SCYL1BP1 modulates neurite outgrowth and regeneration by regulating the Mdm2/p53 pathway.

ABSTRACT: SCY1-like 1-binding protein 1 (SCYL1BP1) is a newly identified transcriptional activator domain containing a protein with many unknown biological functions. Recently emerging evidence has revealed that it is a novel regulator of the p53 pathway, which is required for neurite outgrowth and regeneration. Here we present evidence that SCYL1BP1 inhibits nerve growth factor-mediated neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells and affects morphogenesis of primary cortical neurons by strongly decreasing the p53 protein level in vitro, all of which depends on SCYL1BP1's transcriptional activator domain. Exogenous p53 rescues neurite outgrowth and neuronal morphogenesis defects caused by SCYL1BP1. Furthermore, SCYL1BP1 can directly induce Mdm2 transcription, whereas inhibiting the function of Mdm2 by specific

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3510013 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature