This gene encodes a member of a subfamily of RING-finger type E3 ubiquitin ligases. The protein binds to hemi-methylated DNA during S-phase and recruits the main DNA methyltransferase gene, DNMT1, to regulate chromatin structure and gene expression. Its expression peaks at late G1 phase and continues during G2 and M phases of the cell cycle. It plays a major role in the G1/S transition, and functions in the p53-dependent DNA damage checkpoint. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. It was originally identified as a direct regulator of topoisomerase 2a, but this has subsequently been disproven. Uhrf1 has been extensively studied in vivo using zebrafish.
Clinical significance
UHRF1 has recently been identified as a novel oncogene in hepatocellular carcinoma, the primary type of liver cancer.[3]
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Further reading
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Hopfner R, Mousli M, Jeltsch JM, Voulgaris A, Lutz Y, Marin C, Bellocq JP, Oudet P, Bronner C (Jan 2000). "ICBP90, a novel human CCAAT binding protein, involved in the regulation of topoisomerase IIalpha expression". Cancer Research. 60 (1): 121–8. PMID10646863.
Hopfner R, Mousli M, Garnier JM, Redon R, du Manoir S, Chatton B, Ghyselinck N, Oudet P, Bronner C (Mar 2001). "Genomic structure and chromosomal mapping of the gene coding for ICBP90, a protein involved in the regulation of the topoisomerase IIalpha gene expression". Gene. 266 (1–2): 15–23. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00371-7. PMID11290415.
Arima Y, Hirota T, Bronner C, Mousli M, Fujiwara T, Niwa S, Ishikawa H, Saya H (Feb 2004). "Down-regulation of nuclear protein ICBP90 by p53/p21Cip1/WAF1-dependent DNA-damage checkpoint signals contributes to cell cycle arrest at G1/S transition". Genes to Cells. 9 (2): 131–42. doi:10.1111/j.1356-9597.2004.00710.x. PMID15009091.
Abbady AQ, Bronner C, Trotzier MA, Hopfner R, Bathami K, Muller CD, Jeanblanc M, Mousli M (Dec 2003). "ICBP90 expression is downregulated in apoptosis-induced Jurkat cells". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1010: 300–3. doi:10.1196/annals.1299.052. PMID15033738. Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
Brandenberger R, Wei H, Zhang S, Lei S, Murage J, Fisk GJ, Li Y, Xu C, Fang R, Guegler K, Rao MS, Mandalam R, Lebkowski J, Stanton LW (Jun 2004). "Transcriptome characterization elucidates signaling networks that control human ES cell growth and differentiation". Nature Biotechnology. 22 (6): 707–16. doi:10.1038/nbt971. PMID15146197. Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
Trotzier MA, Bronner C, Bathami K, Mathieu E, Abbady AQ, Jeanblanc M, Muller CD, Rochette-Egly C, Mousli M (Jun 2004). "Phosphorylation of ICBP90 by protein kinase A enhances topoisomerase IIalpha expression". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 319 (2): 590–5. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.05.028. PMID15178447.
Unoki M, Nishidate T, Nakamura Y (Oct 2004). "ICBP90, an E2F-1 target, recruits HDAC1 and binds to methyl-CpG through its SRA domain". Oncogene. 23 (46): 7601–10. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1208053. PMID15361834.
Abbady AQ, Bronner C, Bathami K, Muller CD, Jeanblanc M, Mathieu E, Klein JP, Candolfi E, Mousli M (Aug 2005). "TCR pathway involves ICBP90 gene down-regulation via E2F binding sites". Biochemical Pharmacology. 70 (4): 570–9. doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2005.05.012. PMID15964557.
Jeanblanc M, Mousli M, Hopfner R, Bathami K, Martinet N, Abbady AQ, Siffert JC, Mathieu E, Muller CD, Bronner C (Nov 2005). "The retinoblastoma gene and its product are targeted by ICBP90: a key mechanism in the G1/S transition during the cell cycle". Oncogene. 24 (49): 7337–45. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1208878. PMID16007129.
Beausoleil SA, Villén J, Gerber SA, Rush J, Gygi SP (Oct 2006). "A probability-based approach for high-throughput protein phosphorylation analysis and site localization". Nature Biotechnology. 24 (10): 1285–92. doi:10.1038/nbt1240. PMID16964243.
Muto M, Fujimori A, Nenoi M, Daino K, Matsuda Y, Kuroiwa A, Kubo E, Kanari Y, Utsuno M, Tsuji H, Ukai H, Mita K, Takahagi M, Tatsumi K (Nov 2006). "Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Human Radiosusceptibility Gene, NP95". Radiation Research. 166 (5): 723–33. doi:10.1667/RR0459.1. PMID17067204.