SIRT1 regulates apoptosis and Nanog expression in mouse embryonic stem cells by controlling p53 subcellular localization.

Nuclear tumor suppressor p53 transactivates proapoptotic genes or antioxidant genes depending on stress severity, while cytoplasmic p53 induces mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis without gene transactivation. Although SIRT1, a p53 deacetylase, inhibits p53-mediated transactivation, how SIRT1 regulates these p53 multifunctions is unclear. Here we show that SIRT1 blocks nuclear translocation of cytoplasmic p53 in response to endogenous reactive oxygen species (ROS) and triggers mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis in mouse embryonic stem (mES) cells. ROS generated by antioxidant-free culture caused p53 translocation into mitochondria in wild-type mES cells but induced p53 translocation into the nucleus in SIRT1(-/-) mES cells. Endogenous ROS triggered apoptosis of wild-type mES through mitochondrial translocation of p53 and BAX but inhibited Nanog expression of SIRT1(-/-) mES, indicating that SIRT1 makes mES cells sensitive to ROS and inhibits p53-mediated suppression of Nanog expression. Our results suggest that endogenous ROS control is important for mES cell maintenance in culture.

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