Metabolic reprogramming and epigenetic modifications in cancer: from the impacts and mechanisms to the treatment potential

X Xu, Q Peng, X Jiang, S Tan, Y Yang… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Metabolic reprogramming and epigenetic modifications are hallmarks of cancer cells. In
cancer cells, metabolic pathway activity varies during tumorigenesis and cancer …

The role of p53 signaling in colorectal cancer

MC Liebl, TG Hofmann - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The transcription factor p53 is a crucial tumor suppressor that regulates
diverse cellular responses to protect against cancer development. Deactivating p53 …

MYC-targeted WDR4 promotes proliferation, metastasis, and sorafenib resistance by inducing CCNB1 translation in hepatocellular carcinoma

P Xia, H Zhang, K Xu, X Jiang, M Gao, G Wang… - Cell death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide.
However, there still remains a lack of effective diagnostic and therapeutic targets for this …

Shuffled ATG8 interacting motifs form an ancestral bridge between UFMylation and autophagy

L Picchianti, V Sánchez de Medina Hernández… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
UFMylation involves the covalent modification of substrate proteins with UFM1 (Ubiquitin‐
fold modifier 1) and is important for maintaining ER homeostasis. Stalled translation triggers …

Ufmylation reconciles salt stress-induced unfolded protein responses via ER-phagy in Arabidopsis

B Li, F Niu, Y Zeng, MK Tse, C Deng… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
In plants, the endomembrane system is tightly regulated in response to environmental
stresses for maintaining cellular homeostasis. Autophagosomes, the double membrane …

UFMylation: a ubiquitin-like modification

X Zhou, SJ Mahdizadeh, M Le Gallo… - Trends in Biochemical …, 2024 - cell.com
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) add a major degree of complexity to the proteome
and are essential controllers of protein homeostasis. Amongst the hundreds of PTMs …

The UFM1 system: Working principles, cellular functions, and pathophysiology

M Komatsu, T Inada, NN Noda - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Summary Ubiquitin-fold modifier 1 (UFM1) is a ubiquitin-like protein covalently conjugated
with intracellular proteins through UFMylation, a process similar to ubiquitylation. Growing …

A non‐canonical scaffold‐type E3 ligase complex mediates protein UFMylation

JJ Peter, HM Magnussen, PA DaRosa, D Millrine… - The EMBO …, 2022 - embopress.org
Protein UFMylation, ie, post‐translational modification with ubiquitin‐fold modifier 1 (UFM1),
is essential for cellular and endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis. Despite its biological …

UFL1 triggers replication fork degradation by MRE11 in BRCA1/2-deficient cells

T Tian, J Chen, H Zhao, Y Li, F Xia, J Huang… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
The stabilization of stalled forks has emerged as a crucial mechanism driving resistance to
poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors in BRCA1/2-deficient tumors. Here, we …

DDRGK1 enhances osteosarcoma chemoresistance via inhibiting KEAP1‐mediated NRF2 ubiquitination

X Wang, T Zhou, X Yang, X Cao, G Jin… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chemoresistance is the main obstacle in osteosarcoma (OS) treatment; however, the
underlying mechanism remains unclear. In this study, it is discovered that DDRGK domain …