Shuguang Liu, Yuening Xiang, Boshi Wang, Chao Gao, Zhenping Chen, Shao Xie, Jing Wu, Yi Liu, Xiaoxi Zhao, Chao Yang, Zhixia Yue, Linya Wang, Xiaojia Wen, Ruidong Zhang, Feng Zhang, Heng Xu, Xiaowen Zhai, Huyong Zheng, Hui Zhang, Maoxiang Qian
The effect of aerobic glycolysis remains elusive in pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). Increasing evidence has revealed that dysregulation of deubiquitination is involved in glycolysis, by targeting glycolytic rate-limiting enzymes. Here, we demonstrated that upregulated deubiquitinase ubiquitin-specific peptidase 1 (USP1) expression correlated with poor prognosis in pediatric primary T-ALL samples. USP1 depletion abolished cellular proliferation and attenuated glycolytic metabolism. In vivo experiments showed that USP1 suppression decreased leukemia progression in nude mice...
July 11, 2023: Blood Advances