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ArticleNature communications2025

A UFD1 variant encoding a microprotein modulates UFD1f and IPMK ubiquitination to play pivotal roles in anti-stress responses.

Xiuzhi Li, Xiaolin Wang, Xu Liu, Ge Shan, Liang Chen

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Article in Nature communications, 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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  2. RNA splicing in health and disease.Molecular biomedicine · 2026
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  4. [Advances in research on metabolic associated fatty liver disease in 2025].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026
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Xiuzhi Li *Department of Cardiology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, The RNA Institute, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-4482-373X
Xiaolin Wang *Department of Cardiology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, The RNA Institute, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China. wxl20089@ustc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9171-4073
Xu LiuDepartment of Cardiology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, The RNA Institute, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China.
Ge ShanDepartment of Cardiology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, The RNA Institute, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China. shange@ustc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3561-2088
Liang ChenDepartment of Cardiology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, The RNA Institute, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China. anqingcl@ustc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2168-5497

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32000438National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32270590National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32470596National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) U23A20164
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eukaryotic cells make multiple efforts to cope with internal and external stresses; such mechanisms include metabolic responses and the generation of stress-responsive mRNA isoforms (SR-mRNAisos), such as the classical XBP1s. Here, we identified a mammalian conserved SR-mRNAiso, UFD1s, which encodes a microprotein with anti-stress functions. UFD1s decreased the K63-linked ubiquitination levels of UFD1 full-length protein (UFD1f) via competitive binding to the E3 ubiquitin ligase MARCH7, and therefore regulated the dynamics of protein ubiquitination. Inositol polyphosphate multikinase (IPMK) was identified as the most significantly UFD1s-regulated target in terms of changes in K48- and K11-ubiquitination. UFD1s promoted autophagy and fatty acid oxidation, and IPMK was consistently destabilized. Ufd1s-deficient male mice exhibited metabolic disorders and accelerated NASH progression. Plasmid or circRNA expressing UFD1s alleviated NASH in mice, indicating that UFD1s has therapeutic value. Our findings revealed a mammalian conserved microprotein that plays crucial roles in anti-stress regulation through the modulation of ubiquitination and metabolism.

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Stress, PhysiologicalAnimalsAutophagyHEK293 CellsHumansLiverMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseUbiquitinationUbiquitin-Protein LigasesUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID40691175
PMCPMC12280206

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