Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 3 Deubiquitinates and Stabilizes Oct4 Protein in Human Embryonic Stem Cellsopen access
- Authors
- Rhie, Byung-Ho; Antao, Ainsley Mike; Karapurkar, Janardhan Keshav; Kim, Min-Seong; Jo, Won-Jun; Ramakrishna, Suresh; Kim, Kye-Seong
- Issue Date
- Jun-2021
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- CRISPR; Cas9; embryonic carcinoma cells; gene knockout; post-translational modifications; 26S proteasome
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, v.22, no.11, pp.1 - 16
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
- Volume
- 22
- Number
- 11
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 16
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/141831
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijms22115584
- ISSN
- 1661-6596
- Abstract
- Oct4 is an important mammalian POU family transcription factor expressed by early human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). The precise level of Oct4 governs the pluripotency and fate determination of hESCs. Several post-translational modifications (PTMs) of Oct4 including phosphorylation, ubiquitination, and SUMOylation have been reported to regulate its critical functions in hESCs. Ubiquitination and deubiquitination of Oct4 should be well balanced to maintain the pluripotency of hESCs. The protein turnover of Oct4 is regulated by several E3 ligases through ubiquitin-mediated degradation. However, reversal of ubiquitination by deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) has not been reported for Oct4. In this study, we generated a ubiquitin-specific protease 3 (USP3) gene knockout using the CRISPR/Cas9 system and demonstrated that USP3 acts as a protein stabilizer of Oct4 by deubiquitinating Oct4. USP3 interacts with endogenous Oct4 and co-localizes in the nucleus of hESCs. The depletion of USP3 leads to a decrease in Oct4 protein level and loss of pluripotent morphology in hESCs. Thus, our results show that USP3 plays an important role in controlling optimum protein level of Oct4 to retain pluripotency of hESCs.
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