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C-Terminal Farnesylation of UCH-L1 Plays a Role in Transport of Epstein-Barr Virus Primary Oncoprotein LMP1 to Exosomes.

E Kobayashi, M Aga, S Kondo, C Whitehurst, T Yoshizaki, J S Pagano, J Shackelford

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Signaling pathways of EBV-induced oncogenesis.Cancer cell international · 2021
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  13. The Role of Viral Proteins in the Regulation of Exosomes Biogenesis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
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  15. Regulation of Deubiquitinating Enzymes by Post-Translational Modifications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  18. Extracellular Vesicles in Epstein-Barr Virus Pathogenesis.Current clinical microbiology reports · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

E KobayashiLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
M AgaLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
S KondoDivision of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Takaramachi, Kanazawa, Japan.
C WhitehurstLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
T YoshizakiDivision of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Takaramachi, Kanazawa, Japan.
J S PaganoLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
J ShackelfordLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

Funding

Vironomics and Biostatistics CoreP01CA019014 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BLOSSOM A DAMANIA, NANCY JOAN RAAB-TRAUB · 1985 to 2026
$43.8M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA019014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing evidence shows that exosomes are key regulators in cancer cell-to-cell communication. Several reports on Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related malignancies demonstrate that latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) secreted by exosomes derived from EBV- or LMP1-positive cells can promote cancer progression and metastasis. However, the mechanism by which LMP1 is loaded into exosomes is still poorly understood. Here, we examined whether the process of LMP1 loading into exosomes is linked to the multifunctional molecule of the ubiquitin system-ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-L1 (UCH-L1). For the first time, we demonstrate that LMP1 is physically associated with UCH-L1 and that directing of LMP1 to exosomes is mediated by C-terminal farnesylation of UCH-L1. Additionally, we found that the FTI-277 farnesyltransferase inhibitor reduces motility- and anchorage-independent growth of EBV-positive cells in functional assays. On the basis of our results, we conclude that C-terminal farnesylation of UCH-L1 is one of the key mechanisms by which LMP1 is sorted to exosomes. We hypothesize that inhibition of farnesylation with specific small-molecule inhibitors blocks exosome-mediated transfer of prometastatic molecules such as LMP1 during cancer cell-to-cell communications and thereby impedes the process of cancer invasion.

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exosomefarnesylationmetastasisoncovirus

Identifiers

PMID29435490
PMCPMC5806207

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