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<p>Castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is often driven by constitutively active androgen receptor and AR splicing variants that become resistant to established hormonal therapy strategies such as enzalutamide. Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) play crucial roles in cancer development, progression, and metastasis by epigenetic modification. Hence, targeting DUBs might prove to be a valid strategy for developing novel anti-cancer therapeutics. Here, we reveal that the deubiquitinating enzyme USP13 is up-regulated in PCa tissues and correlates with prostate cancer progression. USP13 silencing inhibits prostate cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Mechanically, USP13 directly interacts with PCMT1 and removes polyubiquitination of PCMT1 to maintain its stability, which promotes PCa cell proliferation and enzalutamide resistance. Depletion of USP13 promoted PCa cells sensitive to enzalutamide. Clinically, USP13 was significantly up-regulated in prostate cancer tissues and positively associated with PCMT1 expression. Notably, inhibition of USP13 significantly decreases prostate tumor growth and improves enzalutamide treatments through PCMT1 suppression. Our studies demonstrate that inhibition of USP13 can offer a viable therapeutic option to overcome enzalutamide resistance in prostate cancer patients with USP13/PCMT1-overexpression.</p>

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USP13 promotes enzalutamide resistance by catalyzing depolyubiquitination of PCMT1 in prostate cancer

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    2026年4月30日

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  • Zhipeng Wang,
  • Xiaoqiang Liu,
  • Zhongqi Li,
  • Ruize Yuan,
  • Fuchun Zheng,
  • Situ Xiong,
  • Jin Zeng,
  • Wan Pang,
  • Bin Fu,
  • Sheng Li,
  • Songhui Xu,
  • Jun Deng

摘要

Castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is often driven by constitutively active androgen receptor and AR splicing variants that become resistant to established hormonal therapy strategies such as enzalutamide. Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) play crucial roles in cancer development, progression, and metastasis by epigenetic modification. Hence, targeting DUBs might prove to be a valid strategy for developing novel anti-cancer therapeutics. Here, we reveal that the deubiquitinating enzyme USP13 is up-regulated in PCa tissues and correlates with prostate cancer progression. USP13 silencing inhibits prostate cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Mechanically, USP13 directly interacts with PCMT1 and removes polyubiquitination of PCMT1 to maintain its stability, which promotes PCa cell proliferation and enzalutamide resistance. Depletion of USP13 promoted PCa cells sensitive to enzalutamide. Clinically, USP13 was significantly up-regulated in prostate cancer tissues and positively associated with PCMT1 expression. Notably, inhibition of USP13 significantly decreases prostate tumor growth and improves enzalutamide treatments through PCMT1 suppression. Our studies demonstrate that inhibition of USP13 can offer a viable therapeutic option to overcome enzalutamide resistance in prostate cancer patients with USP13/PCMT1-overexpression.