcription of numerous “antioxidant” genes. This response is based on the activation of the Nrf2 transcription factor, which transactivates the genes containing in their promoters the antioxidant response cis-elements (AREs). If the oxidative stress provokes DNA damage, a second response of the cell takes place, based on the activation of p53, which induces cell cycle arrest and/or apoptosis. Here we have explored the cross-talk between these two regulatory mechanisms. The results show that p53 counteracts the Nrf2-induced transcription of three ARE-containing promoters of the x-CT, NQO1, and GST-α1 genes. Endogenous transcripts of these antioxidant genes accumulate as a consequence of Nrf2 overexpression or exposure to electrophile diethylmaleate, but these effects are again blocked by p53 overexpression or endogenous p53 activation. Chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments support the hypothesis that this p53-dependent trans-repression is due to the direct interaction of p53 with the ARE-containing promoters. Considering that p53-induced apoptosis requires an accumulation of reactive oxygen species, this negative control on the Nrf2 transactivation appears to be aimed to prevent the generation of a strong anti-oxidant intracellular environment that could hinder the induction of apoptosis.
2006
p53 suppresses the Nrf2-dependent transcription of antioxidant response genes / Faraonio, Raffaella; P., Vergara; D., DI MARZO; Pierantoni, GIOVANNA MARIA; M., Napolitano; Russo, Tommaso; Cimino, Filiberto. - In: THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0021-9258. - STAMPA. - 281:52(2006), pp. 39776-39784. [10.1074/jbc.M605707200]
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