- Title
- c-Myc inactivation of p53 through the pan-cancer lncRNA MILIP drives cancer pathogenesis
- Creator
- Feng, Yuchen
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Description
- The functions of the proto-oncoprotein c-Myc and the tumour suppressor p53 in controlling cell survival and proliferation are inextricably linked as “Yin and Yang” partners in normal cells to maintain tissue homeostasis: c-Myc induces the expression of ARF tumour suppressor (p14ARF in human and p19ARF in mouse) that binds to and inhibits mouse double minute 2 homolog (MDM2) leading to p53 activation, whereas p53 suppresses c-Myc through a combination of mechanisms involving transcriptional inactivation and microRNA-mediated repression. Nonetheless, the regulatory interactions between c-Myc and p53 are not retained by cancer cells as is evident from the often-imbalanced expression of c-Myc over wildtype p53. Although p53 repression in cancer cells is frequently associated with the loss of ARF, the results embedded in this thesis disclose an alternate mechanism whereby c-Myc inactivates p53 through the actions of the c-Myc-Inducible Long noncoding RNA Inactivating P53 (MILIP). MILIP functions to promote p53 polyubiquitination and turnover by reducing p53 SUMOylation through suppressing tripartite-motif family-like 2 (TRIML2). MILIP upregulation is observed amongst diverse cancer types and is shown to support cell survival, division and tumourigenicity. Collectively, these results uncover an inhibitory axis targeting p53 through a pan-cancer expressed RNA accomplice that links c-Myc to suppression of p53.
- Subject
- c-Myc; p53; MILIP; pan-cancer
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1429750
- Identifier
- uon:38763
- Rights
- Copyright 2021 Yuchen Feng
- Language
- eng
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