| 2014 |
Crystal structures of CRM1/XPO1 demonstrate that SINE compounds (e.g., KPT-330/selinexor) covalently bind to cysteine 528 (C528) in the NES-binding groove of XPO1, thereby blocking cargo NES binding and inhibiting nuclear export. The active-site C528 was validated as the prime drug-binding residue by CRISPR/Cas9 introduction of C528S mutation, which confers full resistance to selinexor. |
X-ray crystallography, CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing with functional resistance assays (cytotoxicity, apoptosis, cell cycle, direct drug binding) |
Chemistry & Biology / Blood / Seminars in Cancer Biology |
High |
23034282 24631835 25579209
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| 2014 |
Atomic-resolution crystal structures reveal that RanGTP and cargo NES bind CRM1 with positive cooperativity, that RanBP1 triggers release of export cargoes in the cytoplasm, and that leptomycin B and KPT-SINE compounds block export by occupying the hydrophobic NES-binding cleft of CRM1. |
X-ray crystallography of CRM1 complexes with RanGTP, cargo NES peptides, RanBP1, leptomycin B, and SINE inhibitors |
Seminars in Cancer Biology |
High |
24631835 24823279
|
| 2001 |
Ran-binding protein 3 (RanBP3) acts as a nuclear cofactor for CRM1-mediated export: it binds directly to CRM1, enhances CRM1 affinity for both RanGTP and NES cargo, and forms a quaternary CRM1–RanBP3–NES–RanGTP complex that can associate with nucleoporins. RanBP3 also modulates the relative affinity of CRM1 for different export substrates. |
Permeabilized cell nuclear export assay, GST pulldown, co-immunoprecipitation, nucleoporin binding assay |
Journal of Cell Biology / EMBO Reports |
High |
11425870 11571268
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| 1999 |
CRM1 mediates nuclear export of snurportin 1 (the m3G-capped U snRNP import adapter) via a large domain interaction distinct from short NES peptides. Snurportin 1 binds CRM1 with ~50-fold higher affinity than Rev NES and with ~5,000-fold higher affinity than minimum Rev NES. Critically, snurportin 1 has low CRM1 affinity when bound to its import substrate (m3G-cap) and high affinity when substrate-free, coupling import substrate release to CRM1 recycling. |
In vitro binding assays, permeabilized-cell export reconstitution, affinity measurements |
Journal of Cell Biology |
High |
10209022
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| 2007 |
PARP-1-mediated poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of p53 at specific sites blocks the interaction between p53 and CRM1, resulting in nuclear accumulation of p53 in response to DNA damage. This provides a mechanism by which DNA damage signals through PARP-1 to retain p53 in the nucleus for transactivation. |
Identification of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation sites by mass spectrometry, in vitro and cellular co-immunoprecipitation of p53-CRM1 interaction, PARP-1 knockout/inhibition with subcellular fractionation and functional reporter assays |
Nature Cell Biology |
High |
17891139
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| 2018 |
Linear correlation exists between CRM1-NES binding affinity (Kd) and nuclear export activity for NESs with Kds between tens of nanomolar to tens of micromolar; NESs outside this range show reduced activity. An unusually tight-binding MVM NS2 NES was structurally explained by intramolecular contacts stabilizing the CRM1-bound conformation, enabling design of picomolar-affinity CRM1-inhibiting peptides. |
Quantitative binding assays (ITC/fluorescence polarization) for 24 NES peptides, cell-based nuclear export assays, X-ray crystal structure of CRM1–MVM NS2 NES complex |
Molecular Biology of the Cell |
High |
29927350
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| 2020 |
The E571K oncogenic mutation of CRM1 alters NES-binding groove charge, causing altered (increased or decreased >10-fold) binding affinity for select NES-containing cargoes (e.g., eIF4E-transporter, Mek1, RPS2) while leaving most NES affinities unchanged. eIF4E-transporter is mislocalized in tumor cells carrying CRM1(E571K), providing proof-of-concept that E571K confers cargo-selective nuclear export changes driving cancer. |
CRISPR/Cas9-generated monoallelic and biallelic CRM1-E571K HEK293 cell lines, quantitative binding assays for 27 NES peptides, X-ray crystal structures, subcellular localization by immunofluorescence, structure-based bioinformatics |
Molecular Biology of the Cell |
High |
32520643
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| 2021 |
Crystal structures of wild-type and E571K XPO1 bound to SINE inhibitors (KPT-185, selinexor/KPT-330, eltanexor/KPT-8602) are highly similar, demonstrating that E571K mutations at the CRM1 cargo-binding groove do not structurally interfere with SINE drug binding, explaining why SINE activity is not abrogated by E571 mutations in CLL patients. |
X-ray crystallography of XPO1(WT) and XPO1(E571K) bound to three SINE compounds |
Journal of Hematology & Oncology |
High |
33451349
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| 2014 |
CRM1 forms a dimer (observed by single-particle electron microscopy) when assembled in the HIV Rev–RRE nuclear export complex. The CRM1 dimer interface enhances association with the Rev-RRE oligomer and poises NES-binding sites to interact with multiple Rev NES domains. Differences in dimerization between CRM1 orthologs correlate with altered nuclear export and HIV cellular tropism. |
Single-particle electron microscopy of assembled HIV Rev–RRE–CRM1–RanGTP export complex, biochemical assembly assays |
eLife |
Medium |
25486595
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| 2006 |
CRM1/XPO1 interacts with EGFR and mediates its nuclear export; co-immunoprecipitation detected EGFR–CRM1 interaction, and leptomycin B (CRM1 inhibitor) caused marked nuclear EGFR accumulation, indicating CRM1-dependent export is required to maintain EGFR nuclear-cytoplasmic balance. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, leptomycin B inhibition with subcellular fractionation and immunofluorescence |
Journal of Cellular Biochemistry |
Medium |
16552725
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| 2019 |
Chromatin-bound CRM1 recruits leukemogenic proteins SET-Nup214 (via nucleoporin-CRM1 interaction) and NPM1c (via its NES) to HOX cluster chromatin regions, causing aberrant HOX gene activation in leukemia cells. CRM1 inhibition with selinexor suppresses this HOX activation. |
ChIP-seq, co-immunoprecipitation, loss-of-function with selinexor, chromatin fractionation, CRM1 knockdown in human leukemia cell lines |
eLife |
Medium |
31755865
|
| 2015 |
CRM1 and its ribosome export adaptor NMD3 co-localize with nucleolar marker proteins in the nucleolus; CRM1 nucleolar localization is dependent on its own export activity and on NMD3 expression (which provides nucleolar tethering), while NMD3 localization is CRM1-independent. CRM1 inhibition reduces 28S rRNA processing and both CRM1 and NMD3 inactivation reduce the rate of pre-47S rRNA synthesis. |
Immunofluorescence and confocal imaging, subcellular fractionation, siRNA knockdown, leptomycin B inhibition, rRNA synthesis rate measurement (pulse labeling) |
Nucleus |
Medium |
23782956
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| 2000 |
CRM1/XPO1 activity is developmentally regulated during early Xenopus embryogenesis: the protein is present but functionally inactive until the gastrula-neurula transition. CRM1 becomes active (leptomycin B-sensitive) concomitant with a change in its nuclear localization, as demonstrated by pulldown experiments and localization of a GFP–NES reporter. |
Leptomycin B sensitivity assays at defined developmental stages, GFP-NES reporter localization in embryos, pulldown assays for RanGTP-CRM1 interaction, subcellular immunofluorescence |
Journal of Cell Science |
Medium |
10639332
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| 2015 |
A non-canonical stepwise mechanism assembles Crm1 export complexes for 40S pre-ribosome export: the RanGTP-binding protein Slx9 scaffolds Rio2 (NES adaptor) and RanGTP, and this pre-assembled complex directly loads Crm1. A Slx9 mutation impairing Crm1-export complex assembly inhibits 40S pre-ribosome export in vivo. |
In vitro reconstitution of complex assembly, co-immunoprecipitation, yeast genetics (mutant phenotypes), sucrose gradient sedimentation, nuclear export assay |
eLife |
High |
25895666
|
| 2008 |
Yeast Xpo1/Crm1 physically interacts with spindle pole body component Spc72 in a RanGTP- and NES-dependent manner. Mutations in the Spc72 NES impair mitotic spindle morphology in vivo and xpo1 mutants show reduced cytoplasmic microtubules, establishing a functional link between Xpo1 and spindle pole body/spindle biogenesis. |
Two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation, NES mutagenesis, fluorescence microscopy of spindle morphology in yeast mutants |
Molecular and Cellular Biology |
Medium |
18573877
|
| 2009 |
Yeast hexokinase 2 (Hxk2) is exported from the nucleus via Xpo1/CRM1 through two leucine-rich NES sequences (NES1: L23–I33; NES2: L310–L318). Phosphorylation of Hxk2 at serine 14 in low-glucose conditions promotes its nuclear export by facilitating Hxk2–Xpo1 association. |
Co-immunoprecipitation of Hxk2–Xpo1, NES mutagenesis, phosphomimetic/phospho-dead mutants, nuclear fractionation, leptomycin B inhibition in yeast |
Journal of Biological Chemistry |
Medium |
19525230
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| 2017 |
CRM1/XPO1 inhibition by leptomycin B selectively enhances juxta-nuclear adenovirus association with microtubules and boosts virion motions on microtubules near the nuclear membrane, indicating that CRM1 normally provides positional information that facilitates transfer of incoming virions from microtubules to nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). LMB did not compete with adenovirus for nucleoporin Nup214 binding at NPCs. |
Single-particle tracking, super-resolution microscopy, leptomycin B treatment, Nup214 binding assay, quantification of virion motility near nuclear membrane |
Journal of Cell Science |
Medium |
28515232
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| 2017 |
Importin-β and CRM1 play opposing roles in regulating RANBP2-SUMO-RANGAP1 localization at kinetochores during mitosis: CRM1 promotes deposition of the complex at kinetochores, while importin-β keeps it away. Overexpression of CRM1 or importin-β respectively advances or retards RANBP2 kinetochore localization, affecting accumulation of SUMO-conjugated topoisomerase-IIα and stability of kinetochore fibres. |
Proximity ligation assays, inducible CRM1 and importin-β overexpression cell lines, immunofluorescence, kinetochore fibre stability assay |
Journal of Cell Science |
Medium |
28600321
|
| 2017 |
LMB alters CRM1 subcellular distribution: upon binding to C528, LMB causes CRM1 to redistribute from the nucleus to the cytoplasm by inhibiting CRM1 nuclear import (not by trapping it in the cytoplasm). CRM1-C528S mutant is insensitive to this redistribution, confirming C528 dependence. |
Cell fractionation, immunofluorescence, microinjection of GFP-CRM1 into nucleus or cytoplasm, LMB treatment, C528S mutant comparison |
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Medium |
28412356
|
| 2020 |
In normal erythroid progenitors, HSP70 nuclear localization during terminal maturation is regulated by XPO1-mediated export; XPO1 inhibition increases nuclear HSP70 levels, rescues GATA-1 transcription factor expression, and improves terminal differentiation in β-thalassemic erythroblasts where HSP70 is aberrantly sequestered in the cytoplasm by free α-globin chains. |
XPO1 inhibitor treatment of primary human erythroblasts from β-thalassemia patients, subcellular fractionation/immunofluorescence for HSP70 localization, GATA-1 expression assays, differentiation markers |
Haematologica |
Medium |
33054049
|
| 2015 |
SINE compound-mediated XPO1 inhibition causes nuclear retention of FBXL5, which in turn suppresses the EMT driver snail and reverses epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in human mammary epithelial cells. This mechanism was confirmed using FBXL5 siRNA (which abrogates SINE activity) and a CRM1-C528S mutant (lacking SINE binding site, resistant to SINE-induced EMT reversal). |
FBXL5 siRNA knockdown, CRM1-C528S mutant overexpression, immunofluorescence/fractionation for FBXL5 and snail localization, Western blotting, xenograft tumor models |
Scientific Reports |
Medium |
26536918
|
| 2019 |
XPO1 overexpression upon DNA damage causes export of EIF4E and THOC4 carrying DNA damage repair mRNAs, thereby increasing synthesis of DNA repair proteins and conferring tolerance to genotoxic stress. XPO1 inhibition decreases DNA repair capacity and sensitizes lymphoma cells to DNA-damaging chemotherapy. |
RNA immunoprecipitation showing XPO1 binding to EIF4E and THOC4 on DNA damage repair mRNAs, ribosome profiling, XPO1 overexpression and inhibition experiments, patient-derived xenograft models, phase I clinical trial validation |
Cancer Research |
Medium |
37801604
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| 2023 |
The E3 ubiquitin ligase ASB8 promotes selinexor-induced proteasomal degradation of XPO1. ASB8 loss-of-function (knockout) and overexpression both result in selinexor hypersensitivity, indicating ASB8 modulates drug-induced XPO1 protein turnover as a shared vulnerability across cancer types. |
CRISPR-Cas9 loss-of-function chemogenetic screen, ASB8 knockout/overexpression with selinexor sensitivity assays, proteasome inhibitor rescue experiments confirming proteasomal degradation pathway |
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy |
Medium |
36731340
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| 2022 |
XPO1 inhibition by selinexor activates PI3Kγ-dependent AKT signaling in AML via upregulation of the purinergic receptor P2RY2. This adaptive resistance mechanism was identified by systematic CRISPR-Cas9 screening and validated in AML cell lines, patient-derived primary cultures, and multiple mouse models. Combined XPO1 + AKT inhibition outperforms standard-of-care chemotherapy in MLL-AF9-driven AML. |
CRISPR-Cas9 gain/loss-of-function screens, P2RY2 knockdown/overexpression, PI3K/AKT pathway inhibition rescue experiments, in vivo mouse AML models, patient-derived primary cultures |
Nature Cancer |
High |
35668193
|
| 2023 |
XPO1 interacts with the C-terminus of NPM1 and mediates acetylation of NPM1 at lysine 54, which contributes to sorafenib resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma. XPO1 also binds Vimentin, promoting EMT progression in sorafenib-resistant cells. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, mass spectrometry identification of NPM1 acetylation site, immunofluorescence colocalization, CRISPR/Cas9 knockin, RNA-seq, functional proliferation/migration assays |
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy |
Medium |
36791564
|
| 2010 |
IL-1β stimulates CRM1 expression in astrocytes, concurrent with translocation of HMGB1 from nucleus to cytoplasm via a CRM1-dependent pathway. ERK MAP kinase activity is required upstream of CRM1 for this effect: MEK/ERK inhibition reduces CRM1 upregulation and blocks HMGB1 nuclear export. |
Immunofluorescence, Western blotting, MEK/ERK inhibitor (U0126), CRM1 expression analysis, HMGB1 subcellular fractionation in primary rat astrocytes |
Glia |
Low |
20222144
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| 2024 |
NPM1-fusion proteins (NPM1::MLF1 and NPM1::CCDC28A) are recruited to HOX gene cluster chromatin via XPO1 (through NES-CRM1 interaction), causing aberrant HOX gene upregulation in AML. XPO1 inhibitor selinexor suppresses fusion-protein-driven HOX activation and colony formation, establishing XPO1 as essential for NPM1-fusion-mediated leukemogenesis. |
ChIP-seq, subcellular localization imaging, mouse bone marrow transplantation AML model, selinexor treatment with HOX reporter and colony formation assays |
Leukemia |
Medium |
39443736
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| 2021 |
CRM1 inhibition by leptomycin B or SINE compounds blocks nuclear export of the RSV matrix (M) protein, causing its retention in the nucleus and reducing RSV replication in human respiratory epithelial cells. The effect was reversible within 24 h of compound removal. |
SINE compound treatment (KPT-335, KPT-185) of RSV-infected cells, immunofluorescence for M protein localization, viral titer measurement, cell cycle analysis |
Scientific Reports |
Medium |
34584169
|
| 2021 |
Structure-guided design yielded the first noncovalent CRM1 inhibitor (NCI-1), which binds the 'open' NES groove of CRM1 simultaneously occupying two hydrophobic pockets (rather than forming a covalent bond to C528). Crystal structures of yeast CRM1–NCI-1 complex confirmed this binding mode, and NCI-1 inhibited nuclear export in cells carrying the human CRM1-C528S covalent-inhibitor-resistant mutant. |
X-ray crystal structure of yeast CRM1–NCI-1 complex, binding affinity assays in presence/absence of RanGTP, cell-based nuclear export assay including CRM1-C528S mutant cells |
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |
High |
33974430
|
| 2012 |
NLP1 (NUPL2/hCG1), a nucleoporin-like FG-repeat protein that localizes to the nuclear envelope and is mobile within the nucleus, promotes CRM1–RanGTP complex formation (with or without NES cargo) and facilitates CRM1-dependent nuclear export. NLP1 depletion reduces CRM1-dependent export rates; overexpression enhances export of specific cargoes. |
Fluorescence microscopy, pulldown assays for CRM1–RanGTP–NLP1 complexes, siRNA depletion with nuclear export assay, overexpression experiments, RanBP1/Nup214 dissociation assays |
Journal of Cell Science |
Medium |
22250199
|
| 2020 |
Crystal structure of human CRM1 (hCRM1) bound to leptomycin B in complex with RanGTP was solved, revealing that hCRM1 exhibits 16-fold lower NES-binding affinity than yeast CRM1 and significant affinity differences toward various CRM1 inhibitors. A human-adapted CRM1-T539C mutant (analogous to yeast) does not bind all tested inhibitors, establishing species-specific pharmacological distinctions. |
X-ray crystallography of hCRM1–RanGTP–leptomycin B complex, quantitative binding assays for multiple inhibitors and NES peptides |
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |
High |
32585100
|