Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

K63-polyubiquitinated HAUSP deubiquitinates HIF-1α and dictates H3K56 acetylation promoting hypoxia-induced tumour progression

  • Han-Tsang Wu,
  • Yi-Chih Kuo,
  • Jung-Jyh Hung,
  • Chi-Hung Huang,
  • Wei-Yi Chen,
  • Teh-Ying Chou,
  • Yeh Chen,
  • Yi-Ju Chen,
  • Yu-Ju Chen,
  • Wei-Chung Cheng,
  • Shu-Chun Teng,
  • Kou-Juey Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13644
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Hypoxia-induced transcriptional responses mediated by HIF-1a are regulated through the ubiquitin-dependent pathway to control HIF-1a stability. Here the authors show that the deubiquitinase HAUSP modulates the stability of HIF-1a and K63-polyubiquitinated HAUSP serves as an anchor for HIF-1a-induced gene transcription.