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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
Volume 128, Issue 4, Pages 1326-1337Publisher
AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC
DOI: 10.1172/JCI97325
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- Francis Crick Institute from Cancer Research UK [FC001039]
- UK Medical Research Council [FC001039]
- Wellcome Trust [FC001039]
- EMBO [ALTF 459-2013]
- Swedish Research Councils' international postdoctoral fellowship [D0035901]
- The Francis Crick Institute [10002, 10011, 10009, 10039] Funding Source: researchfish
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The tumor suppressor FBW7 targets oncoproteins such as c-MYC for ubiquitylation and is mutated in several human cancers. We noted that in a substantial percentage of colon cancers, FBW7 protein is undetectable despite the presence of FBW7 mRNA. To understand the molecular mechanism of FBW7 regulation in these cancers, we employed proteomics and identified the deubiquitinase (DUB) USP9X as an FBW7 interactor. USP9X antagonized FBW7 ubiquitylation, and Usp9x deletion caused Fbw7 destabilization. Mice lacking Usp9x in the gut showed reduced secretory cell differentiation and increased progenitor proliferation, phenocopying Fbw7 loss. In addition, Usp9x inactivation impaired intestinal regeneration and increased tumor burden in colitis-associated intestinal cancer. c-Myc heterozygosity abrogated increased progenitor proliferation and tumor burden in Usp9x-deficient mice, suggesting that Usp9x suppresses tumor formation by regulating Fbw7 protein stability and thereby reducing c-Myc. Thus, we identify a tumor suppressor mechanism in the mammalian intestine that arises from the posttranslational regulation of FBW7 by USP9X independent of somatic FBW7 mutations.
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