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Vol 46 No. 8: 668-674 [PDF] [Full Text]
 
Really interesting new gene finger protein 121 is a novel Golgi-localized membrane protein that regulates apoptosis
 
Yuanbo Zhao1,2,*, Beiqi Hongdu1,2, Dalong Ma1,2 and Yingyu Chen1,2,*

1Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Ministry of Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
2Peking University Center for Human Disease Genomics, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
 

Abstract  Really interesting new gene (RING) finger proteins represent a large protein family in the human genome, and play crucial roles in physiological activities and cancer development. The biological functions of some RING finger proteins remain unknown. Here, we described the biological activity of a novel, human Golgi-localized RING finger protein 121 (RNF121), the function of which is, thus far, unknown. Unlike the endoplasmic reticulum-localized RNF121 in Caenorhabditis elegans, human RNF121 is predominantly localized to the Golgi apparatus. RNF121 knockdown inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis, which was accompanied by caspase-3 activation and the cleavage of poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase. Z-VAD-FMK, a pan-caspase inhibitor, inhibited the RNF121 knockdown-induced apoptosis. Over-expression of wild-type RNF121, but not the RING domain mutants of RNF121, decreased RNF121 knockdown-induced apoptosis, indicating that the RING domain is required for RNF121-regulated apoptosis. Moreover, RNF121 knockdown enhanced etoposide-induced apoptosis. This is the first study to demonstrate that RNF121 is a novel regulator of apoptosis and provides a new potential target for cancer therapy.

 

Keywords   RING finger protein 121; apoptosis; RING domain; Golgi apparatus

 

Received   2014-3-7  
Accepted  
2014-4-14

 

Funding  This work was supported by a grant from the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2011CB910103).

 

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