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. 2020 Nov 16;6:126. doi: 10.1038/s41420-020-00362-3

Table 2.

A summary of the 14-3-3 PPIs that are directly implicated or have a putative role in the regulation of p53, and the desired strategy for developing novel antineoplastic therapies.

14-3-3-binding partner 14-3-3 isoform Binding mode p53 regulation Therapeutic strategy Review (key refs.)
Direct link between 14-3-3 PPI and p53 regulation
p53 γ Phosphorylation dependent (pS366, pS378, pT387; monovalent) •Increases p53 transcriptional activity Stabilisation (e.g. FC-A) 2.1 (12–19)
ε

•Enhances p53 binding to DNA

•Increases p53 transcriptional activity

ζ
σ Phosphorylation dependent (pS366, pS378, pT387; monovalent) Non-canonical interaction: 14-3-3 CTD (amino acids: 153–248)

•Increases p53 protein levels

•Increases p53 transcriptional activity

2.2 (20–27)
τ
MDM2 σ

Phosphorylation dependent (unknown sites)

Non-canonical interaction(s): MDM2 CTD (amino acids: 440–491)

14-3-3 CTD (amino acids: 153–248)

•Increases p53 protein levels

•Increases p53 transcriptional activity

Stabilisation 3.1.1-2 (35–37)
(α)β, γ, ε, η, ζ, τ Phosphorylation dependent (pS166 and pS186; bivalent) •Not known ? 3.1.3–4 (40)
MDMX (α)β, γ, ε, η, ζ, τ Phosphorylation dependent (pS342 and pS367; bivalent) •Increases p53 protein levels Stabilisation 3.2 (55, 57-62)
COP1 σ Phosphorylation dependent (pS387; monovalent)

•Increases p53 protein levels

•Increases p53 transcriptional activity •Inhibits p53 nuclear export

Stabilisation 3.3 (63–65)
SIRT2 (α)β, γ Phosphorylation dependent (putative site: pS368; monovalent) •Decreases p53 transcriptional activity Inhibition 4.1 (82)
No direct link between 14-3-3 PPI and p53 regulation
HDAC4 (α)β, ε Phosphorylation dependent (pS246, pS467, pS632; bivalent)

•HDAC4 cytoplasmic sequestration

•Putative: Increases transcription of p53 pro-survival target genes

Inhibition 4.2 (87–89)
HDAC5 (α)β, ε Phosphorylation dependent (pS259, pS498, pS661; bivalent?)

•HDAC5 nuclear exclusion and cytoplasmic sequestration

•Putative: Inhibits p53 acetylation (K120) and increases transcription of pro-apoptotic genes

Stabilisation 4.3 (87–89)
HDAC7 ε Phosphorylation dependent (pS155, pS358, pS486; monovalent)

•Increases HDAC7 levels but promotes cytoplasmic accumulation.

•Implications for p53 regulation are unclear

? 4.4 (91, 95–96)
Chk1 (α)β, ζ, σ Phosphorylation dependent (pS345; monovalent?)

•Chk1 nuclear accumulation

•Putative: promotes p53 phosphorylation and stabilisation

Stabilisation 5.1 (111–114)
BTK ζ Phosphorylation dependent (pS51, pT495; bivalent)

•BTK nuclear exclusion and ubiquitination

•Putative: prevents BTK-mediated p53 phosphorylation and stabilisation

Inhibition 5.2 (123)
ASK1 ζ Phosphorylation dependent (pS966; monovalent)

•ASK1 inhibition.

•Putative: prevents p53 activation via the p38/JNK pathways

Inhibition 5.3 (128–129)
AKT σ Non-canonical interaction: 14-3-3 CTD (amino acids: 1–147)

•AKT inhibition

•Putative: stabilises p53 by preventing MDM2 phosphorylation.

Stabilisation 5.4 (37)