Histone demethylase LSD2 acts as an E3 ubiquitin ligase and inhibits cancer cell growth through promoting proteasomal degradation of OGT.
Histone demethylases play important roles in various biological processes in a manner dependent on their demethylase activities. However, little is known about their demethylase-independent activities. Here, we report that LSD2, a well-known histone H3K4me1/me2 demethylase, possesses an unexpected E3 ubiquitin ligase activity. LSD2 directly ubiquitylates and promotes proteasome-dependent degradation of ... O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT), and inhibits A549 lung cancer cell growth in a manner dependent on its E3 ligase activity, but not demethylase activity. The depletion of LSD2 stabilizes OGT and promotes colony formation of 293T cells. LSD2 regulates distinct groups of target genes through histone demethylase and E3 ligase activities, respectively. Such regulation suggests a mechanism through which LSD2 suppresses tumorigenesis by promoting the degradation of OGT and other substrates yet to be discovered. Our study reveals an antigrowth function of LSD2 dependent on its E3 ligase activity and establishes a connection between histone demethylase and ubiquitin-dependent pathway.
Mesh Terms:
Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, HEK293 Cells, Histone Demethylases, Histones, Humans, N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases, Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, Proteolysis, Signal Transduction, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Ubiquitination
Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, HEK293 Cells, Histone Demethylases, Histones, Humans, N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases, Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, Proteolysis, Signal Transduction, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Ubiquitination
Mol. Cell
Date: Apr. 02, 2015
PubMed ID: 25773598
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