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ArticleMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2021

HELZ2 promotes K63-linked polyubiquitination of c-Myc to induce retinoblastoma tumorigenesis.

Hanjun Dai, Wen Zeng, Weijuan Zeng, Ming Yan, Ping Jiang, Ying Li, Wei Zhang, Min Ke

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Article in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Emerging Roles of Non-proteolytic Ubiquitination in Tumorigenesis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hanjun DaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, People's Republic of China. daihanjun@whu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5533-6615
Wen ZengDepartment of Ophthalmology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, People's Republic of China.
Weijuan ZengDepartment of Ophthalmology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, People's Republic of China.
Ming YanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, People's Republic of China.
Ping JiangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, People's Republic of China.
Ying LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, People's Republic of China.
Wei ZhangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, People's Republic of China.
Min KeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, People's Republic of China. minke679@sina.com.
Wuhan University · CN

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province 2020CFB736
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinoblastoma is a rare ocular tumor in children that originates in the retina. Several core transcriptional regulators maintain the expansion of retinoblastoma tumors, including c-Myc. Here, we demonstrated that Helicase with zinc finger domain 2 (HELZ2) promoted retinoblastoma tumorigenesis by targeting c-Myc. HELZ2-deficient inhibited retinoblastoma cell proliferation, whereas overexpression of HELZ2 promoted retinoblastoma cell proliferation. In addition, high levels of HELZ2 promoted xenograft retinoblastoma tumorigenesis and inhibited animal survival. Mechanistically, HELZ2 interacted with c-Myc and promoted its K63-linked polyubiquitination. We indicated that HELZ2 promoted the interaction between E3 ubiquitin ligase HUWE1 and c-Myc, and HELZ2-mediated K63-linked polyubiquitination and activation of c-Myc were dependent on HUWE1. Taken together, HELZ2 plays a critical role in the regulation of retinoblastoma tumorigenesis by enhancing the activity of c-Myc.

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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycRetinoblastomaRNA HelicasesAnimalsCarcinogenesisCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationHumansMiceMice, NudeUbiquitinationMYC protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycRNA Helicasesc-MycHELZ2PolyubiquitinationRetinoblastomaTumorigenesis

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PMID34761308
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