ArticleOncogene2018
OTUB1 promotes esophageal squamous cell carcinoma metastasis through modulating Snail stability.
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- The role of deubiquitinating enzymes and their inhibitors in esophageal carcinoma (Review).International journal of oncology · 2026Review
- UCHL1 stabilizes Twist1 via K11/K63-linked deubiquitination to drive tumor metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer.Cell death discovery · 2025Article
- OTUB1 antagonizes TRIM21 to induce deubiquitination of SPHK1 and promote the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma.Oncogene · 2025Article
- MSK1 promotes colorectal cancer metastasis by increasing Snail protein stability through USP5-mediated Snail deubiquitination.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2025Article
- Role of Ubiquitin-regulated EMT in Cancer Metastasis and Chemoresistance.International journal of biological sciences · 2025Review
- OTU deubiquitinases in cancer pathogenesis and precision therapy.American journal of cancer research · 2025Review
- Dissecting the dual role of OTU family proteins in tumor progression and immune escape.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Control of Snail1 protein stability by post-translational modifications: the basis for a complex regulation of Snail1 function.International journal of biological sciences · 2025Review
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- PILRB potentiates the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway and reprograms cholesterol metabolism to drive gastric tumorigenesis and metastasis.Cell death & disease · 2024Article
- USP30 promotes the progression of breast cancer by stabilising Snail.Cancer gene therapy · 2024Article
- Role of deubiquitinase JOSD2 in the pathogenesis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.World journal of gastroenterology · 2024Article
- OTUB1 Promotes Glioblastoma Growth by Inhibiting the JAK2/STAT1 Signaling Pathway.Journal of Cancer · 2024Article
- Ubiquitin-specific Protease 35 Promotes Gastric Cancer Metastasis by Increasing the Stability of Snail1.International journal of biological sciences · 2024Article
- β-Elemene promotes ferroptosis and reverses radioresistance in gastric cancer by inhibiting the OTUB1-GPX4 interaction.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Target deubiquitinase OTUB1 as a therapeatic strategy for BLCA via β-catenin/necroptosis signal pathway.International journal of biological sciences · 2024Article
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- ERK3 Increases Snail Protein Stability by Inhibiting FBXO11-Mediated Snail Ubiquitination.Cancers · 2023Article
- Androgen Receptor/AP-1 ActivatesCancers · 2023Article
- Involvement of the OTUB1-YAP1 axis in driving malignant behaviors of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Cancer medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Snail is a key regulator of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and plays an important role in tumor progression and metastasis. Snail is rapidly degraded in the cells and its protein level is critically controlled. Although several E3 ligases regulating Snail degradation have been defined, the deubiquitinases (DUBs) responsible for Snail deubiquitination are less studied. We identified ovarian tumor domain-containing ubiquitin aldehyde binding protein 1 (OTUB1) as a DUB that stabilizes Snail through preventing its ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. Functionally, OTUB1 facilitates metastasis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) through promoting Snail protein stability. Moreover, OTUB1 is highly expressed in ESCC and higher expression of OTUB1 predicts poor prognosis. These findings suggest that OTUB1 is an essential regulator of Snail and plays a critical role in facilitating esophageal cancer progression.
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