Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Protects Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen from Cullin 4A Protein-mediated Proteolysis |
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Authors: | Lo Yuan-Hung Ho Po-Chun Wang Shao-Chun |
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Institution: | From the Department of Cancer and Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0521. |
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Abstract: | Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is an essential component for DNA synthesis upon growth stimulation. It has been shown that phosphorylation of PCNA at Tyr-211 by the EGF receptor (EGFR) protects PCNA from polyubiquitylation and degradation, whereas blocking phosphorylation induces ubiquitylation-mediated degradation of the chromatin-bound, but not the -unbound, PCNA, and suppresses cell proliferation. However, the ubiquitin E3 ligase linking growth signaling to the proteolysis of PCNA and the underlying regulatory mechanism remain to be identified. Here we show that, in the absence of Tyr-211 phosphorylation, PCNA is subject to polyubiquitylation at Lys-164 by the CUL4A E3 ligase, resulting in the degradation of PCNA. Mutation of Lys-164 to arginine prevents PCNA ubiquitylation and rescues the degradation of the K164R/Y211F PCNA double mutant. Activation of EGFR inhibits the interaction of PCNA with CUL4A, whereas inhibition of EGFR leads to increased CUL4A-PCNA interaction and CUL4A-dependent ubiquitin-mediated degradation of PCNA. Substitution of endogenous PCNA with the Y211F mutant PCNA conveys enhanced sensitization to EGFR inhibition. Our findings identify CUL4A as the ubiquitin ligase linking the down-regulation of cell surface receptor tyrosine kinase to the nuclear DNA replication machinery in cancer cells. |
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Keywords: | Breast Cancer E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Oncogene Protein Kinases Protein Stability Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signal Transduction Ubiquitylation |
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