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ArticleOncogene2011

Tumor-suppressor role for the SPOP ubiquitin ligase in signal-dependent proteolysis of the oncogenic co-activator SRC-3/AIB1.

C Li, J Ao, J Fu, D-F Lee, J Xu, D Lonard, B W O'Malley

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Article in Oncogene, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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115citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

115 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 173 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Molecular insights for the tumor suppressor role of SPOP in prostate cancer.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Reviews on cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

C LiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, USA. 01chao@gmail.com
J Ao
J Fu
D-F Lee
J Xu
D Lonard
B W O'Malley
Baylor College of Medicine · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USShanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

Funding

REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES: BIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR ACTIONSR01HD008188 · NICHD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI DAVID M LONARD, JOHN P LYDON · 1985 to 2026
$16.3M
SEX HORMONE RECEPTOR COMPONENTS AND THE CELL GENOMER01HD007857 · NICHD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI DAVID M LONARD, JOHN P LYDON · 1985 to 2026
$14.6M
RAT PUP HUDDLING: INTEGRATING MODELS AND EXPERIMENTSF32HD008188 · NICHD · INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON · PI SCHANK, JEFFREY C · 1996 to 1998
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SEX HORMONE RECEPTOR COMPONENTS &THE CELL GENOMER37HD007857 · NICHD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI MC KEOWN, MICHAEL B · 1987 to 1996
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NICHD NIH HHS F32 HD008188NICHD NIH HHS HD-07857NICHD NIH HHS HD-08188NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD007857NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD008188
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Steroid receptor co-activator-3 (SRC-3/AIB1) is an oncogene that is amplified and overexpressed in many human cancers. However, the molecular mechanisms that regulate 'activated SRC-3 oncoprotein' turnover during tumorigenesis remain to be elucidated. Here, we report that speckle-type POZ protein (SPOP), a cullin 3 (CUL3)-based ubiquitin ligase, is responsible for SRC-3 ubiquitination and proteolysis. SPOP interacts directly with an SRC-3 phospho-degron in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. Casein kinase Iɛ phosphorylates the S102 in this degron and promotes SPOP-dependent turnover of SRC-3. Short hairpin RNA knockdown and overexpression experiments substantiated that the SPOP/CUL3/Rbx1 ubiquitin ligase complex promotes SRC-3 turnover. A systematic analysis of the SPOP genomic locus revealed that a high percentage of genomic loss or loss of heterozygosity occurs at this locus in breast cancers. Furthermore, we demonstrate that restoration of SPOP expression inhibited SRC-3-mediated oncogenic signaling and tumorigenesis, thus positioning SPOP as a tumor suppressor.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAdenocarcinomaAnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCarrier ProteinsCasein Kinase 1 epsilonCell Line, TumorCullin ProteinsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiceMice, NudeNuclear ProteinsNuclear Receptor Coactivator 3Proteasome Endopeptidase ComplexCarrier ProteinsCasein Kinase 1 epsilonCUL3 protein, humanCullin ProteinsNCOA3 protein, humanNuclear ProteinsNuclear Receptor Coactivator 3Proteasome Endopeptidase ComplexRBX1 protein, humanRepressor ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingSPOP protein, humanTumor Suppressor ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID21577200
PMCPMC3158261
OpenAlexW2088643139

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