UBTD1 regulates ceramide balance and endolysosomal positioning to coordinate EGFR signaling

  1. Stéphanie Torrino  Is a corresponding author
  2. Victor Tiroille
  3. Bastien Dolfi
  4. Maeva Dufies
  5. Charlotte Hinault
  6. Laurent Bonesso
  7. Sonia Dagnino
  8. Jennifer Uhler
  9. Marie Irondelle
  10. Anne-sophie Gay
  11. Lucile Fleuriot
  12. Delphine Debayle
  13. Sandra Lacas-Gervais
  14. Mireille Cormont
  15. Thomas Bertero
  16. Frederic Bost
  17. Jerome Gilleron
  18. Stephan Clavel  Is a corresponding author
  1. IPMC, France
  2. C3M, France
  3. Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Monaco
  4. CHU, France
  5. Imperial College London, United Kingdom
  6. University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  7. UFR Sciences, Université Côte d'Azur, France

Abstract

To adapt in an ever-changing environment, cells must integrate physical and chemical signals and translate them into biological meaningful information through complex signaling pathways. By combining lipidomic and proteomic approaches with functional analysis, we have shown that UBTD1 (Ubiquitin domain-containing protein 1) plays a crucial role in both the EGFR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor) self-phosphorylation and its lysosomal degradation. On the one hand, by modulating the cellular level of ceramides through ASAH1 (N-Acylsphingosine Amidohydrolase 1) ubiquitination, UBTD1 controls the ligand-independent phosphorylation of EGFR. On the other hand, UBTD1, via the ubiquitination of SQSTM1/p62 (Sequestosome 1) by RNF26 and endolysosome positioning, participates in the lysosomal degradation of EGFR. The coordination of these two ubiquitin-dependent processes contributes to the control of the duration of the EGFR signal. Moreover, we showed that UBTD1 depletion exacerbates EGFR signaling and induces cell proliferation emphasizing a hitherto unknown function of UBTD1 in EGFR-driven human cell proliferation.

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  1. Stéphanie Torrino

    CNRS, IPMC, VALBONNE, France
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  2. Victor Tiroille

    INSERM, C3M, Nice, France
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  3. Bastien Dolfi

    INSERM, C3M, Nice, France
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  4. Maeva Dufies

    Biomedical Department, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Monaco, Monaco
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  5. Charlotte Hinault

    INSERM, C3M, Nice, France
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  6. Laurent Bonesso

    Biochemistry Laboratory, CHU, Nice, France
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  7. Sonia Dagnino

    MRC-PHE Centre for Environment & Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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  8. Jennifer Uhler

    Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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  9. Marie Irondelle

    INSERM, C3M, Nice, France
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  10. Anne-sophie Gay

    CNRS, IPMC, VALBONNE, France
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  11. Lucile Fleuriot

    CNRS, IPMC, VALBONNE, France
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  12. Delphine Debayle

    CNRS, IPMC, VALBONNE, France
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  13. Sandra Lacas-Gervais

    CCMA, UFR Sciences, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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  14. Mireille Cormont

    INSERM, C3M, Nice, France
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  15. Thomas Bertero

    CNRS, IPMC, VALBONNE, France
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  16. Frederic Bost

    INSERM, C3M, Nice, France
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  17. Jerome Gilleron

    INSERM, C3M, Nice, France
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  18. Stephan Clavel

    INSERM, C3M, Nice, France
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    Stephan.CLAVEL@univ-cotedazur.fr
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Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-15-IDEX-01)

  • Stephan Clavel

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR18-CE14-0035-01-GILLERON)

  • Jerome Gilleron

Fondation de France

  • Stéphanie Torrino

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Reviewing Editor

  1. Roger J Davis, University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States

Publication history

  1. Received: March 12, 2021
  2. Accepted: April 20, 2021
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: April 22, 2021 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: May 13, 2021 (version 2)

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© 2021, Torrino et al.

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  1. Stéphanie Torrino
  2. Victor Tiroille
  3. Bastien Dolfi
  4. Maeva Dufies
  5. Charlotte Hinault
  6. Laurent Bonesso
  7. Sonia Dagnino
  8. Jennifer Uhler
  9. Marie Irondelle
  10. Anne-sophie Gay
  11. Lucile Fleuriot
  12. Delphine Debayle
  13. Sandra Lacas-Gervais
  14. Mireille Cormont
  15. Thomas Bertero
  16. Frederic Bost
  17. Jerome Gilleron
  18. Stephan Clavel
(2021)
UBTD1 regulates ceramide balance and endolysosomal positioning to coordinate EGFR signaling
eLife 10:e68348.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.68348

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