Ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS) as a target for anticancer treatment

J Park, J Cho, EJ Song - Archives of pharmacal research, 2020 - Springer
The ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS) plays an important role in the cellular processes for
protein quality control and homeostasis. Dysregulation of the UPS has been implicated in …

The role of ubiquitination in tumorigenesis and targeted drug discovery

L Deng, T Meng, L Chen, W Wei, P Wang - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Ubiquitination, an important type of protein posttranslational modification (PTM), plays a
crucial role in controlling substrate degradation and subsequently mediates the “quantity” …

Tumour suppressor RNF43 is a stem-cell E3 ligase that induces endocytosis of Wnt receptors

BK Koo, M Spit, I Jordens, TY Low, DE Stange… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
LGR5+ stem cells reside at crypt bottoms, intermingled with Paneth cells that provide Wnt,
Notch and epidermal growth factor signals. Here we find that the related RNF43 and ZNRF3 …

[HTML][HTML] Wnt signaling through inhibition of β-catenin degradation in an intact Axin1 complex

VSW Li, SS Ng, PJ Boersema, TY Low, WR Karthaus… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Degradation of cytosolic β-catenin by the APC/Axin1 destruction complex represents the key
regulated step of the Wnt pathway. It is incompletely understood how the Axin1 complex …

[HTML][HTML] Deubiquitinase inhibition as a cancer therapeutic strategy

P D'Arcy, X Wang, S Linder - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is the main system for controlled protein
degradation and a key regulator of fundamental cellular processes. The dependency of …

Dishevelled: A masterful conductor of complex Wnt signals

M Sharma, I Castro-Piedras, GE Simmons Jr, K Pruitt - Cellular signalling, 2018 - Elsevier
The Dishevelled gene was first identified in Drosophila mutants with disoriented hair and
bristle polarity [[1],[2],[3]]. The Dsh gene (Dsh/Dvl, in Drosophila and vertebrates …

Deubiquitinases in cancer: new functions and therapeutic options

JM Fraile, V Quesada, D Rodríguez, JMP Freije… - Oncogene, 2012 - nature.com
Deubiquitinases (DUBs) have fundamental roles in the ubiquitin system through their ability
to specifically deconjugate ubiquitin from targeted proteins. The human genome encodes at …

Aberrant Wnt signaling in multiple myeloma: molecular mechanisms and targeting options

H van Andel, KA Kocemba, M Spaargaren, ST Pals - Leukemia, 2019 - nature.com
Aberrant activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling plays a central role in the pathogenesis of a
wide variety of malignancies and is typically caused by mutations in core Wnt pathway …

Wnt/β-catenin signalling: from plasma membrane to nucleus

W Kim, M Kim, E Jho - Biochemical Journal, 2013 - portlandpress.com
Wnt/β-catenin signalling plays essential roles in embryonic development as well as tissue
homoeostasis in adults. Thus abnormal regulation of Wnt/β-catenin signalling is linked to a …

Regulation of Wnt signaling through ubiquitination and deubiquitination in cancers

HB Park, JW Kim, KH Baek - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Wnt signaling pathway plays important roles in embryonic development, homeostatic
processes, cell differentiation, cell polarity, cell proliferation, and cell migration via the β …