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ArticleScience advances2026

Crotonate suppresses breast cancer metastasis and promotes immunotherapy response by inducing ACSS2-mediated EZH2-K348 crotonylation.

Bo Liu, Xinwei Duan, Ge Wang, Youzhi Tang, Kunhao Zhou, Jing Zhang, Yu Yu, Hongquan Zhang

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  1. Crotonylation impedes c-Myc oncogenic activity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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Bo LiuDepartment of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, PKU International Cancer Institute, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0009-0006-6071-5480
Xinwei DuanDepartment of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, PKU International Cancer Institute, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.
Ge WangDepartment of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, PKU International Cancer Institute, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.
Youzhi TangDepartment of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, PKU International Cancer Institute, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.
Kunhao ZhouDepartment of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, PKU International Cancer Institute, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.
Jing ZhangDepartment of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, PKU International Cancer Institute, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.
Yu YuDepartment of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, PKU International Cancer Institute, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6751-5349
Hongquan ZhangDepartment of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, PKU International Cancer Institute, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8193-0899

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crotonate, a short-chain fatty acid, generates protein crotonylation. However, the role of crotonate in cancer progression is unknown. Here, we present a crotonate-crotonyl-coenzyme A (CoA)-enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) crotonylation cascade blocking breast cancer growth and metastasis. We demonstrated that crotonate promotes EZH2 degradation via crotonyl-CoA-mediated crotonylation at Lys

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Breast NeoplasmsCoenzyme A LigasesCrotonatesEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinImmunotherapyAcyl Coenzyme AAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationFemaleHumansMiceNeoplasm MetastasisUbiquitinationAcyl Coenzyme ACoenzyme A LigasesCrotonatescrotonyl-coenzyme AEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEZH2 protein, human

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PMCPMC12810637

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