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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Deciphering the role of the MALT1-RC3H1 axis in regulating GPX4 protein stability.

Jun Wang, Long Liao, Beiping Miao, Bo Yang, Botai Li, Xuhui Ma, Annika Fitz, Shanshan Wu, Jia He, Qianqian Zhang and 9 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Reply to Mishima et al.: MALT1 modulates GPX4 expression by regulating its stability.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  14. MALT1 inhibitor MI-2 induces ferroptosis by direct targeting of GPX4.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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19 authors.

Jun Wang *State Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
Long Liao *State Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
Beiping Miao *State Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2307-3280
Bo Yang *Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China.
Botai LiShanghai Immune Therapy Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
Xuhui MaState Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
Annika FitzGerman Cancer Research Center, Division Immune Regulation in Cancer, Heidelberg 69120, Germany.
Shanshan WuState Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
Jia HeDepartment of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University, School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China.
Qianqian ZhangNational Research Center for Translational Medicine (Shanghai), State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
Shuyi JiDepartment of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion, Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Guangzhi JinDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200336, China.
Jianming ZhangInstitute of Translational Medicine, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
Ying CaoState Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
Hui WangState Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
Wenxin QinState Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
Chong SunGerman Cancer Research Center, Division Immune Regulation in Cancer, Heidelberg 69120, Germany.
René BernardsState Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8677-3423
Cun WangState Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4977-2189

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China-Guangdong Joint Fund (NSFC) 82473367 82122047 82072633 82403136 82330095 81920108025 82203044 82003171 and 82303000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ferroptosis, a unique form of iron-dependent cell death triggered by lipid peroxidation accumulation, holds great promise for cancer therapy. Despite the crucial role of GPX4 in regulating ferroptosis, our understanding of GPX4 protein regulation remains limited. Through FACS-based genome-wide CRISPR screening, we identified MALT1 as a regulator of GPX4 protein. Inhibition of MALT1 expression enhances GPX4 ubiquitination-mediated degradation by up-regulating the E3 ubiquitin ligase RC3H1. Using both rescue assays and functional genetic screening, we demonstrate that pharmacologically targeting MALT1 triggers ferroptosis in liver cancer cells. Moreover, we show that targeting MALT1 synergizes with sorafenib or regorafenib to induce ferroptosis across multiple cancer types. These findings elucidate the modulatory effects of the MALT1-RC3H1 axis on GPX4 stability, revealing a molecular mechanism that could be exploited to induce ferroptosis for cancer therapy.

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FerroptosisMucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Translocation 1 ProteinPhospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione PeroxidaseProtein StabilitySorafenibUbiquitin-Protein LigasesCell Line, TumorGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLiver NeoplasmsPhenylurea CompoundsPyridinesUbiquitinationMALT1 protein, humanMucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Translocation 1 ProteinPhenylurea CompoundsPhospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione PeroxidasePyridinesregorafenibSorafenibUbiquitin-Protein LigasesferroptosisGPX4liver cancerMALT1

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PMCPMC11725786

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