Figure 3.
MDM2 induces ubiquitinylation of TTF-I dependent on its E3 ubiquitin ligase activity. (A) Increasing levels of MDM2 induce TTF-I poly-ubiquitinylation. FLAG-TTF-I, HA-Ubiquitin (HA-Ub) and increasing levels of Myc-MDM2 were co-expressed in HEK293T cells, in the presence of the proteasome inhibitor MG132, and FLAG immunoprecipitates (IP) probed with anti-FLAG and anti-HA antibodies in comparison with the whole-cell lysates. (B) TTF-I ubiquitinylation is abrogated by the C462A point mutation of MDM2 that inactivates the ubiquitin ligase activity (MDM2(C462A)) (22,23). FLAG-TTF-I, HA-Ubiquitin and wild type (WT) or inactive MDM2 (C462A) were co-expressed as in (A) in the presence of MG132, and FLAG immunoprecipitates probed with anti-FLAG and anti-HA antibodies.