The tumor suppressor gene p53 regulates apoptosis in response to DNA damage. Promoter selectivity of p53 depends on mainly its phosphorylation. Particularly, the phosphorylation at serine-46 of p53 is indispensable in promoting pro-apoptotic genes that are, however, poorly determined. In the current study, we identified palmdelphin as a pro-apoptotic gene induced by p53 in a phosphorylated serine-46-specific manner. Upregulation of palmdelphin was observed in wild-type p53-transfected cells, but not in serine-46-mutated cells. Expression of palmdelphin was induced by p53 in response to DNA damage. In turn, palmdelphin induced apoptosis. Intriguingly, downregulation of palmdelphin resulted in necroptosis-like cell death via ATP depletion. Upon DNA damage, palmdelphin dominantly accumulated in the nucleus to induce apoptosis. These findings define palmdelphin as a target of serine-46-phosphorylated p53 that controls cell death in response to DNA damage. © 2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited All rights reserved 2041-4889/14.
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Dashzeveg, N., Taira, N., Lu, Z. G., Kimura, J., & Yoshida, K. (2014). Palmdelphin, a novel target of p53 with Ser46 phosphorylation, controls cell death in response to DNA damage. Cell Death and Disease, 5(5). https://doi.org/10.1038/cddis.2014.176
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