P53与端粒重复序列结合蛋白质1的体外相互作用

目的:通过分析端粒主要结合蛋白中端粒重复序列结合蛋白质1(Telomeric repeat binding protein 1,TRBP1)与P53的体外结合,探讨P53通过端粒途径调节细胞增殖、衰老和凋亡的分子机制.方法:谷胱甘肽S转移酶(glutathione S-transferase,GST)和人P53-GST融合蛋白经大肠杆菌表达、谷胱甘肽-SepharoseTM4B纯化后,和人乳腺癌细胞MCF-7细胞蛋白进行体外结合反应(pull down),Western blot检测反应物中P53和TRBP1的结合.融合蛋白中人P53包括野生型(1～393)、C端缺失体P53 N5(2～293)、N端缺失体P53 2C(95～393)、175单个氨基酸突变体P53 R175H(R→H).结果:聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳和考马斯亮蓝R250染色显示,纯化的GST和4种P53-GST蛋白纯度在90%以上,且分子量与预计的完全一致.TRBP1的Western blot显示,野生型P53和P53-R175H均能沉淀MCF-7中的TRBP1,且结合力相似,而单独的GST则无沉淀TRBP1的作用.与野生型P53和P53 R175H相比,P53 2C与TRBP1的结合力明显增加,P53 N5与TRBP1的结合力明显减弱.结论:P53和TRBP1可以直接体外结合,P53的C端(293～393)是与TRBP1结合的结构域.P53和TRBP1结构域依赖性的结合可能与端粒动态变化所诱导的细胞活动有关.

The molecular interaction between P53 and telomeric repeat binding protein 1 in vitro

OBJECTIVE: Cellular proliferate inhibition, senescence or apoptosis are induced by telomere shortening through the activation of P53 pathway, but so far, little is known of the mechanism. This study aimed to clarify the molecular regulation of P53 through telomere pathway by the investigation of molecular interaction between P53 and the main telomere associated protein telomeric repeat binding protein 1(TRBP1) in vitro. METHODS: Glutathione S-transferase (GST) alone and 4 different human P53-GST fusion proteins were expressed in E.coli. and purified through glutathione Sepharose (TM)4B by affinity chromatography, P53s were wild type P53 (1-393), N terminal truncated form P53 2C (95-393), C terminal truncated form P53 N5 (2-293) and single amino acid mutant P53 R175H (175 arginine to histidine). Glutathione Sepharose (TM)4B, purified GST alone and P53 fusions were mixed with human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 cellular protein extracts through in vitro binding assay-pull down, the molecular interaction between P53 and TRBP1 were detected by Western blot. RESULTS: SDS-PAGE and Coomassie brilliant blue staining showed that the molecular weights of all the purified proteins were as expected and purities were over 90%. Western blot of TRBP1 showed that both wild type P53 and P53 R175H could bind to TRBP1 of MCF-7 cells, and their binding capacities are similar, whereas GST alone and Glutathione Sepharose(TM) 4B beads could not. Compared with both of them, the interaction between P53 2C and TRBP1 enhanced dramatically, but between P53 N5 and TRBP1 reduced significantly. CONCLUSION: P53 can interact with TRBP1 directly and in vitro, C terminus of P53 (293-393) is the structural domain of their interaction. This C terminus domain dependent interaction between P53 and TRBP1 may be related to the cellular activities induced by telomere dynamic changing.