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The MAGE protein family and cancer

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Weon, Jenny L, Potts, Patrick Ryan·2015·Current Opinion in Cell Biology

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The Melanoma Antigen Gene (MAGE) protein family is a large, highly conserved group of proteins that share a common MAGE homology domain. Intriguingly, many MAGE proteins are restricted in expression to reproductive tissues, but are aberrantly expressed in a wide variety of cancer types. Originally discovered as antigens on tumor cells and developed as cancer immunotherapy targets, recent literature suggests a more prominent role for MAGEs in driving tumorigenesis. This review will highlight recent developments into the function of MAGEs as oncogenes, their mechanisms of action in regulation of ubiquitin ligases, and outstanding questions in the field.

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  • The MAGE family of ubiquitin E3 ligases, often called MAGE-RING ligases (MRLs), comprise proteins that serve as substrate-recruitment modules for other RING E3 ligases, adding to and/or altering the substrate specificity of their co-E3 ligases.

    “An example of such a family of ligases are the MAGE (melanoma antigen genes) family of ubiquitin E3 ligases, often referred to as the MAGE-RING ligases (MRLs), which comprise proteins that serve as substrate-recruitment modules for other RING E3 ligases156,157, adding to and/or altering the substrate specificity of their co-E3 ligases (reviewed elsewhere155,158).”

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  • Cancer-testis antigens comprise ubiquitin ligases that have restricted expression in normal testis but are highly overexpressed across multiple cancer types.

    “Finally, cancer-testis antigens (CTAs) also comprise ubiquitin ligases that have restricted expression in the normal testis but are highly overexpressed across multiple cancer types154,155.”

    From PROTAC targeted protein degraders: the past is prologue (2022) · cites this paper as [155]

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Authors
Weon, J. L., & Potts, P. R.
Affiliations
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Potts, Patrick Ryan
Venue
Current Opinion in Cell Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-12
Volume
37
Pages
1-8
ISSN
0955-0674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1254044211
Cited by
257
References
80
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 7
FWCI
1.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Current Opinion in Cell Biology (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Defense (W81XWH-12-1-0446)
  • National Institutes of Health (R01GM111332)
  • American Cancer Society (IRG 02-196)
  • Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (R1117)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Keywords
oncogenes, carcinogenesis, cancer immunotherapy targets, ubiquitin ligase
MeSH terms
Animals, Antigens, Neoplasm, Humans, Immunotherapy, Neoplasm Proteins, Neoplasms, Neoplastic Stem Cells, Disease Progression

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