RNF144A, an E3 ubiquitin ligase for DNA-PKcs, promotes apoptosis during DNA damage

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Several ring between ring fingers (RBR) -domain proteins, such as Parkin and Parc, have been shown to be E3 ligases involved in important biological processes. Here, we identify a poorly characterized RBR protein, Ring Finger protein 144A (RNF144A), as the first, to our knowledge, mammalian E3 ubiquitin ligase for DNAPKcs. We show that DNA damage induces RNF144A expression in a p53-dependent manner. RNF144A is mainly localized in the cytoplasmic vesicles and plasma membrane and interacts with cytoplasmic DNA-dependent protein kinase, catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs). DNA-PKcs plays a critical role in the nonhomologous end-joining DNA repair pathway and provides prosurvival signaling during DNA damage. We show that RNF144A induces ubiquitination of DNA-PKcs in vitro and in vivo and promotes its degradation. Depletion of RNF144A leads to an increased level of DNA-PKcs and resistance to DNA damaging agents, which is reversed by a DNA-PK inhibitor. Taken together, our data suggest that RNF144A may be involved in p53-mediated apoptosis through down-regulation of DNA-PKcs when cells suffer from persistent or severe DNA damage insults.

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Ho, S. R., Mahanic, C. S., Lee, Y. J., & Lin, W. C. (2014). RNF144A, an E3 ubiquitin ligase for DNA-PKcs, promotes apoptosis during DNA damage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(26). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1323107111

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