ArticleCancer letters2024
Hepatocyte growth factor promotes melanoma metastasis through ubiquitin-specific peptidase 22-mediated integrins upregulation.
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- Aberrant Activation of the Hedgehog Pathway in Cutaneous Melanoma: Therapeutic Potential of Pharmacological Inhibitors.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- USP10 stabilizes FOXM1 through KAT5-mediated acetylation to suppress cell senescence and promote melanoma malignant progression.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Article
- Hypomethylation-Enhanced F-Box Protein 32 Promotes Hepatocellular Carcinogenesis via Ubiquitin-Mediated PHLPP2 Degradation.MedComm · 2025Article
- Construction of a prognostic risk-scoring model based on SASP-related genes in patients with skin cutaneous melanoma.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- ITGA1, the alpha 1 subunit of integrin receptor, is a novel marker of drug-resistant senescent melanoma cells in vitro.Archives of toxicology · 2025Article
- Breast cancer-derived CAV1 promotes lung metastasis by regulating integrin α6β4 and the recruitment and polarization of tumor-associated neutrophils.International journal of biological sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) plays a critical role in promoting tumor migration, invasion, and metastasis, partly by upregulating integrins. The molecular mechanisms behind how HGF facilitates integrin-mediated tumorigenesis are not fully understood. In this study, we demonstrate that the ubiquitin-specific peptidase 22 (USP22) is essential for HGF-induced melanoma metastasis. HGF treatment dramatically increased the expression of both USP22 and multiple integrin family members in particular ITGAV, ITGB3, and ITGA1. An unbiased analysis of the TCGA database reveals integrins as common downstream targets of both USP22 and HGF across multiple human cancer types. Notably, CRISPR-mediated deletion of USP22 completely eliminates HGF-induced integrin expression in melanoma cells. At the molecular level, USP22 acts as a bona fide deubiquitinase for Sp1, a transcription factor for the ITGAV, ITGB3, and ITGA1 genes. USP22 interacts with and inhibits Sp1 ubiquitination, protecting against Sp1 proteasomal degradation. Supporting this, immunohistology analysis detects a positive correlation among USP22, Sp1, and integrin αv in human melanoma tissues. This study identifies the death from the signature gene USP22 as a critical positive regulator for HGF-induced integrin expression by deubiquitinating the Sp1 transcription factor during melanoma metastasis.
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