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ArticleCellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands)2026

Upregulated ARMCX1 suppresses nasopharyngeal carcinoma progression by promoting TRIM21-mediated β-catenin degradation.

Zhe Hu, Enqing Zhuo, Jiankang Guo, Yilin Wu, Xiaoou Sun, Houkuang Qiu, Yangfan Zhou, Xi Tan, Xuhui Zhang

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Zhe Hu *Department of Second Ward Oncology, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510317, China.
Enqing Zhuo *Department of Second Ward Oncology, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510317, China. eqing009@163.com.
Jiankang Guo *Cancer Center, Integrated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510315, China.
Yilin WuDepartment of Cardiology, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510317, China.
Xiaoou SunInstitute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Houkuang QiuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510317, China.
Yangfan ZhouDepartment of Pathology, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510317, China.
Xi TanDepartment of Pathology, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510317, China.
Xuhui ZhangDepartment of Second Ward Oncology, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510317, China. zhangxh@gd2h.org.cn.

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backgroundArmadillo repeat-containing X-linked 1 (ARMCX1) has been reported to exhibit a suppressive effect in a variety of solid tumors. However, neither its biological role nor its potential mechanism of action has yet been reported in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).

methodsImmunohistochemical staining of an NPC tissue microarray was performed to evaluate the clinicopathologic association between ARMCX1 and NPC patients. The effect of ARMCX1 on the growth, migratory, and invasive capacities of NPC cells was assessed in vitro using colony formation, Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8), 5-ethynyl-2’-deoxyuridine (EdU), scratch, and Transwell assays. A subcutaneous graft tumor model was implemented to investigate the impact of ARMCX1 on the tumor growth of NPC cells in vivo. Western blotting, immunofluorescence staining, and cycloheximide and proteasome inhibitor experiments were employed to investigate the potential molecular mechanisms of ARMCX1 in NPC

resultsOverexpression of ARMCX1 effectively inhibited the growth, migration, and invasion in NPC cells. Western blotting, co-immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence, and cycloheximide and proteasome inhibitor experiments revealed that ARMCX1 mediated the β-catenin ubiquitination and degradation via recruiting tripartite motif-containing protein 21 (TRIM21), thereby suppressing cell cycle progression and epithelial–mesenchymal transition. Final rescue assays demonstrated that β-catenin reversed ARMCX1-mediated suppression of NPC cell proliferation, migration, and invasion.

conclusionsARMCX1 attenuates NPC cell proliferation, migration, and invasion by binding β-catenin and promoting its ubiquitination-dependent degradation via TRIM21. Hence, ARMCX1 may serve as a potential molecular target for therapeutic intervention in NPC.

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Armadillo Domain Proteinsbeta CateninDisease ProgressionNasopharyngeal CarcinomaNasopharyngeal NeoplasmsProteolysisRibonucleoproteinsUp-RegulationAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleArmadillo Domain Proteinsbeta CateninRibonucleoproteinsSS-A AntigenTRIM21 ProteinARMCX1Nasopharyngeal carcinomaTRIM21Ubiquitinationβ-catenin

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