Cancer Institute of the Second Affiliated Hospital and Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Cancer Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Bioessays. 2023 Apr;45(4):e2200222. doi: 10.1002/bies.202200222. Epub 2023 Jan 29.
Neddylation, a ubiquitylation-like post-translational modification, is catalyzed by a cascade composed of three enzymes: E1 activating enzyme, E2 conjugating enzyme, and E3 ligase with cullins as physiological substrates. Specifically, neddylation E2 UBE2M couples with E3 RBX1 to neddylate cullins 1-4, whereas neddylation E2 UBE2F couples with E3 RBX2/SAG to neddylate cullin 5, leading to activation of CRL1-4 (Cullin-RING ligases 1-4) and CRL5, respectively. While over-activation of the neddylation-CRLs axis occurs frequently in many human cancers, how neddylation-CRLs regulate the function of immune cells, particularly Treg cells was previously unknown. To this end, we recently performed Treg selective knockout of two neddylation E2s and two E3s, individually, driven by Foxp3-Cre, and found that while the Ube2f-Sag E2/E3 pair plays a minimal role, if any, the Ube2m-Rbx1 pair is essential for the maintenance of Treg functionality, since their deletion triggers robust inflammatory response with autoimmune phenotypes. Milder phenotype severity upon Treg KO of upstream Ube2m than that of downstream Rbx1 strongly suggested that Rbx1 regulates Treg function in a manner dependent and independent of neddylation.
泛素化样的翻译后修饰过程——类泛素化,由三个酶级联反应催化:E1 激活酶、E2 连接酶和 E3 连接酶,以 cullin 作为生理底物。具体来说,泛素化 E2 UBE2M 与 E3 RBX1 结合,将 cullin 1-4 进行类泛素化,而泛素化 E2 UBE2F 与 E3 RBX2/SAG 结合,将 cullin 5 进行类泛素化,分别导致 CRL1-4(Cullin-RING 连接酶 1-4)和 CRL5 的激活。虽然 neddylation-CRLs 轴的过度激活在许多人类癌症中经常发生,但 neddylation-CRLs 如何调节免疫细胞,特别是调节性 T 细胞(Treg 细胞)的功能,在此之前尚不清楚。为此,我们最近通过 Foxp3-Cre 分别对两个 neddylation E2 和两个 E3 进行 Treg 细胞的选择性敲除,结果发现,虽然 Ube2f-Sag E2/E3 对 Treg 细胞的功能发挥作用最小,但 Ube2m-Rbx1 对 Treg 细胞的功能发挥作用必不可少,因为它们的缺失会引发强烈的炎症反应,并伴有自身免疫表型。与下游 Rbx1 相比,Treg 细胞中 Ube2m 的缺失导致更严重的表型,这强烈表明 Rbx1 以依赖和不依赖泛素化的方式调节 Treg 功能。
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