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ArticleNature communications2025

p85β acts as a transcription cofactor and cooperates with BCLAF1 in the nucleus.

Panpan Wang, Victor Cy Mak, Ling Rao, Qiuqiu Wu, Yuan Zhou, Rakesh Sharma, S Chul Kwon, Lydia Wt Cheung

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA)Translational cancer research · 2026
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8 authors.

Panpan Wang *School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Victor Cy Mak *School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Ling RaoSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2519-8848
Qiuqiu WuSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Yuan ZhouSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Rakesh SharmaProteomics and Metabolomics Core, Centre for PanorOmic Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
S Chul KwonSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9519-5132
Lydia Wt CheungSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. lydiawaic@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1137-3200

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82022078
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

p85β is a regulatory subunit of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K). Emerging evidence suggests that p85β goes beyond its role in the PI3K and is functional in the nucleus. In this study, we discover that nuclear p85β is enriched at gene loci and regulates gene transcription and that this regulatory role contributes to the oncogenic potential of nuclear p85β. A multi-omics approach reveals the physical interaction and functional cooperativity between nuclear p85β and a transcription factor BCLAF1. We observe genome-wide co-occupancy of p85β and BCLAF1 at gene targets associated with transcriptional responses. Intriguingly, the targetome includes BCLAF1 of which transcription is activated by p85β and BCLAF1, indicating a positive autoregulation. While BCLAF1 recruits p85β to BCLAF1 loci, p85β facilitates the assembly of BCLAF1, the scaffold protein TRIM28 and the zinc finger transcription factor ZNF263, which together act in concert to activate BCLAF1 transcription. Collectively, this study provides functional evidence and mechanistic basis to support a role of nuclear p85β in modulating gene transcription.

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Cell NucleusClass Ia Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinaseRepressor ProteinsTumor Suppressor ProteinsCell Line, TumorHEK293 CellsHumansTranscription, GeneticTripartite Motif-Containing Protein 28BCLAF1 protein, humanClass Ia Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinaseRepressor ProteinsTripartite Motif-Containing Protein 28Tumor Suppressor Proteins

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PMID40016211
PMCPMC11868507

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