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Deubiquitinating enzyme USP10 promotes osteosarcoma metastasis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition by stabilizing

Jianyong Deng¹, Xuan Yi¹, Zuxi Feng¹

¹Department of Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.

Cancer Medicine

|May 15, 2023

Abstract

Background:

Osteosarcoma (OS) is a fatal adolescent tumor, which is susceptible to remote metastases at an early stage, and its treatment remains a major challenge. ubiquitin-specific protease 10 (USP10) is primarily located in the cytoplasm and can therefore deubiquitinate various cytoplasmic proteins. However, the expression and mechanism of USP10 in OS remain ambiguous. The aim of this study was to explore how USP10 affects Yes-associated protein1 (YAP1) to influence the metastasis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).

Methods:

Western blotting, qRT-PCR, and immunohistochemical (IHC) analyses were performed to evaluate USP10 and YAP1 levels. Using wound healing and transwell tests, the roles and molecular pathways of USP10 and YAP1 ability to migrate and invade of OS were investigated, and cell morphological alterations were examined using phalloidin staining.

Results:

Our results indicated that USP10, a new type of deubiquitinating protease, is increased in OS tissues and cells contrasted with adjacent healthy tissues. Overexpression of USP10 correlated with tumor size, distant metastasis, and TNM stage, and was an independent factor of poor prognosis in OS patients. Also, USP10 expression is closely connected with the incident of OS metastasis and tumor size. Functional assays revealed that USP10 knockdown suppressed cell migrating and invading ability and inhibited the EMT of OS cells in vivo and in vitro. In addition, we showed that USP10 knockdown decreased the levels of YAP1, which is an important positive regulator of migration and invasion in many cancers. We also found a significant positive correlation between USP10 and YAP1 levels, further demonstrating that USP10-induced migration and EMT are based on YAP1 in OS cells. In a mechanistic way, USP10 stabilizes the expression of YAP1 by mediating its deubiquitination in OS cells.

Conclusion:

Together, this study showed that USP10 can directly interact with YAP1 to reduce ubiquitinated YAP1, thereby stabilizing its protein levels and affecting EMT and distant metastasis in OS cells.

Keywords:

EMT USP10 YAP1 deubiquitination osteosarcoma

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