Transcription cofactors TRIM24, TRIM28, and TRIM33 associate to form regulatory complexes that suppress murine hepatocellular carcinoma

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 May 17;108(20):8212-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1101544108. Epub 2011 Apr 29.

Abstract

TRIM24 (TIF1α), TRIM28 (TIF1β), and TRIM33 (TIF1γ) are three related cofactors belonging to the tripartite motif superfamily that interact with distinct transcription factors. TRIM24 interacts with the liganded retinoic acid (RA) receptor to repress its transcriptional activity. Germ line inactivation of TRIM24 in mice deregulates RA-signaling in hepatocytes leading to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Here we show that TRIM24 can be purified as at least two macromolecular complexes comprising either TRIM33 or TRIM33 and TRIM28. Somatic hepatocyte-specific inactivation of TRIM24, TRIM28, or TRIM33 all promote HCC in a cell-autonomous manner in mice. Moreover, HCC formation upon TRIM24 inactivation is strongly potentiated by further loss of TRIM33. These results demonstrate that the TIF1-related subfamily of TRIM proteins interact both physically and functionally to modulate HCC formation in mice.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / etiology*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / pathology
  • Hepatocytes / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Mice
  • Multiprotein Complexes / isolation & purification
  • Multiprotein Complexes / physiology
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism*
  • Protein Binding
  • Receptors, Retinoic Acid
  • Repressor Proteins / metabolism*
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism*
  • Tripartite Motif-Containing Protein 28

Substances

  • Multiprotein Complexes
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Receptors, Retinoic Acid
  • Repressor Proteins
  • Transcription Factors
  • Trim33 protein, mouse
  • transcriptional intermediary factor 1
  • Trim28 protein, mouse
  • Tripartite Motif-Containing Protein 28