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ArticleCell death & disease2018

TRIM50 suppressed hepatocarcinoma progression through directly targeting SNAIL for ubiquitous degradation.

Xiaoxiao Ma, Xiaomin Ma, Yumin Qiu, Lihui Zhu, Yueke Lin, Yajing You, Dapeng Ma, Zhenzhi Qin, Caiyu Sun, Yunxue Zhao and 2 more

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 37 papers.

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Xiaoxiao MaDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection & Immunology, Shandong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, 250012, Jinan, China.
Xiaomin MaDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection & Immunology, Shandong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, 250012, Jinan, China.
Yumin QiuDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection & Immunology, Shandong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, 250012, Jinan, China.
Lihui ZhuDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection & Immunology, Shandong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, 250012, Jinan, China.
Yueke LinDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection & Immunology, Shandong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, 250012, Jinan, China.
Yajing YouDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection & Immunology, Shandong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, 250012, Jinan, China.
Dapeng MaDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection & Immunology, Shandong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, 250012, Jinan, China.
Zhenzhi QinDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection & Immunology, Shandong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, 250012, Jinan, China.
Caiyu SunDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection & Immunology, Shandong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, 250012, Jinan, China.
Yunxue ZhaoDepartment of Pharmacology, Shandong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, 250012, Jinan, China.
Yanlin SunDepartment of Pathology, Shandong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, 250012, Jinan, China.
Lihui HanDepartment of Immunology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection & Immunology, Shandong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, 250012, Jinan, China. hanlihui@sdu.edu.cn.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tripartite motif-containing 50 (TRIM50) belongs to the tripartite motif (TRIM) protein family, which has been implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple cancers. However, the role of TRIM50 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains to be clarified. Here we showed that TRIM50 expression was significantly decreased in liver cancer tissues compared with corresponding non-cancerous liver tissues, and its decreased expression was significantly correlated with advanced disease progression. Gain-of-function assay by exogenous overexpression of TRIM50 in HCC cells showed that proliferation, colony formation, migration and invasion of HCC cells were significantly inhibited, whereas loss-of-function assay by TRIM50 knockdown showed that these malignant behaviors of HCC cells were significantly increased. Further investigation showed that TRIM50 could directly bind with SNAIL and induced K-48 linked poly-ubiquitous degradation of SNAIL protein, which further reversed SNAIL-mediated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process of HCC cells. In vivo assay by xenograft tumor model verified the antitumor effect of TRIM50 on HCC. Taken together, these results showed that TRIM50 acted as a tumor suppressor in HCC cells by directly targeting SNAIL and reversing EMT, which further indicated that positive modulation of TRIM50 might be a novel therapeutic strategy for SNAIL overexpressed HCC cells.

Indexed as

Disease ProgressionProteolysisAnoikisAntineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDown-RegulationEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLiver NeoplasmsLysineMaleMiddle AgedAntineoplastic AgentsLysinePolyubiquitinSnail Family Transcription FactorsTRIM50 protein, humanTripartite Motif ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID29789583
PMCPMC5964248
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