Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Parkin targets HIF-1α for ubiquitination and degradation to inhibit breast tumor progression

  • Juan Liu,
  • Cen Zhang,
  • Yuhan Zhao,
  • Xuetian Yue,
  • Hao Wu,
  • Shan Huang,
  • James Chen,
  • Kyle Tomsky,
  • Haiyang Xie,
  • Christen A. Khella,
  • Michael L. Gatza,
  • Dajing Xia,
  • Jimin Gao,
  • Eileen White,
  • Bruce G. Haffty,
  • Wenwei Hu,
  • Zhaohui Feng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01947-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Parkin is an E3 ubiquitin ligase involved in Parkinson’s disease. Parkin has also been linked to cancer suppression but the mechanisms are unclear. Here the authors show that Parkin regulates HIF-1α through ubiquitin-dependent degradation, thus inhibiting metastasis of breast cancer cells.