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ZRANB1 Is an EZH2 Deubiquitinase and a Potential Therapeutic Target in Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT: Although EZH2 enzymatic inhibitors have shown antitumor effects in EZH2-mutated lymphoma and ARID1A-mutated ovarian cancer, many cancers do not respond because EZH2 can promote cancer independently of its histone methyltransferase activity. Here we identify ZRANB1 as the EZH2 deubiquitinase. ZRANB1 binds, deubiquitinates, and stabilizes EZH2. Depletion of ZRANB1 in breast cancer cells results in EZH2 destabilization and growth inhibition. Systemic delivery of ZRANB1 small interfering RNA (siRNA) leads to marked antitumor and antimetastatic effects in preclinical models of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Intriguingly, a small-molecule inhibitor of ZRANB1 destabilizes EZH2 and inhibits the viability of TNBC cells. In patients with breast cancer, ZRANB1 levels correlate with EZH2 levels and poor survival. These findings suggest the therapeutic potential for targeting the EZH2 deubiquitinase ZRANB1.

SUBMITTER: Zhang P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5933875 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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ZRANB1 Is an EZH2 Deubiquitinase and a Potential Therapeutic Target in Breast Cancer.

Zhang Peijing P Xiao Zhenna Z Wang Shouyu S Zhang Mutian M Wei Yongkun Y Hang Qinglei Q Kim Jongchan J Yao Fan F Rodriguez-Aguayo Cristian C Ton Baochau N BN Lee Minjung M Wang Yumeng Y Zhou Zhicheng Z Zeng Liyong L Hu Xiaoyu X Lawhon Sarah E SE Siverly Ashley N AN Su Xiaohua X Li Jia J Xie Xiaoping X Cheng Xuhong X Liu Liang-Chiu LC Chang Hui-Wen HW Chiang Shu-Fen SF Lopez-Berestein Gabriel G Sood Anil K AK Chen Junjie J You M James MJ Sun Shao-Cong SC Liang Han H Huang Yun Y Yang Xianbin X Sun Deqiang D Sun Yutong Y Hung Mien-Chie MC Ma Li L

Cell reports 20180401 3

Although EZH2 enzymatic inhibitors have shown antitumor effects in EZH2-mutated lymphoma and ARID1A-mutated ovarian cancer, many cancers do not respond because EZH2 can promote cancer independently of its histone methyltransferase activity. Here we identify ZRANB1 as the EZH2 deubiquitinase. ZRANB1 binds, deubiquitinates, and stabilizes EZH2. Depletion of ZRANB1 in breast cancer cells results in EZH2 destabilization and growth inhibition. Systemic delivery of ZRANB1 small interfering RNA (siRNA) ...[more]

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ZRANB1 Is an EZH2 Deubiquitinase and a Potential Therapeutic Target in Breast Cancer.

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ZRANB1 Is an EZH2 Deubiquitinase and a Potential Therapeutic Target in Breast Cancer.

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