Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

USP22 regulates lipidome accumulation by stabilizing PPARγ in hepatocellular carcinoma

  • Zhen Ning,
  • Xin Guo,
  • Xiaolong Liu,
  • Chang Lu,
  • Aman Wang,
  • Xiaolin Wang,
  • Wen Wang,
  • Huan Chen,
  • Wangshu Qin,
  • Xinyu Liu,
  • Lina Zhou,
  • Chi Ma,
  • Jian Du,
  • Zhikun Lin,
  • Haifeng Luo,
  • Wuxiyar Otkur,
  • Huan Qi,
  • Di Chen,
  • Tian Xia,
  • Jiwei Liu,
  • Guang Tan,
  • Guowang Xu,
  • Hai-long Piao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29846-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Different deubiquitinases are associated to cancer development. Here, the authors show that PPARgamma is stabilized by USP22-mediated deubiquitination leading to lipid accumulation and promoting hepatocellular carcinoma.