CDK-mediated activation of the SCFFBXO28 ubiquitin ligase promotes MYC-driven transcription and tumourigenesis and predicts poor survival in breast cancer

Autor: Cepeda, Diana, Ng, Hwee-Fang, Sharifi, Hamid Reza, Mahmoudi, Salah, Soto Cerrato, Vanessa, Fredlund, Erik, Magnusson, Kristina, Nilsson, Helen, Malyukova, Alena, Rantala, Juha, Klevebring, Daniel, Vinals, Francesc, Bhaskaran, Nimesh, Zakaria, Siti Mariam, Rahmanto, Aldwin Suryo, Grotegut, Stefan, Nielsen, Michael Lund, Szigyarto, Cristina Al-Khalili, Sun, Dahui, Lerner, Mikael, Navani, Sanjay, Widschwendter, Martin, Uhlen, Mathias, Jirstrom, Karin, Pontén, Fredrik, Wohlschlegel, James, Grander, Dan, Spruck, Charles, Larsson, Lars-Gunnar, Sangfelt, Olle
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: EMBO Molecular Medicine
ISSN: 1757-4684
1757-4676
Popis: SCF (Skp1/Cul1/F-box) ubiquitin ligases act as master regulators of cellular homeostasis by targeting key proteins for ubiquitylation. Here, we identified a hitherto uncharacterized F-box protein, FBXO28 that controls MYC-dependent transcription by non-proteolytic ubiquitylation. SCF(FBXO28) activity and stability are regulated during the cell cycle by CDK1/2-mediated phosphorylation of FBXO28, which is required for its efficient ubiquitylation of MYC and downsteam enhancement of the MYC pathway. Depletion of FBXO28 or overexpression of an F-box mutant unable to support MYC ubiquitylation results in an impairment of MYC-driven transcription, transformation and tumourigenesis. Finally, in human breast cancer, high FBXO28 expression and phosphorylation are strong and independent predictors of poor outcome. In conclusion, our data suggest that SCF(FBXO28) plays an important role in transmitting CDK activity to MYC function during the cell cycle, emphasizing the CDK-FBXO28-MYC axis as a potential molecular drug target in MYC-driven cancers, including breast cancer.
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