Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29291351›Full record

ArticleNature medicine2018

The deubiquitinating enzyme cylindromatosis mitigates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

Yan-Xiao Ji, Zan Huang, Xia Yang, Xiaozhan Wang, Ling-Ping Zhao, Pi-Xiao Wang, Xiao-Jing Zhang, Michele Alves-Bezerra, Lin Cai, Peng Zhang and 14 more

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Article in Nature medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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76citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 144 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yan-Xiao JiMedical Science Research Center, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3401-2427
Zan HuangCollege of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5623-6950
Xia YangInstitute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xiaozhan WangInstitute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Ling-Ping ZhaoInstitute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Pi-Xiao WangInstitute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xiao-Jing ZhangInstitute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Michele Alves-BezerraDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4430-6434
Lin CaiMedical Science Research Center, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Peng ZhangMedical Science Research Center, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Yue-Xin LuInstitute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Lan BaiInstitute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Mao-Mao GaoInstitute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Huan ZhaoCollege of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Song TianInstitute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Yong WangInstitute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Zhi-Xiang HuangInstitute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xue-Yong ZhuInstitute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Yan ZhangInstitute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Jun GongInstitute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Zhi-Gang SheInstitute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Feng LiBasic Medical School, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
David E CohenDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
Hongliang LiMedical Science Research Center, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Wuhan University · CNCornell University · US

Funding

Regulation of Hepatic Lipid and Glucose Metabolism by PC-TP/StarD2R37DK048873 · NIDDK · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI COHEN, DAVID E. · 2012 to 2021
$5.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK048873
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a common clinical condition that can lead to advanced liver diseases. Lack of effective pharmacotherapies for NASH is largely attributable to an incomplete understanding of its pathogenesis. The deubiquitinase cylindromatosis (CYLD) plays key roles in inflammation and cancer. Here we identified CYLD as a suppressor of NASH in mice and in monkeys. CYLD is progressively degraded upon interaction with the E3 ligase TRIM47 in proportion to NASH severity. We observed that overexpression of Cyld in hepatocytes concomitantly inhibits lipid accumulation, insulin resistance, inflammation and fibrosis in mice with NASH induced in an experimental setting. Mechanistically, CYLD interacts directly with the kinase TAK1 and removes its K63-linked polyubiquitin chain, which blocks downstream activation of the JNK-p38 cascades. Notably, reconstitution of hepatic CYLD expression effectively reverses disease progression in mice with dietary or genetically induced NASH and in high-fat diet-fed monkeys predisposed to metabolic syndrome. Collectively, our findings demonstrate that CYLD mitigates NASH severity and identify the CYLD-TAK1 axis as a promising therapeutic target for management of the disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsCarrier ProteinsCysteine EndopeptidasesDeubiquitinating Enzyme CYLDDiet, High-FatDisease Models, AnimalHaplorhiniHumansInflammationLiverMAP Kinase Kinase 4MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 7MAP Kinase Kinase KinasesMetabolic SyndromeMiceNeoplasm ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCYLD protein, mouseCysteine EndopeptidasesDeubiquitinating Enzyme CYLDMAP Kinase Kinase 4MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 7MAP Kinase Kinase KinasesNeoplasm ProteinsNuclear Proteinsp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesTRIM47 protein, humanTripartite Motif Proteins

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