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BAP1 promotes breast cancer cell proliferation and metastasis by deubiquitinating KLF5

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  • Junying Qin

    (Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine
    Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zhongmei Zhou

    (Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine)

  • Wenlin Chen

    (Breast Cancer Clinical Research Center, Cancer Hospital, Kunming Medical University)

  • Chunyan Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine
    Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
    First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University)

  • Hailin Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine)

  • Guangzhe Ge

    (Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine
    Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology)

  • Ming Shao

    (Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine
    Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology)

  • Dingyun You

    (Kunming Medical University)

  • Zhixiang Fan

    (Kunming Medical University)

  • Houjun Xia

    (Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine)

  • Rong Liu

    (Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine)

  • Ceshi Chen

    (Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine)

Abstract

The transcription factor KLF5 is highly expressed in basal-like breast cancer and promotes breast cancer cell proliferation, survival, migration and tumour growth. Here we show that, in breast cancer cells, KLF5 is stabilized by the deubiquitinase (DUB) BAP1. With a genome-wide siRNA library screen of DUBs, we identify BAP1 as a bona fide KLF5 DUB. BAP1 interacts directly with KLF5 and stabilizes KLF5 via deubiquitination. KLF5 is in the BAP1/HCF-1 complex, and this newly identified complex promotes cell cycle progression partially by inhibiting p27 gene expression. Furthermore, BAP1 knockdown inhibits tumorigenicity and lung metastasis, which can be rescued partially by ectopic expression of KLF5. Collectively, our findings not only identify BAP1 as the DUB for KLF5, but also reveal a critical mechanism that regulates KLF5 expression in breast cancer. Our findings indicate that BAP1 could be a potential therapeutic target for breast and other cancers.

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  • Junying Qin & Zhongmei Zhou & Wenlin Chen & Chunyan Wang & Hailin Zhang & Guangzhe Ge & Ming Shao & Dingyun You & Zhixiang Fan & Houjun Xia & Rong Liu & Ceshi Chen, 2015. "BAP1 promotes breast cancer cell proliferation and metastasis by deubiquitinating KLF5," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms9471
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9471
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