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Tumor-suppressor role for the SPOP ubiquitin ligase in signal-dependent proteolysis of the oncogenic co-activator SRC-3/AIB1.

Oncogene | 2011

Steroid receptor co-activator-3 (SRC-3/AIB1) is an oncogene that is amplified and overexpressed in many human cancers. However, the molecular mechanisms that regulate 'activated SRC-3 oncoprotein' turnover during tumorigenesis remain to be elucidated. Here, we report that speckle-type POZ protein (SPOP), a cullin 3 (CUL3)-based ubiquitin ligase, is responsible for SRC-3 ubiquitination and proteolysis. SPOP interacts directly with an SRC-3 phospho-degron in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. Casein kinase Iɛ phosphorylates the S102 in this degron and promotes SPOP-dependent turnover of SRC-3. Short hairpin RNA knockdown and overexpression experiments substantiated that the SPOP/CUL3/Rbx1 ubiquitin ligase complex promotes SRC-3 turnover. A systematic analysis of the SPOP genomic locus revealed that a high percentage of genomic loss or loss of heterozygosity occurs at this locus in breast cancers. Furthermore, we demonstrate that restoration of SPOP expression inhibited SRC-3-mediated oncogenic signaling and tumorigenesis, thus positioning SPOP as a tumor suppressor.

Pubmed ID: 21577200 RIS Download

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Associated grants

  • Agency: NICHD NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 HD007857-40
  • Agency: NICHD NIH HHS, United States
    Id: HD-07857
  • Agency: NICHD NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 HD007857
  • Agency: NICHD NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 HD008188
  • Agency: NICHD NIH HHS, United States
    Id: HD-08188
  • Agency: NICHD NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 HD008188-40
  • Agency: NICHD NIH HHS, United States
    Id: F32 HD008188

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