P53 IS PHOSPHORYLATED IN-VITRO AND IN-VIVO BY THE DELTA-ISOFORM AND EPSILON-ISOFORM OF CASEIN-KINASE-1 AND ENHANCES THE LEVEL OF CASEIN-KINASE-1-DELTA IN RESPONSE TO TOPOISOMERASE-DIRECTED DRUGS
U. Knippschild et al., P53 IS PHOSPHORYLATED IN-VITRO AND IN-VIVO BY THE DELTA-ISOFORM AND EPSILON-ISOFORM OF CASEIN-KINASE-1 AND ENHANCES THE LEVEL OF CASEIN-KINASE-1-DELTA IN RESPONSE TO TOPOISOMERASE-DIRECTED DRUGS, Oncogene, 15(14), 1997, pp. 1727-1736
The p53 tumour suppressor protein plays a key role in the integration
of stress signals, Multi-site phosphorylation of p53 may play an integ
ral part in the transmission of these signals and is catalysed by many
different protein kinases including an unidentified p53-N-terminus-ta
rgeted protein kinase (p53NK) which phosphorylates a group of sites at
the N-terminus of the protein. In this paper, we present evidence tha
t the delta and epsilon isoforms of casein kinase 1 (CK1 delta and CK1
epsilon) show identical features to p53NK and can phosphorylate p53 b
oth in vitro and in vivo. Recombinant, purified glutathione S-transfer
ase (GST)-CK1 delta and GST-CK1 epsilon fusion proteins each phosphory
late p53 in vitro at serines 4, 6 and 9, the sites recognised by p53NK
. Furthermore, p53NK (i) co-purifies with CK1 delta/epsilon, (ii) shar
es identical kinetic properties to CK1 delta/epsilon, and (iii) is inh
ibited by a CK1 delta/epsilon-specific inhibitor (IC261). In addition,
CK1 delta is also present in purified preparations of p53NK as judged
by immunoanalysis using a CK1 delta-specific monoclonal antibody. Tre
atment of murine SV3T3 cells with IC261 specifically blocked phosphory
lation in vivo of the CK1 delta/epsilon phosphorylation sites in p53,
indicating that p53 interacts physiologically with CK1 delta and/or CK
1 epsilon. Similarly, over-expression of a green fluorescent protein (
GFP)-CK1 delta fusion protein led to hyper-phosphorylation of p53 at i
ts N-terminus. Treatment of MethAp53ts cells with the topoisomerase-di
rected drugs etoposide or camptothecin led to increases in both CK1 de
lta-mRNA and -protein levels in a manner dependent on the integrity of
p53, These data suggest that p53 is phosphorylated by CK1 delta and C
K1 epsilon and additionally that there may be a regulatory feedback lo
op involving p53 and CK1 delta.