ArticleAutophagy2020
The ubiquitin-specific protease USP8 directly deubiquitinates SQSTM1/p62 to suppress its autophagic activity.
Article in Autophagy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
65 citing papers in PubMed, 136 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systemic and cardiac pathology induced by a clinically relevant USP8 activating mutation.Disease models & mechanisms · 2026Article
- TRIM21 induces selective autophagy of viruses and bacteria.Molecular cell · 2026Article
- Nucleophagy removes cytotoxic trapped PARP1.Nature cell biology · 2026Article
- Crocetin Attenuates Fibroblast-to-Myofibroblast Transition after Myocardial Infarction in Mice by Regulating Autophagy.Cardiovascular drugs and therapy · 2026Article
- CAF-derived exosomes drive trastuzumab resistance in HER2-positive breast cancer via YAP-USP8-HER2 axis activation.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2026Article
- The value of targeting CXCR4 withEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026Article
- Post-translational modifications of selective autophagy receptors: orchestrating cellular homeostasis, disease pathogenesis, and therapeutic opportunities.Cellular & molecular biology letters · 2026Review
- Deubiquitinase USP8 regulates the spindle assembly checkpoint in oocytes.Science advances · 2026Article
- The Roles of SQSTM1/p62 in Selective Autophagy and Oncogenic Signaling.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- TRIM38 Suppresses Breast Cancer Progression via Modulating SQSTM1 Ubiquitination and Autophagic Flux.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- SQSTM1/p62 UFMylation Enhances Autophagic Clearance of Pathogenic Mutant Huntingtin.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Article
- The Ubiquitin Script: writing protein fates in chains.Essays in biochemistry · 2025Review
- Inducing ferroptosis to improve cancer therapy: a promising tool for enhancing immunotherapy.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025Review
- RETREG1-mediated reticulophagy is activated by an ATF4-CEBPG/C/EBPγ heterodimer and confers protection against lipotoxicity.Autophagy · 2025Article
- USP8 modulates primary ovarian insufficiency through regulation of Beclin1-dependent autophagy-induced ferroptosis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Activating PIK3CA mutation promotes overgrowth of adipose tissue via inhibiting lipophagy in macrodactyly.Cell death & disease · 2025Article
- API5 Phosphorylation Promotes Antiviral Immunity by Inhibiting Degradation of Cytosolic RNA Sensor RLRs.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Article
- Review
- Article
5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
SQSTM1/p62 (sequestosome 1) is a critical macroautophagy/autophagy receptor that promotes the formation and degradation of ubiquitinated aggregates. SQSTM1 can be modified by ubiquitination, and this modification modulates its autophagic activity. However, the molecular mechanisms underpinning its reversible deubiquitination have never been described. Here we report that USP8 (ubiquitin specific peptidase 8) directly interacted with and deubiquitinated SQSTM1. USP8 preferentially removed the lysine 11 (K11)-linked ubiquitin chains from SQSTM1. Moreover, USP8 deubiquitinated SQSTM1 principally at K420 within its ubiquitin-association (UBA) domain. Finally, USP8 inhibited SQSTM1 degradation and autophagic influx in cells with wild-type SQSTM1, but not its mutant with substitution of K420 with an arginine. Taken together, USP8 acts as a negative regulator of autophagy by deubiquitinating SQSTM1 at K420.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.