ArticleNature communications2023
USP7 controls NGN3 stability and pancreatic endocrine lineage development.
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- Ubiquitination modifications as central regulators of metabolic dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
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- Ubiquitin-specific protease 7 exacerbates acute pancreatitis progression by enhancing ATF4-mediated autophagy.In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal · 2025Article
- Deciphering the epigenetic role of KDM4A in pancreatic β-like cell differentiation from iPSCs.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Ubiquitin-specific protease 7 maintains c-Myc stability to support pancreatic cancer glycolysis and tumor growth.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Article
- Phospho-regulation of ASCL1-mediated chromatin opening during cellular reprogramming.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Targeting β-Cell Plasticity: A Promising Approach for Diabetes Treatment.Current issues in molecular biology · 2024Review
- LINC MIR503HG Controls SC-β Cell Differentiation and Insulin Production by Targeting CDH1 and HES1.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Understanding the factors and mechanisms involved in beta-cell development will guide therapeutic efforts to generate fully functional beta cells for diabetes. Neurogenin 3 (NGN3) is the key transcription factor that marks endocrine progenitors and drives beta-cell differentiation. Here we screen for binding partners of NGN3 and identify the deubiquitylating enzyme USP7 as a key regulator of NGN3 stability. Mechanistically, USP7 interacts with, deubiquitinates and stabilizes NGN3. In vivo, conditional knockout of Usp7 in the mouse embryonic pancreas causes a dramatic reduction in islet formation and hyperglycemia in adult mice, due to impaired NGN3-mediated endocrine specification during pancreatic development. Furthermore, pharmacological inhibition of USP7 during endocrine specification in human iPSC models of beta-cell differentiation decreases NGN3 expressing progenitor cell numbers and impairs beta cell differentiation. Thus, the USP7-NGN3 axis is an essential mechanism for driving endocrine development and beta-cell differentiation, which can be therapeutically exploited.
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