Due to the essential role of cyclin D1 in regulating transition from G1 to S phase in cell cycle,aberrant cyclin D1 expression is a major oncogenic event in many types of cancers.In particular,the dysregulation of ubi...Due to the essential role of cyclin D1 in regulating transition from G1 to S phase in cell cycle,aberrant cyclin D1 expression is a major oncogenic event in many types of cancers.In particular,the dysregulation of ubiquitination-dependent degradation of cyclin D1 contributes to not only the pathogenesis of malignancies but also the refractory to cancer treatment regiments with CDK4/6 inhibitors.Here we show that in colorectal and gastric cancer patients,MG53 is downregulated in more than 80%of tumors compared to the normal gastrointestinal tissues from the same patient,and the reduced MG53 expression is correlated with increased cyclin D1 abundance and inferior survival.Mechanistically,MG53 catalyzes the K48-linked ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of cyclin D1.Thus,increased expression of MG53 leads to cell cycle arrest at G1,and thereby markedly suppresses cancer cell proliferation in vitro as well as tumor growth in mice with xenograft tumors or AOM/DSS induced-colorectal cancer.Consistently,MG53 deficiency results in accumulation of cyclin D1 protein and accelerates cancer cell growth both in culture and in animal models.These findings define MG53 as a tumor suppressor via facilitating cyclin D1 degradation,highlighting the therapeutic potential of targeting MG53 in treating cancers with dysregulated cyclin D1 turnover.展开更多
基金This project was funded by National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0800701,2018YFA0507603,and 2018YFA0800501)National Natural Science Foundation of China(81770376,81630008,81790621,31521062,31671177,and 81370234)+1 种基金Beijing Natural Science Foundation(5182010)Beijing Municipal Science&Technology Commission(Z171100000417006).
文摘Due to the essential role of cyclin D1 in regulating transition from G1 to S phase in cell cycle,aberrant cyclin D1 expression is a major oncogenic event in many types of cancers.In particular,the dysregulation of ubiquitination-dependent degradation of cyclin D1 contributes to not only the pathogenesis of malignancies but also the refractory to cancer treatment regiments with CDK4/6 inhibitors.Here we show that in colorectal and gastric cancer patients,MG53 is downregulated in more than 80%of tumors compared to the normal gastrointestinal tissues from the same patient,and the reduced MG53 expression is correlated with increased cyclin D1 abundance and inferior survival.Mechanistically,MG53 catalyzes the K48-linked ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of cyclin D1.Thus,increased expression of MG53 leads to cell cycle arrest at G1,and thereby markedly suppresses cancer cell proliferation in vitro as well as tumor growth in mice with xenograft tumors or AOM/DSS induced-colorectal cancer.Consistently,MG53 deficiency results in accumulation of cyclin D1 protein and accelerates cancer cell growth both in culture and in animal models.These findings define MG53 as a tumor suppressor via facilitating cyclin D1 degradation,highlighting the therapeutic potential of targeting MG53 in treating cancers with dysregulated cyclin D1 turnover.
