PMID- 30338032 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20191120 IS - 1949-2553 (Electronic) IS - 1949-2553 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 74 DP - 2018 Sep 21 TI - IRS-2 deubiquitination by USP9X maintains anchorage-independent cell growth via Erk1/2 activation in prostate carcinoma cell line. PG - 33871-33883 LID - 10.18632/oncotarget.26049 [doi] AB - Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) have been shown to induce proliferation of many types of cells. Insulin receptor substrates (IRSs) are major targets of IGF-I receptor (IGF-IR) tyrosine kinase activated by IGFs, and are known to play important roles in the activation of downstream signaling pathways, such as the Erk1/2 pathway. Dysregulation of IGF signaling represents a central tumor promoting principle in human carcinogenesis. Prostate carcinoma is highly dependent on the IGF/IGF-IR/IRS axis. Here we identified the deubiquitinase, ubiquitin specific peptidase 9X (USP9X) as a novel binding partner of IRS-2. In a human prostate carcinoma cell line, small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated knockdown of USP9X reduced IGF-IR as well as IRS-2 protein levels and increased their ubiquitination. Knockdown of USP9X suppressed basal activation of the Erk1/2 pathway, which was significantly restored by exogenous expression of IRS-2 but not by IGF-IR, suggesting that the stabilization of IRS-2 by USP9X is critical for basal Erk1/2 activation. Finally, we measured anchorage-independent cell growth, a characteristic cancer feature, by soft-agar colony formation assay. Knockdown of USP9X significantly reduced anchorage-independent cell growth of prostate carcinoma cell line. Taken all together, our findings indicate that USP9X is required for the promotion of prostate cancer growth by maintaining the activation of the Erk1/2 pathway through IRS-2 stabilization. FAU - Furuta, Haruka AU - Furuta H AD - Departments of Animal Sciences and Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Yoshihara, Hidehito AU - Yoshihara H AD - Departments of Animal Sciences and Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Fukushima, Toshiaki AU - Fukushima T AD - Department of Medical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. AD - Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan. FAU - Yoneyama, Yosuke AU - Yoneyama Y AD - Departments of Animal Sciences and Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. AD - Present address: Institute of Research, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Ito, Akihiro AU - Ito A AD - Chemical Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Worrall, Claire AU - Worrall C AD - Department of Oncology and Pathology, Cancer Center Karolinska, Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Girnita, Ada AU - Girnita A AD - Department of Oncology and Pathology, Cancer Center Karolinska, Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Girnita, Leonard AU - Girnita L AD - Department of Oncology and Pathology, Cancer Center Karolinska, Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Yoshida, Minoru AU - Yoshida M AD - Chemical Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Asano, Tomoichiro AU - Asano T AD - Department of Medical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. FAU - Komada, Masayuki AU - Komada M AD - Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan. FAU - Kataoka, Naoyuki AU - Kataoka N AD - Departments of Animal Sciences and Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Chida, Kazuhiro AU - Chida K AD - Departments of Animal Sciences and Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Hakuno, Fumihiko AU - Hakuno F AD - Departments of Animal Sciences and Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Takahashi, Shin-Ichiro AU - Takahashi SI AD - Departments of Animal Sciences and Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180921 PL - United States TA - Oncotarget JT - Oncotarget JID - 101532965 PMC - PMC6188063 OTO - NOTNLM OT - IGF-I OT - IRS-2 OT - USP9X OT - prostate cancer OT - ubiquitin COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The authors declare no conflicts of interest associated with this manuscript. EDAT- 2018/10/20 06:00 MHDA- 2018/10/20 06:01 PMCR- 2018/09/21 CRDT- 2018/10/20 06:00 PHST- 2018/03/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/07/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/10/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/10/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/10/20 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/09/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 26049 [pii] AID - 10.18632/oncotarget.26049 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Oncotarget. 2018 Sep 21;9(74):33871-33883. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.26049. eCollection 2018 Sep 21.