The deubiquitinase JOSD2 is a positive regulator of glucose metabolism

Autor: Krassikova, Lyudmila, Zhang, Boxi, Nagarajan, Divya, Queiroz, André Lima, Kacal, Merve, Samakidis, Evangelos, Vakifahmetoglu-Norberg, Helin, Norberg, Erik
Zdroj: Cell Death and Differentiation; March 2021, Vol. 28 Issue: 3 p1091-1109, 19p
Abstrakt: Cancer cells undergo complex metabolic alterations. The mechanisms underlying the tuning of cancer metabolism are under active investigation. Here, we identify the uncharacterized deubiquitinase JOSD2 as a positive regulator of cancer cell proliferation by displaying comprehensive effects on glucose catabolism. We found that JOSD2 directly controls a metabolic enzyme complex that includes Aldolase A, Phosphofructokinase-1 and Phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase, in vitro and in vivo. Further, JOSD2 expression, but not a catalytically inactive mutant, deubiquitinates and stabilizes the enzyme complex, thereby enhancing their activities and the glycolytic rate. This represents a selective JOSD2 feature that is not shared among other Machado–Joseph disease DUBs or observed in nontransformed cells. JOSD2 deficiency displays cytostatic effects and reduces glycolysis in a broad spectrum of tumor cells of distinct origin and its expression correlates with poor prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer. Overall, our study provides evidence for a previously unknown biological mechanism in which JOSD2 integrates glucose and serine metabolism with potential therapeutic implications.
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