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Life and Health Sciences<br />

Dr. Saumitra Das<br />

Department of Microbiology and<br />

Cell Biology<br />

Indian Institute of Science<br />

Bangalore<br />

Dr. Robin Fahraeus<br />

Institut de Pharmacologie<br />

INSERM 940<br />

Paris<br />

Project 3703-1<br />

STUDIES ON THE REGULATION OF p53 mRNA TRANSLATION<br />

<strong>IFCP<strong>AR</strong></strong><br />

Indo-French Centre <strong>for</strong> the Promotion of Advanced Research<br />

Duration: Three years and nine months(August, 2007 to April,<br />

2011)<br />

Objectives<br />

The tumor suppressor protein p53 plays multiple integral<br />

functions in the cell via controlling expression of multitude of<br />

downstream genes involved in cell cycle arrest and apoptosis.<br />

Thus, the level of the protein and its iso<strong>for</strong>ms should be tightly<br />

regulated under both normal physiological as well as stress<br />

conditions. The project aims to study the regulation of p53<br />

mRNA translation at the level of initiation. The specific<br />

objectives are:<br />

i) Characterization of the internal ribosome entry sites within<br />

p53 mRNA<br />

ii) Characterization of p53 mRNA translation control by the<br />

E3 ubiqutin ligase Mdm2<br />

Accomplishments<br />

i) The Mdm2 protein binds directly to the p53 mRNA to induce<br />

p53 synthesis. This is the first report on E3 ligase binding an<br />

mRNA and controlling translation<br />

ii) The Mdm2- p53 mRNA interaction requires Mdm2 to be<br />

phosphorylated on Ser395. This site is phosphorylated by<br />

ATM and links the DNA damage response with Mdm2, p53<br />

synthesis and activation<br />

iii) The p53/47 product is induced by PERK in response to the<br />

unfolded protein response (UPR) and is required <strong>for</strong><br />

endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced G2 arrest<br />

iv) Polypyramidine tract binding protein (PTB) acts as a<br />

transacting factor <strong>for</strong> p53 mRNA translation and relative<br />

abundance of PTB in the cytoplasm differentially regulates<br />

IRES-mediated translation of the p53 iso<strong>for</strong>ms<br />

v) hnRNP C1/C2 differentially regulates synthesis of p53 and<br />

p53/47 iso<strong>for</strong>ms<br />

Research papers published: Four<br />

Papers presented in conference: 15<br />

Poster: 17

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