Apr 5, 2024

Genome-wide CRISPR screens identify novel regulators of wild-type and mutant p53 stability

Molecular systems biology
YiQing Lü, Tiffany Cho, Saptaparna Mukherjee, Carmen Florencia Suarez, Nicolas S Gonzalez-Foutel, Ahmad Malik, Sebastien Martinez, Dzana Dervovic, Robin Hyunseo Oh, Ellen Langille, Khalid N Al-Zahrani, Lisa Hoeg, Zhen Yuan Lin, Ricky Tsai, Geraldine Mbamalu, Varda Rotter, Patricia Ashton-Prolla, Jason Moffat, Lucia Beatriz Chemes, Anne-Claude Gingras, Moshe Oren, Daniel Durocher, Daniel Schramek
Tumor suppressor p53 (TP53) is frequently mutated in cancer, often resulting not only in loss of its tumor-suppressive function but also acquisition of dominant-negative and even oncogenic gain-of-function traits. While wild-type p53 levels are tightly regulated, mutants are typically stabilized in tumors, which is crucial for their oncogenic properties. Here, we systematically profiled the factors that regulate protein stability of wild-type and mutant p53 using marker-based genome-wide CRISPR...