ArticleCell death discovery2025
UCHL1 stabilizes Twist1 via K11/K63-linked deubiquitination to drive tumor metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer.
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- Tied to Work: Topologically Knotted SPOUT Methyltransferases and UCH Deubiquitinases in Cellular Biochemistry.Journal of cellular biochemistry · 2026Review
- Deep learning-driven discovery of anti-metastatic phytochemicals targeting MMP-1 in breast cancer via advanced contrastive learning and structural attention.Molecular diversity · 2026Article
- Mitophagy and Ubiquitination Coordinate Context-Specific Mitochondrial Quality Control and EMT/MET Plasticity to Drive Cancer Cell Invasion.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
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Abstract
Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) are critical regulators of protein turnover and have emerged as key players in cancer progression. In this study, we demonstrated that ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1) is upregulated in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and drives tumor metastatic progression, and we identified Twist1, a transcription factor that governs epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), as a downstream target of UCHL1. Depletion of UCHL1 attenuated Twist1-mediated metastatic capacity in NSCLC cells both in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, UCHL1 directly interacts with Twist1 and stabilizes Twist1 protein levels through the enzymatic cleavage of K11- and K63-linked ubiquitin chains. Clinically, immunohistochemistry of human NSCLC tissues revealed a positive correlation between UCHL1/Twist1 expression and metastatic progression, with elevated levels of both proteins predicting poor prognosis. Our findings reveal a critical pathway through which UCHL1-mediated deubiquitination sustains Twist1 stability, revealing a novel posttranslational regulatory axis involved in cancer metastasis and progression and highlighting promising therapeutic targets for metastatic NSCLC.
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