Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31340145›Full record

ArticleCell reports2019

USP9X Deubiquitylates DVL2 to Regulate WNT Pathway Specification.

Casey P Nielsen, Kristin K Jernigan, Nicole L Diggins, Donna J Webb, Jason A MacGurn

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cell reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Evolutionary conservation and cancer implications of the WNT signaling pathway.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025
    Review
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. New insights in ubiquitin-dependent Wnt receptor regulation in tumorigenesis.In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal · 2024
    Review
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Casey P NielsenDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.
Kristin K JerniganDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.
Nicole L DigginsDepartment of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.
Donna J WebbDepartment of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.
Jason A MacGurnDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA. Electronic address: jason.a.macgurn@vanderbilt.edu.
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

Understanding and Controlling p120 Dysfunction in CRCP50CA095103 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI COFFEY, ROBERT J. · 2002 to 2017
$33.6M
Substrate Targeting Mechanisms of Nedd4 Family Ubiquitin LigasesR00GM101077 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI MACGURN, JASON A · 2014 to 2016
$747k
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA095103NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM101077
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The WNT signaling network is comprised of multiple receptors that relay various input signals via distinct transduction pathways to execute multiple complex and context-specific output processes. Integrity of the WNT signaling network relies on proper specification between canonical and noncanonical pathways, which presents a regulatory challenge given that several signal transducing elements are shared between pathways. Here, we report that USP9X, a deubiquitylase, and WWP1, an E3 ubiquitin ligase, regulate a ubiquitin rheostat on DVL2, a WNT signaling protein. Our findings indicate that USP9X-mediated deubiquitylation of DVL2 is required for canonical WNT activation, while increased DVL2 ubiquitylation is associated with localization to actin-rich projections and activation of the planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway. We propose that a WWP1-USP9X axis regulates a ubiquitin rheostat on DVL2 that specifies its participation in either canonical WNT or WNT-PCP pathways. These findings have important implications for therapeutic targeting of USP9X in human cancer.

Indexed as

UbiquitinationWnt Signaling PathwayCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell PolarityDishevelled ProteinsHEK293 CellsHumansProtein BindingProtein DomainsUbiquitinUbiquitin-Protein LigasesUbiquitin ThiolesteraseDishevelled ProteinsDVL2 protein, humanUbiquitinUbiquitin-Protein LigasesUbiquitin ThiolesteraseUSP9X protein, humanWWP1 protein, humandeubiquitylasesDUB-E3 interactionsE3 ubiquitin ligasesnon-canonical WNT signalingubiquitin rheostatUSP9XWNT-PCP signalingWNT signalingWWP1

Identifiers

PMID31340145
PMCPMC6884140
OpenAlexW2963934769

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.