MDM2: Oncogene Chan Lee
Discovery of MDM2: starting with tumor suppressor p53
MDM2 discovery
MDM2 Discovery- Murine Double Minute Gene
MDM2 Discovery: A gene amplified in sarcoma Mdm2 Gene Amplification in Gastric Cancer Correlation with Expression of Mdm2 Protein and p53 Alterations, Thomas Günther, et, al
In a Normal Happy Cell Low p53
Under Stress – p53 activation X 1) Growth Arrest 2) Apoptosis
Why MDM2 binds to p53? Auto-regulatory Negative Feedback Loop
In Normal cell, MDM2 is a negative regulator 1) Binds to p53 transactivation domain 2) Induces nuclear export 3) Ubiquitinate for degradation
1) MDM2 inhibits by binding to p53 transactivation domain
2) MDM2 Induces Nuclear Export
3) MDM2 is a ubiquitin ligase E3 P53 is polyubiquitinated by MDM2
MDM2 degrades p53
MDM2 Mutation: knock-out is Lethal X X
MDM2 and Cancer 7 % Mdm2 amplification in 3000 tumors from 28 tumor types Osteosarcomas and soft tissue sarcomas have highest rate 20%, 16%
Nutlin Targeting the MDM2-p53 complex
Summary: MDM2 is a Oncogene