Communications Biology (Aug 2022)

Targeted inhibition of ubiquitin signaling reverses metabolic reprogramming and suppresses glioblastoma growth

  • Rossella Delle Donne,
  • Rosa Iannucci,
  • Laura Rinaldi,
  • Luca Roberto,
  • Maria A. Oliva,
  • Emanuela Senatore,
  • Domenica Borzacchiello,
  • Luca Lignitto,
  • Giorgio Giurato,
  • Francesca Rizzo,
  • Assunta Sellitto,
  • Francesco Chiuso,
  • Salvatore Castaldo,
  • Giovanni Scala,
  • Virginia Campani,
  • Valeria Nele,
  • Giuseppe De Rosa,
  • Chiara D’Ambrosio,
  • Corrado Garbi,
  • Andrea Scaloni,
  • Alessandro Weisz,
  • Concetta Ambrosino,
  • Antonella Arcella,
  • Antonio Feliciello

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03639-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The E3 ubiquitin ligase praja2 is expressed in glioblastoma (GBM), targets the kinase suppressor of Ras 2 for degradation and attenuates oxidative metabolism. Nanoparticle-mediated delivery of praja2 siRNA to GBM-bearing mice reduces tumour size.