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Deubiquitination and stabilization of programmed cell death ligand 1 by ubiquitin‐specific peptidase 9, X‐linked in oral squamous cell carcinoma
- Source :
- Cancer Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2018.
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Abstract
- Background The immune checkpoint protein programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD‐L1) binds to PD1 to promote tumor cell escape from the killing effect of the immune system. However, there are few studies on the regulatory mechanisms of PD‐L1 in tumors. Although PD‐L1 has been reported to undergo ubiquitination in some cancers, its regulatory mechanisms in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) are unclear. Therefore, we aimed to investigate this phenomenon. Methods We examined the expression and function of USP9X and PD‐L1 in human oral keratinocytes (HOK) and OSCC cell lines (HN4 and HN30) as the control and relevant cancer cells using western blotting, immunoprecipitation, immunohistochemistry (IHC), T‐cell‐mediated tumor cell killing assay, and liquid chromatography‐mass spectrometry. Results Programmed cell death ligand 1 was highly expressed in OSCC by the regulation of the ubiquitin‐proteasome pathway. Furthermore, we discovered that ubiquitin‐specific peptidase 9, X‐linked (USP9X) could be combined with PD‐L1 to induce its deubiquitination and stabilize its protein expression in OSCC. Conclusion Our data indicate that USP9X deubiquitinates and stabilizes PD‐L1. Suppressing the expression of USP9X blocks tumor cell growth. The results provide a theoretical basis for USP9X as a therapeutic target.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Keratinocytes
Cancer Research
Immunoprecipitation
Gene Expression
B7-H1 Antigen
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Immune system
Ubiquitin
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Original Research
Cancer Biology
biology
Chemistry
Protein Stability
Ubiquitination
programmed cell death ligand 1
programmed cell death protein 1
Immune checkpoint
oral squamous cell carcinoma
stomatognathic diseases
030104 developmental biology
USP9X
Oncology
Cell culture
ubiquitin‐specific peptidase 9, X‐linked
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Cancer cell
Cancer research
biology.protein
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Mouth Neoplasms
Ubiquitin Thiolesterase
Biomarkers
Deubiquitination
Protein Binding
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20457634
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cancer Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ce190b19ad6c49ab063faac901cdc87f