ArticleCell death and differentiation2018
USP20 positively regulates tumorigenesis and chemoresistance through β-catenin stabilization.
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- The role of ubiquitin system in ageing-related diseases and potential therapeutic opportunities.Molecular biomedicine · 2026Review
- USP20 as a key regulator of immunosuppression and a novel predictor of poor prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma.Biology direct · 2026Article
- USP20 governs tyrosine kinase inhibitors resistance through ferroptosis evasion by targeting GPX4 in cancers.Redox biology · 2026Article
- Cardiomyocyte-Derived USP20 Attenuates Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Facilitating the Degradation of STING and Mitigating STING-Mediated Inflammation.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026Article
- YKT6 Promotes Bladder Cancer Progression by Stabilizing β-catenin Through USP7-Mediated Deubiquitination.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- USP20, a Super-enhancer Regulated Gene, Promotes Acute Myeloid Leukemia Progression through CTNNB1 Deubiquitination.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Article
- Cardiomyocyte-derived USP20 mitigates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury through deubiquitinating GRP78.Theranostics · 2026Article
- Nuclear β-catenin: molecular regulation, challenges and therapeutic opportunities.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025Review
- Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 20 Promotes CCCP-Induced Mitophagy Through Deubiquitination and Stabilization of Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase PINK1.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2025Article
- USP20 competitively binds to STUB1 to enhance CTSL expression and promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Clinical and translational medicine · 2025Article
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- Cardiomyocyte-Enriched USP20 Ameliorates Pathological Cardiac Hypertrophy by Targeting STAT3 Deubiquitination.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Ubiquitin-specific peptidase 20 affects immune cell infiltration by regulating prostaglandin E2 on intraperitoneal metastasis model of colorectal cancer.Translational cancer research · 2025Article
- A novel USP4 inhibitor that suppresses colorectal cancer stemness by promoting β-catenin and Twist1 degradation.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- PSMD11 and PSMD14 may serve as novel biomarkers for the prognosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Deubiquitinating enzymes: Key regulators of ferroptosis and pyroptosis and novel targets for cancer intervention.International journal of biological sciences · 2025Review
- USP10 drives cancer stemness and enables super-competitor signalling in colorectal cancer.Oncogene · 2024Article
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- CLIP170 enhancing FOSL1 expression via attenuating ubiquitin-mediated degradation of β-catenin drives renal cell carcinoma progression.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2024Article
- Emerging roles of deubiquitinating enzymes in actin cytoskeleton and tumor metastasis.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2024Review
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Abstract
β-catenin is a major transcriptional activator of the canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. It is important for a series of biological processes including tissue homeostasis, and embryonic development and is involved in various human diseases. Elevated oncogenic activity of β-catenin is frequently observed in cancers, which contributes to survival, metastasis and chemo-resistance of cancer cells. However, the mechanism of β-catenin overexpression in cancers is not well defined. Here we demonstrate that the deubiquitination enzyme USP20 is a new regulator of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Mechanistically, USP20 regulates the deubiquitination of β-catenin to control its stability, thereby inducing proliferation, invasion and migration of cancer cells. High expression of USP20 correlates with increased β-catenin protein level in multiple cancer cell lines and patient samples. Moreover, knockdown of USP20 increases β-catenin polyubiquitination, which enhances β-catenin turnover and cell sensitivity to chemotherapy. Collectively, our results establish the USP20-β-catenin axis as a critical regulatory mechanism of canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway with an important role in tumorigenesis and chemo response in human cancers.
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