title: Hace1 controls ROS generation of vertebrate Rac1-dependent NADPH oxidase complexes.
abstract: The Hace1-HECT E3 ligase is a tumor suppressor that ubiquitylates the activated GTP-bound form of the Rho family GTPase Rac1, leading to Rac1 proteasomal degradation. Here we show that, in vertebrates, Hace1 targets Rac1 for degradation when Rac1 is localized to the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase holoenzyme. This event blocks de novo reactive oxygen species generation by Rac1-dependent NADPH oxidases, and thereby confers cellular protection from reactive oxygen species-induced DNA damage and cyclin D1-driven hyper-proliferation. Genetic inactivation of Hace1 in mice or zebrafish, as well as Hace1 loss in human tumor cell lines or primary murine or human tumors, leads to chronic NADPH oxidase-dependent reactive oxygen species elevation, DNA damage responses and enhanced cyclin D1 expression. Our data reveal a conserved ubiquitin-dependent molecular mechanism that controls the activity of Rac1-dependent NADPH oxidase complexes, and thus constitutes the first known example of a tumor suppressor protein that directly regulates reactive oxygen species production in vertebrates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1L3, Canada.
authors.forename: Mads
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daugaard
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nitsch
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Razaghi
authors.forename: Lindsay
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Ameer
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jarrar
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torrino
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Castillo-Lluva
authors.forename: Barak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rotblat
authors.forename: Liheng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Angeliki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malliri
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lemichez
authors.forename: Amel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mettouchi
authors.forename: Jason N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Berman
authors.forename: Josef M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Penninger
authors.forename: Poul H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Sorensen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D019938:Cyclin D1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004249:DNA Damage; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D057809:HEK293 Cells; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics*; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics*; D015027:Zebrafish; D020830:rac1 GTP-Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009479:Neuropeptides; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; C484602:Rac1 protein, mouse; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D025801:Ubiquitin; D019938:Cyclin D1; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; C497506:HACE1 protein, human; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D020830:rac1 GTP-Binding Protein