Title
The Multifunctional Protein p62 and Its Mechanistic Roles in Cancers
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Description
The multifunctional signaling hub p62 is well recognized as a ubiquitin sensor and a selective autophagy receptor. As a ubiquitin sensor, p62 promotes NFκB activation by facilitating TRAF6 ubiquitination and aggregation. As a selective autophagy receptor, p62 sorts ubiquitinated substrates including p62 itself for lysosome-mediated degradation. p62 plays crucial roles in myriad cellular processes including DNA damage response, aging/senescence, infection and immunity, chronic inflammation, and cancerogenesis, dependent on or independent of autophagy. Targeting p62-mediated autophagy may represent a promising strategy for clinical interventions of different cancers. In this review, we summarize the transcriptional and post-translational regulation of p62, and its mechanistic roles in cancers, with the emphasis on its roles in regulation of DNA damage response and its connection to the cGAS-STING-mediated antitumor immune response, which is promising for cancer vaccine design.
Citation Information
Ning, Shunbin; and Wang, Ling. 2019. The Multifunctional Protein p62 and Its Mechanistic Roles in Cancers. Current Cancer Drug Targets. Vol.19(6). 468-478. https://doi.org/10.2174/1568009618666181016164920 ISSN: 1568-0096