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UCHL1 provides diagnostic and antimetastatic strategies due to its deubiquitinating effect on HIF-1α

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Goto, Yoko, Zeng, Lihua, Yeom, Chan Joo, Zhu, Yuxi, Morinibu, Akiyo, Shinomiya, Kazumi, Kobayashi, Minoru, Hirota, Kiichi +13 more·2015·Nature Communications

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Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) plays a role in tumour metastases; however, the genes that activate HIF-1 and subsequently promote metastases have yet to be identified. Here we show that Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-L1 (UCHL1) abrogates the von Hippel–Lindau-mediated ubiquitination of HIF-1α, the regulatory subunit of HIF-1, and consequently promotes metastasis. The aberrant overexpression of UCHL1 facilitates distant tumour metastases in a HIF-1-dependent manner in murine models of pulmonary metastasis. Meanwhile, blockade of the UCHL1–HIF-1 axis suppresses the formation of metastatic tumours. The expression levels of UCHL1 correlate with those of HIF-1α and are strongly associated with the poor prognosis of breast and lung cancer patients. These results indicate that UCHL1 promotes metastases as a deubiquitinating enzyme for HIF-1α, which justifies exploiting it as a prognostic marker and therapeutic target of cancers.

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  • UCHL1 is a HIF-1 deubiquitinating enzyme that promotes HIF-1 activity under normoxic and hypoxic conditions by preventing VHL-mediated degradation of HIF-1.

    “Goto et al. recently identified the ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-L1 (UCHL1) as a HIF-1 deubiquitinating enzyme that promotes HIF-1 activity under normoxic and hypoxic conditions by preventing VHL-mediated degradation of HIF-1”

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  • UCHL1 may promote metastasis through HIF.

    “suggesting that UCHL1 may promote metastasis through HIF”

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  • UCHL1 is associated with HIF-1 and distant metastasis in cancer patients.

    “UCHL1 is associated with HIF-1 and distant metastasis in cancer patients”

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  • Genetic inactivation of HIF-1 in UCHL1-overexpressing cells reversed the metastatic potential of these cells.

    “genetic inactivation of HIF-1 in UCHL1-overexpressing cells reversed the metastatic potential of these cells”

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Goto, Y., Zeng, L., Yeom, C. J., Zhu, Y., Morinibu, A., Shinomiya, K., Kobayashi, M., Hirota, K., Itasaka, S., Yoshimura, M., Tanimoto, K., Torii, M., Sowa, T., Menju, T., Sonobe, M., Kakeya, H., Toi, M., Date, H., Hammond, E. M., Hiraoka, M., & Harada, H.
Affiliations
  • Kyoto University (JP)
  • Hiroshima University (JP)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
Harada, Hiroshi
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2015-01-23
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
6153-6153
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2018393684
Cited by
229
References
39
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 5
FWCI
8.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University) (submittedVersion)
  • Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Takeda Science Foundation
  • Cancer Research UK (19276)
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (26670558, 26293276)
  • Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research
  • Kobayashi Foundation for Cancer Research
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (15K15577, 26461886, 24592322, LS071, 26670693, 24791293, 25462457, 24659563, 25861088, 15K10551, 26670555, 26670558, 24592336, 26293276)
  • Japan Science and Technology Agency
  • Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mechanisms of cancer metastasis
Keywords
UCHL1, HIF-1α, deubiquitination, VHL, ubiquitination, tumour metastasis, lung metastasis, prognostic factors, therapeutic target, breast cancer, lung cancer, hypoxia
MeSH terms
Animals, Female, Humans, Male, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Nude, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasms, Prognosis, Biomarkers, Tumor, Up-Regulation, NIH 3T3 Cells, Ubiquitin Thiolesterase, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, Ubiquitination, Protein Stability, Molecular Targeted Therapy

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