Smurf2 suppresses B-cell proliferation and lymphomagenesis by mediating ubiquitination and degradation of YY1

Charusheila Ramkumar, Hang Cui, Yahui Kong, Stephen N. Jones, Rachel M. Gerstein and Hong Zhang ()
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Charusheila Ramkumar: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Hang Cui: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Yahui Kong: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Stephen N. Jones: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Rachel M. Gerstein: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Hong Zhang: University of Massachusetts Medical School

Nature Communications, 2013, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Abstract About half of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) do not respond to or relapse soon after the standard chemotherapy, indicating a critical need to better understand the specific pathways perturbed in DLBCL for developing effective therapeutic approaches. Mice deficient in the E3 ubiquitin ligase Smurf2 spontaneously develop B-cell lymphomas that resemble human DLBCL with molecular features of germinal centre or post-germinal centre B cells. Here we show that Smurf2 mediates ubiquitination and degradation of YY1, a key germinal centre transcription factor. Smurf2 deficiency enhances YY1-mediated transactivation of c-Myc and B-cell proliferation. Furthermore, Smurf2 expression is significantly decreased in primary human DLBCL samples, and low levels of Smurf2 expression correlate with inferior survival in DLBCL patients. The Smurf2-YY1-c-Myc regulatory axis represents a novel pathway perturbed in DLBCL that suppresses B-cell proliferation and lymphomagenesis, suggesting pharmaceutical targeting of Smurf2 as a new therapeutic paradigm for DLBCL.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3598

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