The role of ubiquitination and deubiquitination in cancer metabolism

T Sun, Z Liu, Q Yang - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Metabolic reprogramming, including enhanced biosynthesis of macromolecules, altered
energy metabolism, and maintenance of redox homeostasis, is considered a hallmark of …

E3 ubiquitin ligases: styles, structures and functions

Q Yang, J Zhao, D Chen, Y Wang - Molecular biomedicine, 2021 - Springer
E3 ubiquitin ligases are a large family of enzymes that join in a three-enzyme ubiquitination
cascade together with ubiquitin activating enzyme E1 and ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 …

Protein post-translational modifications in the regulation of cancer hallmarks

H Wang, L Yang, M Liu, J Luo - Cancer Gene Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) of proteins, the major mechanism of protein function
regulation, play important roles in regulating a variety of cellular physiological and …

[HTML][HTML] The glycolytic switch in tumors: how many players are involved?

L Yu, X Chen, X Sun, L Wang, S Chen - Journal of Cancer, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Reprogramming of cellular metabolism is a hallmark of cancers. Cancer cells more readily
use glycolysis, an inefficient metabolic pathway for energy metabolism, even when sufficient …

DDX39B drives colorectal cancer progression by promoting the stability and nuclear translocation of PKM2

G Zhao, H Yuan, Q Li, J Zhang, Y Guo, T Feng… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Metastasis is a major cause of colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality, but its molecular
mechanisms are still not fully understood. Here, we show that upregulated DDX39B …

HSP90 promotes cell glycolysis, proliferation and inhibits apoptosis by regulating PKM2 abundance via Thr-328 phosphorylation in hepatocellular carcinoma

Q Xu, J Tu, C Dou, J Zhang, L Yang, X Liu, K Lei, Z Liu… - Molecular cancer, 2017 - Springer
Background Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) functions as a well-known onco-protein to
regulate protein conformation, stability and degradation. Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2), a …

DNA-PKcs promotes cardiac ischemia reperfusion injury through mitigating BI-1-governed mitochondrial homeostasis

H Zhou, S Toan, P Zhu, J Wang, J Ren… - Basic Research in …, 2020 - Springer
DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) is a novel inducer to promote
mitochondrial apoptosis and suppress tumor growth in a variety of cells although its role in …

Deubiquitinase OTUB2 exacerbates the progression of colorectal cancer by promoting PKM2 activity and glycolysis

S Yu, W Zang, Y Qiu, L Liao, X Zheng - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Aberrant regulation of ubiquitination often leads to metabolic reprogramming in tumor cells.
However, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Here we demonstrate that …

[HTML][HTML] STUB1/CHIP: New insights in cancer and immunity

Y Liu, H Zhou, X Tang - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
The STUB1 gene (STIP1 homology and U-box-containing protein 1), located at 16q13. 3,
encodes the CHIP (carboxyl terminus of Hsc70-interacting protein), an essential E3 ligase …

SQSTM1-dependent autophagic degradation of PKM2 inhibits the production of mature IL1B/IL-1β and contributes to LIPUS-mediated anti-inflammatory effect

B Zhang, H Chen, J Ouyang, Y Xie, L Chen, Q Tan… - Autophagy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Synovitis is implicated in the pathology of osteoarthritis (OA) and significantly contributes to
the development of OA. As a noninvasive physical therapy, low-intensity pulsed ultrasound …