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The interferon (IFN)-inducible proteins mediate activities of the interferons including the cell growth-regulatory activity. We have shown that p202, an IFN-inducible 52 kDa primarily nuclear phosphoprotein whose expression in transfected cells inhibits cell proliferation, interacts with the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein (pRb) and the transcription factor E2F (E2F-1/DP-1) in vitro and in vivo. p202 was shown to inhibit E2F-1/DP-1-stimulated transcription of a reporter gene and of endogenous genes. Here we report that expression of p202 inhibited E2F-4/DP-1-stimulated transcription of a reporter gene in transfected cells. Furthermore, this inhibition was associated with the inhibition of the sequence-specific DNA-binding of E2F-4 both in complex with the pocket proteins p107 or p130 and in its `free' form in vitro. p202 bound to p107 and p130 in vitro and in vivo and also associated with E2F-4, supporting the notion that complexes containing p107/E2F-4 or p130/E2F-4 and p202 exist in vivo. Moreover, cotransfection of E2F-4-encoding plasmid in AKR-2B cells overcame p202-mediated inhibition of cell growth, raising the possibility that p202 contributes to cell growth inhibition by the interferons, at least in part, by modulating E2F-4-mediated transcription.
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Choubey, D., Gutterman, J. Inhibition of E2F-4/DP-1-stimulated transcription by p202. Oncogene 15, 291–301 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1201184
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