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Continuous Fluorescence-Based Endonuclease-Coupled DNA Methylation Assay to Screen for DNA Methyltransferase Inhibitors
Published on: August 5, 2022
USP19 regulates DNA methylation damage repair and confers temozolomide resistance through MGMT stabilization
Jiaqi Liu1,2, Kaikai Wang3, Qian Zhu4
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Objective:
To elucidate the relationship between USP19 and O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) after temozolomide treatment in glioblastoma (GBM) patients with chemotherapy resistance.
Methods:
Screening the deubiquitinase pannel and identifying the deubiquitinase directly interacts with and deubiquitination MGMT. Deubiquitination assay to confirm USP19 deubiquitinates MGMT. The colony formation and tumor growth study in xenograft assess USP19 affects the GBM sensitive to TMZ was performed by T98G, LN18, U251, and U87 cell lines. Immunohistochemistry staining and survival analysis were performed to explore how USP19 is correlated to MGMT in GBM clinical management.
Results:
USP19 removes the ubiquitination of MGMT to facilitate the DNA methylation damage repair. Depletion of USP19 results in the glioblastoma cell sensitivity to temozolomide, which can be rescued by overexpressing MGMT. USP19 is overexpressed in glioblastoma patient samples, which positively correlates with the level of MGMT protein and poor prognosis in these patients.
Conclusion:
The regulation of MGMT ubiquitination by USP19 plays a critical role in DNA methylation damage repair and GBM patients' temozolomide chemotherapy response.
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