Title:FAT10: Function and Relationship with Cancer
Volume: 13
Author(s): Senfeng Xiang, Xuejing Shao, Ji Cao, Bo Yang, Qiaojun He*Meidan Ying*
Affiliation:
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058,China
- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Anti-Cancer Drug Research, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058,China
Keywords:
FAT10, FAT10ylation, cancer, substrate, ubiquitin-like, post-translational modification
Abstract: Posttranslational protein modifications are known to be extensively involved in cancer, and a
growing number of studies have revealed that the ubiquitin-like modifier FAT10 is directly involved in
cancer development. FAT10 was found to be highly upregulated in various cancer types, such as
glioma, hepatocellular carcinoma, breast cancer and gastrointestinal cancer. Protein FAT10ylation and
interactions with FAT10 lead to the functional change of proteins, including proteasomal degradation,
subcellular delocalization and stabilization, eventually having significant effects on cancer cell proliferation,
invasion, metastasis and even tumorigenesis. In this review, we summarized the current knowledge
on FAT10 and discussed its biological functions in cancer, as well as potential therapeutic strategies
based on the FAT10 pathway.