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A more recent version of this article appeared on September 15, 2006
Papers In Press, published online ahead of print July 11, 2006
J. Biol. Chem, 10.1074/jbc.M513452200
Submitted on December 19, 2005
Accepted on July 11, 2006
The histidine triad protein Hint1 triggers apoptosis independent of its enzymatic activity
Jorg Weiske and Otmar Huber
Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiochemistry, Charité - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Berlin 12200
Corresponding Author: otmar.huber{at}charite.de
Hint1 is a member of the evolutionary conserved family of histidine triad proteins which acts as a haplo-insufficient tumor suppressor inducing spontaneous tumor formation in Hint +/- and Hint -/- mouse models. However, the molecular mechanisms for the tumor suppressing activity are poorly defined. In this respect we recently showed that Hint1 by interaction with pontin and Reptin inhibits TCF/ß-catenin-mediated transcription of Wnt target genes. In this study we find that after transient transfection with Hint1 SW480 and MCF-7 cells undergo apoptosis as analyzed by pro-caspase-3 and PARP cleavage, M30 CytoDeath staining, cytochrome c release and DNA-fragmentation ELISA. Hint1 is involved in regulation of apoptotic pathways by inducing an up-regulation of p53 expression coinciding with an up-regulation of the pro-apoptotic factor Bax and a concomitant down-regulation of the apoptosis inhibitor Bcl-2. Bad and Puma levels remained unchanged. Further analyses revealed that Hint1 is associated with the Bax promoter and is a component of the Tip60 histone acetyltransferase complex and in this context appears to be involved in the regulation of Bax expression. Knock-down of Hint1 by shRNA results in down-regulation of p53 and Bax but had no effect on Bcl-2 expression. A mutant Hint1 (H112N) protein defective in the enzymatic activity as an AMP-NH2 hydrolase was not impaired in induction of apoptosis suggesting that the Hint1 pro-apoptotic activity is independent of the Hint1 enzymatic activity.

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