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ArticleOncogene2025

KBTBD11 loss promotes AKT hyperactivation and therapeutic vulnerability in prostate cancer.

Haoyue Sheng, Guohai Shi, Yawen Lu, Shengfeng Zheng, Weijie Gu, Dan Xia, Haojie Huang, Dingwei Ye

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Haoyue Sheng *Department of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1707-6621
Guohai Shi *Department of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7260-1396
Yawen LuDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2216-2724
Shengfeng ZhengDepartment of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Weijie GuDepartment of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Dan XiaDepartment of Urology, Institute of Urologic Science and Technology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. xiadan@zju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-5256-3900
Haojie HuangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA. huanghaojie@zju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-2751-6413
Dingwei YeDepartment of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China. dwyeli@163.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4974-3780

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82473192
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Abstract

PI3K-AKT signaling axis is often aberrantly activated in human cancers including prostate cancer, but the underlying mechanism of deregulation and tactics for effective targeting of this cancer relevant pathway remain poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that KBTBD11 E3 ubiquitin ligase gene is frequently deleted in human prostate cancers and that KBTBD11 loss augments AKT phosphorylation in prostate cancer cells in culture and in patient samples. We show that KBTBD11 promotes lysine-27-chain polyubiquitination at lysine 8 and 14 on AKT and antagonizes ubiquitin K63 linkage-mediated polyubiquitination and phosphorylation of AKT. KBTBD11 deficiency drove prostate cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo, but constituted as a therapeutic vulnerability to the selective AKT inhibitor in prostate cancer. Our study identifies lysine-27-chain polyubiquitination as an inhibitory mechanism of AKT activation and nominates KBTBD11 as an intrinsic upstream inhibitor of AKT. Our findings suggest that KBTBD11 deletion could be a biomarker to guide the use of the AKT inhibitors for the effective treatment of cancers such as prostate cancer.

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Prostatic NeoplasmsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktUbiquitin-Protein LigasesAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationHumansMaleMicePhosphorylationSignal TransductionUbiquitinationProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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