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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2010

Elimination of C/EBPalpha through the ubiquitin-proteasome system promotes the development of liver cancer in mice.

Guo-Li Wang, Xiurong Shi, Simon Haefliger, Jingling Jin, Angela Major, Polina Iakova, Milton Finegold, Nikolai A Timchenko

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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40 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. The "Janus" Role of C/EBPs Family Members in Cancer Progression.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  16. Gankyrin Promotes Tumor-Suppressor Protein Degradation to Drive Hepatocyte Proliferation.Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guo-Li WangDepartment of Pathology and Immunology and Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Xiurong Shi
Simon Haefliger
Jingling Jin
Angela Major
Polina Iakova
Milton Finegold
Nikolai A Timchenko
Baylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

STUDIES OF THE MRG15 GENE IN CELL CYCLE AND CELL SENESCENCEP01AG020752 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR SAN ANT · PI SMITH, JAMES · 2001 to 2005
$8.5M
Molecular Mechanisms of C/EBP Alpha Mediated Growth ArrestR01GM055188 · NIGMS · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI TIMCHENKO, NIKOLAI A. · 1997 to 2013
$3.3M
Regulation of Cell Growth by RNA Binding ProteinsR01CA100070 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI TIMCHENKO, NIKOLAI A. · 2003 to 2012
$2.6M
NCI NIH HHS CA100070NCI NIH HHS R01 CA100070NIA NIH HHS AG20752NIA NIH HHS P01 AG020752NIGMS NIH HHS GM55188NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM055188
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite significant advancements in our understanding of cancer development, the molecular mechanisms that underlie the formation of liver cancer remain largely unknown. C/EBPalpha is a transcription factor that regulates liver quiescence. Phosphorylation of C/EBPalpha at serine 193 (S193-ph) is upregulated in older mice and is thought to contribute to age-associated liver dysfunction. Because development of liver tumors is associated with increasing age, we investigated the role of S193-ph in the development of liver cancer using knockin mice expressing a phospho-mimetic aspartic acid residue in place of serine at position 193 (S193D) of C/EBPalpha. The S193D isoform of C/EBPalpha was able to completely inhibit liver proliferation in vivo after partial hepatectomy. However, treatment of these mice with diethylnitrosamine/phenobarbital (DEN/PB), which induces formation of liver cancer, actually resulted in earlier development of liver tumors. DEN/PB treatment was associated with specific degradation of both the S193-ph and S193D isoforms of C/EBPalpha through activation of the ubiquitinproteasome system (UPS). The mechanism of UPS-mediated elimination of C/EBPalpha during carcinogenesis involved elevated levels of gankyrin, a protein that was found to interact with the S193-ph isoform of C/EBPalpha and target it for UPS-mediated degradation. This study identifies a molecular mechanism that supports the development of liver cancer in older mice and potential therapeutic targets for the prevention of liver cancer.

Indexed as

AnimalsHepatectomyLiverLiver NeoplasmsMiceMice, KnockoutPhosphorylationProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein IsoformsProto-Oncogene ProteinsSerineTranscription FactorsUbiquitinProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein IsoformsProto-Oncogene ProteinsPSMD10 protein, humanSerineTranscription FactorsUbiquitin

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PMID20516642
PMCPMC2898600
OpenAlexW2042857456

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