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ArticleCell death & disease2025

Deubiquitination enzyme USP35 negatively regulates MAVS signaling to inhibit anti-tumor immunity.

Heping Zhang, Jiali Zhu, Rong He, Lin Xu, Yunfei Chen, Haihong Yu, Xuejiao Sun, Shengpeng Wan, Xiaolan Yin, Yu'e Liu and 5 more

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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15 authors.

Heping Zhang *Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1808-7795
Jiali Zhu *Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Rong He *Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Lin Xu *Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Yunfei ChenTongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Haihong YuTongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Xuejiao SunTongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Shengpeng WanTongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Xiaolan YinTongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Yu'e LiuTongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1755-3731
Jie GaoTongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Yue LiShanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd, Shanghai, China.
Zhixiong LiInstitute for Hematologic Malignancies, East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. lizhixiong@tongji.edu.cn.
Yi LuTongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. yilu_tju@tongji.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1599-8593
Qing XuTongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. xuqingmd@tongji.edu.cn.

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (Jiangxi Province Natural Science Foundation) 20232BAB216093
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The RIG-I/MAVS signaling stimulates anti-tumor immunity by triggering the production of inflammatory cytokines. Activation of MAVS induced by viral RNA and RIG-I binding is critical in this pathway. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the regulation of MAVS activity and its function in anti-tumor immunity is not fully understood. Here, we report that the ubiquitin-specific protease 35 (USP35) negatively regulates the MAVS signaling. Mechanistically, USP35 interacts with MAVS and removes its K63-linked polyubiquitin chains, thereby inhibiting viral-induced MAVS-TBK1-IRF3 activation and downstream inflammatory gene expression. Importantly, depletion of USP35 significantly enhances the anti-tumor immunity and synergizes with oncolytic virotherapy to suppress xenograft tumor growth of melanoma cells. Thus, our study identifies USP35 as a negative regulator of MAVS signaling, representing a potential immunosuppressive factor in cutaneous melanoma.

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingMelanomaSignal TransductionUbiquitin-Specific ProteasesAnimalsCell Line, TumorHEK293 CellsHumansMiceUbiquitinationAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingMAVS protein, humanUbiquitin-Specific Proteases

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PMID40016186
PMCPMC11868397

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