Myristoylation-mediated phase separation of EZH2 compartmentalizes STAT3 to promote lung cancer growth.

Cancer Letters
Jie ZhangMeng Wu

Abstract

N-myristoylation is a crucial signaling and pathogenic modification process that confers hydrophobicity to cytosolic proteins. Although different large-scale approaches have been applied, a large proportion of myristoylated proteins remain to be identified. EZH2 is overexpressed in lung cancer cells and exerts oncogenic effects via its intrinsic methyltransferase activity. Using a well-established click chemistry approach, we found that EZH2 can be modified by myristoylation at its N-terminal glycine in lung cancer cells. Hydrophobic interaction is one of the main forces driving or stabilizing liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS), raising the possibility that myristoylation can modulate LLPS by mediating hydrophobic interactions. Indeed, myristoylation facilitates EZH2 to form phase-separated liquid droplets in lung cancer cells and in vitro. Furthermore, we provide evidence that myristoylation-mediated LLPS of EZH2 compartmentalizes its non-canonical substrate, STAT3, and activates STAT3 signaling, ultimately resulting in accelerated lung cancer cell growth. Thus, targeting EZH2 myristoylation may have significant therapeutic efficacy in the treatment of lung cancer. Altogether, these observations not only extend the list of ...Continue Reading

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