The evolutionarily conserved protein COP1 has been shown to operate as an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, and a number of putative substrates have been identified, including the c-JUN oncoprotein and p53 tumor suppressor protein. New work by Migliorini and colleagues described in the current issue of JCI demonstrates that COP1 acts as a tumor suppressor in vivo and does so, at least in part, by promoting the destruction of c-JUN. These findings challenge the view that COP1 regulates p53 stability and call into question the wisdom of developing COP1 inhibitors as potential anticancer agents.
Wenyi Wei, William G. Kaelin Jr.
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In Vivo CRISPR Screens Identify E3 Ligase Cop1 as a Modulator of Macrophage Infiltration and Cancer Immunotherapy Target
Wang X, Tokheim C, Gu SS, Wang B, Tang Q, Li Y, Traugh N, Zeng Z, Zhang Y, Li Z, Zhang B, Fu J, Xiao T, Li W, Meyer CA, Chu J, Jiang P, Cejas P, Lim K, Long H, Brown M, Liu XS |
Cell | 2021 |
EGF Relays Signals to COP1 and Facilitates FOXO4 Degradation to Promote Tumorigenesis
HH Choi, S Zou, J Wu, H Wang, L Phan, K Li, P Zhang, D Chen, Q Liu, B Qin, TA Nguyen, SC Yeung, L Fang, MH Lee |
Advanced Science | 2020 |
Correlation of constitutive photomorphogenic 1 (COP1) and p27 tumor suppressor protein expression in ovarian cancer
EJ Ko, YL Oh, HY Kim, WK Eo, H Kim, KH Kim, SB Koh, MS Ock, YH Choi, A Kim, HH Choi, EJ Park, HJ Cha |
Genes & Genomics | 2019 |
Regulation of the p53 Family Proteins by the Ubiquitin Proteasomal Pathway
S Bang, S Kaur, M Kurokawa |
International journal of molecular sciences | 2019 |
CRY arrests Cop1 to regulate circadian rhythms in mammals
C Lee |
Cell division | 2019 |
Knockdown of L1CAM significantly reduces metastasis in a xenograft model of human melanoma: L1CAM is a potential target for anti-melanoma therapy
AK Ernst, A Putscher, TR Samatov, A Suling, VV Galatenko, MY Shkurnikov, EN Knyazev, AG Tonevitsky, T Haalck, T Lange, H Maar, JS Schwarz, K Riecken, U Schumacher, D Wicklein, F Mattei |
PloS one | 2018 |
The Ubiquitin Ligase COP1 Promotes Glioma Cell Proliferation by Preferentially Downregulating Tumor Suppressor p53
S Zou, Y Zhu, B Wang, F Qian, X Zhang, L Wang, C Fu, H Bao, M Xie, S Gao, R Yu, H Shi |
Molecular Neurobiology | 2016 |
High expression of constitutive photomorphogenic 1 (COP1) is associated with poor prognosis in bladder cancer
J Li, L Wang, R Xiao, Q Pan, H Huang, R Kuang |
Tumor Biology | 2016 |
HuCOP1 contributes to the regulation of DNA repair in keratinocytes.
Fazekas B, Carty MP, Németh I, Kemény L, Széll M, Ádám É |
Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry | 2016 |
COP1 enhances ubiquitin-mediated degradation of p27Kip1 to promote cancer cell growth
HH Choi, L Phan, PC Chou, CH Su, SC Yeung, JS Chen, MH Lee |
Oncotarget | 2015 |
Regulating the stability and localization of CDK inhibitor p27 Kip1 via CSN6-COP1 axis
HH Choi, S Guma, L Fang, L Phan, C Ivan, K Baggerly, A Sood, MH Lee |
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) | 2015 |
COP1, the negative regulator of ETV1, influences prognosis in triple-negative breast cancer
M Ouyang, H Wang, J Ma, W Lü, J Li, C Yao, G Chang, J Bi, S Wang, W Wang |
BMC Cancer | 2015 |
CSN6 deregulation impairs genome integrity in a COP1-dependent pathway
Choi HH, Su CH, Fang L, Zhang J, Yeung SC, Lee MH |
Oncotarget | 2015 |
Phosphorylation of ETS1 by Src Family Kinases Prevents Its Recognition by the COP1 Tumor Suppressor
G Lu, Q Zhang, Y Huang, J Song, R Tomaino, T Ehrenberger, E Lim, W Liu, RT Bronson, M Bowden, J Brock, IE Krop, DA Dillon, SP Gygi, GB Mills, AL Richardson, S Signoretti, MB Yaffe, WG Kaelin |
Cancer Cell | 2014 |
APCCdc20 Suppresses Apoptosis through Targeting Bim for Ubiquitination and Destruction
L Wan, M Tan, J Yang, H Inuzuka, X Dai, T Wu, J Liu, S Shaik, G Chen, J Deng, M Malumbres, A Letai, MW Kirschner, Y Sun, W Wei |
Developmental Cell | 2014 |
Spotlight on the role of COP1 in tumorigenesis
JC Marine |
Nature Reviews Cancer | 2012 |