ArticleGenes & development2008
The histone H2B-specific ubiquitin ligase RNF20/hBRE1 acts as a putative tumor suppressor through selective regulation of gene expression.
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- Decoding RNF20: an epigenetic modifier and beyond.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- An intrinsically disordered region of Ubp10 regulates its binding and activity on ubiquitinated histone substrates.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025Article
- Targeting epigenetic regulators as a promising avenue to overcome cancer therapy resistance.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Review
- Effect of defective H2B ubiquitination on the malignancy and repair of DNA double breaks and its significance in lung adenocarcinoma.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- RNF20 links the DNA damage response and metabolic rewiring in lung cancer through HIF1α.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- Chromatin sensing: integration of environmental signals to reprogram plant development through chromatin regulators.Journal of experimental botany · 2024Review
- Histone H2B ubiquitylation: Connections to transcription and effects on chromatin structure.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Gene regulatory mechanisms · 2024Review
- RNF20 Regulates Oocyte Meiotic Spindle Assembly by Recruiting TPM3 to Centromeres and Spindle Poles.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Structure of the human Bre1 complex bound to the nucleosome.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Monoubiquitination of histone H2B is a crucial regulator of the transcriptome during memory formation.Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- RNF20 contributes to epigenetic immunosuppression through CDK9-dependent LSD1 stabilization.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Systems genetics analysis reveals the common genetic basis for pain sensitivity and cognitive function.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2024Article
- The role of histone post-translational modifications in cancer and cancer immunity: functions, mechanisms and therapeutic implications.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- The H2Bub1-deposition complex is required for human and mouse cardiogenesis.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Histone monoubiquitylation is implicated in critical regulatory processes. We explored the roles of histone H2B ubiquitylation in human cells by reducing the expression of hBRE1/RNF20, the major H2B-specific E3 ubiquitin ligase. While H2B ubiquitylation is broadly associated with transcribed genes, only a subset of genes was transcriptionally affected by RNF20 depletion and abrogation of H2B ubiquitylation. Gene expression dependent on RNF20 includes histones H2A and H2B and the p53 tumor suppressor. In contrast, RNF20 suppresses the expression of several proto-oncogenes, which reside preferentially in closed chromatin and are modestly transcribed despite bearing marks usually associated with high transcription rates. Remarkably, RNF20 depletion augmented the transcriptional effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF), increased cell migration, and elicited transformation and tumorigenesis. Furthermore, frequent RNF20 promoter hypermethylation was observed in tumors. RNF20 may thus be a putative tumor suppressor, acting through selective regulation of a distinct subset of genes.
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