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lncRNA BREA2 promotes metastasis by disrupting the WWP2-mediated ubiquitination of Notch1.

Zhen ZhangYun-Xin LuFangzhou LiuLingjie SangCheng-Yu ShiShaofang XieWeixiang BianJie-Cheng YangZuozhen YangLei QuShi-Yi ChenJun LiLu YangQingfeng YanWenqi WangPeifen FuJianzhong ShaoXu LiAifu Lin
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2023)
Notch has been implicated in human cancers and is a putative therapeutic target. However, the regulation of Notch activation in the nucleus remains largely uncharacterized. Therefore, characterizing the detailed mechanisms governing Notch degradation will identify attractive strategies for treating Notch-activated cancers. Here, we report that the long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) BREA2 drives breast cancer metastasis by stabilizing the Notch1 intracellular domain (NICD1). Moreover, we reveal WW domain containing E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 2 (WWP2) as an E3 ligase for NICD1 at K1821 and a suppressor of breast cancer metastasis. Mechanistically, BREA2 impairs WWP2-NICD1 complex formation and in turn stabilizes NICD1, leading to Notch signaling activation and lung metastasis. BREA2 loss sensitizes breast cancer cells to inhibition of Notch signaling and suppresses the growth of breast cancer patient-derived xenograft tumors, highlighting its therapeutic potential in breast cancer. Taken together, these results reveal the lncRNA BREA2 as a putative regulator of Notch signaling and an oncogenic player driving breast cancer metastasis.
Keyphrases
  • long noncoding rna
  • cell proliferation
  • long non coding rna
  • endothelial cells
  • transcription factor
  • genome wide
  • signaling pathway
  • childhood cancer
  • living cells
  • induced pluripotent stem cells
  • pluripotent stem cells