| 2013 |
HMBOX1 (HOT1) directly and specifically binds double-stranded telomere repeat sequences in vitro and associates with actively processed telomeres in vivo. It physically associates with the active telomerase complex and promotes chromatin association of telomerase, functioning as a positive regulator of telomere length. |
SILAC-based DNA-protein interaction screen, in vitro DNA binding assays, immunoprecipitation, cell fractionation, depletion and overexpression experiments |
The EMBO journal |
High |
23685356
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| 2013 |
HMBOX1 (TAH1) binds double-stranded telomeric DNA and associates with PML nuclear bodies (APBs) in ALT cells. TAH1 knockdown significantly reduced the number of APBs, increased DNA damage response signals at telomeres, and notably reduced telomere C-circles, indicating a role in ALT activity. |
Direct telomeric DNA binding assay, immunofluorescence co-localization with PML bodies, siRNA knockdown with quantification of APBs, C-circle assay, DNA damage response measurement |
Journal of cell science |
High |
23813958
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| 2006 |
HMBOX1 protein accumulates predominantly in the cytoplasm relative to the nucleus (EGFP fusion live imaging), and acts as a transcriptional repressor as demonstrated by GAL4-fusion luciferase reporter assay in HEK-293T cells. |
HMBOX1::EGFP fusion protein imaging, GAL4-fusion co-transfection luciferase reporter assay |
Cytogenetic and genome research |
Medium |
16825764
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| 2011 |
HMBOX1 overexpression inhibits NK cell natural cytotoxicity against tumor cells, degranulation (CD107a), and production of cytolytic proteins (perforin and granzymes) by negatively regulating expression of NKG2D and activation of the NKG2D/DAP10 signaling pathway; HMBOX1 knockdown reverses this effect. |
Overexpression and siRNA knockdown in NK cells, cytotoxicity assays, flow cytometry for CD107a, Western blot for perforin/granzymes, NKG2D/DAP10 pathway analysis |
Cellular & molecular immunology |
Medium |
21706044
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| 2011 |
HMBOX1 suppresses IFN-γ transcription in NK cells; overexpression inhibited IFN-γ expression and production in response to tumor cells and PMA/ionomycin, and luciferase reporter assay showed HMBOX1 directly suppresses the IFN-γ promoter activity. |
Overexpression in NK cells, luciferase reporter assay with IFN-γ promoter, ELISA for IFN-γ production, qPCR |
International immunopharmacology |
Medium |
21839858
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| 2015 |
HMBOX1 interacts with metallothionein 2A (MT2A) as identified by yeast two-hybrid and confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation. This interaction regulates intracellular free zinc levels; HMBOX1 overexpression elevated free zinc, and MT2A knockdown blocked this effect. HMBOX1-mediated regulation of zinc via MT2A inhibits apoptosis and promotes autophagy in vascular endothelial cells, as the zinc chelator TPEN reversed these effects. |
Yeast two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation, zinc chelation (TPEN), siRNA knockdown, apoptosis and autophagy assays |
Scientific reports |
Medium |
26456220
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| 2018 |
In hepatocytes, HMBOX1 negatively regulates NF-κB signal transduction; hepatocyte-specific HMBOX1 knockout increased CCL2 expression through NF-κB activation, enhancing macrophage infiltration and activation. Overexpression of HMBOX1 rescued liver injury in knockout mice. |
Hepatocyte-specific Hmbox1 conditional knockout mice, LPS/D-GalN acute liver failure model, NF-κB signaling assays, CCL2 measurement, macrophage infiltration and activation assays, HMBOX1 overexpression rescue experiment |
Molecular immunology |
High |
30032072
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| 2009 |
HMBOX1 splicing variant HMBOX1b, which lacks the homeodomain, retains only faint transcriptional repressor activity in reporter assays, demonstrating that the homeodomain is required for full transcriptional repressor function. |
RT-PCR characterization of splice variant, immunofluorescence for subcellular localization, transcriptional reporter assay |
Molecular biology reports |
Medium |
19757162
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| 2010 |
Hmbox1 upregulation is required for ABO-induced differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) into vascular endothelial cells; Hmbox1 siRNA knockdown blocked ABO-induced BMSC differentiation and increased IP-10 while decreasing Ets-1, placing Hmbox1 upstream of IP-10 and Ets-1 in this pathway. |
siRNA knockdown, microarray analysis, RT-PCR, Western blot, capillary-like tube formation assay, endothelial marker expression analysis |
ACS chemical biology |
Medium |
20822188
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| 2012 |
Hmbox1 acts upstream of FGF-2 to regulate mouse embryonic stem cell differentiation into vascular endothelial cells; R-ABO-induced ESC differentiation into VECs requires Hmbox1, which acts upstream of FGF-2 in this pathway. |
Compound treatment, Hmbox1 knockdown/overexpression, endothelial differentiation assays, FGF-2 measurement |
Stem cells and development |
Medium |
22671696
|
| 2020 |
WTAP-mediated m6A modification at the 3'UTR of HMBOX1 mRNA regulates HMBOX1 mRNA stability; WTAP promotes m6A modification on HMBOX1 mRNA leading to decreased HMBOX1 expression, and HMBOX1 acts downstream of WTAP in the PI3K/AKT pathway in osteosarcoma. |
m6A dot blot, MeRIP-seq, MeRIP-qRT-PCR, luciferase reporter assay, RNA-seq, in vitro and in vivo functional assays |
Cell death & disease |
Medium |
32814762
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| 2016 |
ANXA7 (annexin A7) is an endogenous regulator of HMBOX1 expression at the translational level; inhibition of ANXA7 GTPase activity by ABO elevates HMBOX1 protein through a mechanism involving TGFB2-OT1 and LARP1. ABO failed to increase HMBOX1 protein in ANXA7-deficient HUVECs. |
ANXA7 knockdown, GTPase activity inhibition, Western blot, protein translation level analysis, TGFB2-OT1/LARP1 pathway analysis in HUVECs and apoE-/- mice |
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology |
Medium |
27506770
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| 2018 |
HMBOX1 inhibits LPS-induced NF-κB and MAPK signaling in endothelial cells; HMBOX1 knockdown abolished the anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative effects of TDD and blocked inhibition of NF-κB and MAPK activation, establishing HMBOX1 as a mediator of NF-κB/MAPK suppression. |
RNA interference knockdown, NF-κB and MAPK pathway activation assays, inflammatory cytokine measurement (IL-6, IL-1β, MCP-1, TNF-α), ROS production assay in EA.hy926 cells |
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine |
Medium |
30358079
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| 2024 |
Hmbox1 acts as a transcriptional repressor of glucokinase (Gck); inhibition of Hmbox1 transcriptionally upregulates Gck via Akt/mTOR/P70S6K pathway activation, leading to reduced cardiomyocyte apoptosis and improved mitochondrial respiration and glycolysis. ETS1 functions as an upstream negative transcriptional regulator of Hmbox1. |
RNA sequencing, promoter prediction and binding assays (ChIP), AAV9-mediated knockdown, cardiac myocyte-specific KO mice, I/R injury model, Akt/mTOR/P70S6K pathway analysis, ETS1 overexpression in vivo |
Circulation |
High |
38708602
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| 2025 |
HMBOX1 promotes transcription of the E3 ubiquitin ligase HACE1, which in turn mediates K63-ubiquitination and subsequent proteasome-mediated degradation of ATG5, thereby inhibiting autophagy and reducing 5-FU resistance in colorectal cancer cells. |
Mass-spectrometry-based proteomics, RNA sequencing, ChIP assay (HACE1 transcription), co-immunoprecipitation (ATG5 ubiquitination), cycloheximide chase, in vitro and in vivo functional assays |
Autophagy |
High |
40126194
|
| 2022 |
miR-885-5p directly binds the 3'UTR of HMBOX1 mRNA and negatively regulates HMBOX1 expression; overexpression of HMBOX1 reversed miR-885-5p-induced elevation of inflammatory cytokines and upregulation of NLRP3/caspase-1/GSDMD-N through an NF-κB-dependent mechanism, suppressing cardiomyocyte pyroptosis. |
Luciferase 3'UTR reporter assay for miR-885-5p/HMBOX1 interaction, lentiviral KD/OE, NLRP3/caspase-1/GSDMD-N Western blot, NF-κB pathway analysis, flow cytometry for pyroptosis, ELISA for IL-1β/IL-18 |
Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine |
Medium |
35345489
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| 2023 |
HMBOX1 inhibits macrophage proliferation by suppressing glutamine metabolism; elevated HMBOX1 in RAW264.7 cells decreased glutamine concentrations and downregulated the glutamine transporter SLC1A5, and SLC1A5 overexpression reversed HMBOX1-mediated inhibition of macrophage proliferation. |
UPLC-MS/MS metabolomics, CCK8 assay, clone formation, SLC1A5 overexpression rescue experiment |
BMC genomics |
Medium |
37208615
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| 2022 |
METTL3-mediated m6A modification stabilizes Hmbox1 mRNA; METTL3 knockdown in GC-2 cells reduced m6A modification and Hmbox1 stability, leading to further shortening of telomere length, establishing Hmbox1 as an m6A-regulated telomere maintenance factor. |
MeRIP-qPCR, RIP assay, Mettl3 siRNA knockdown, telomere length measurement in DEHP/MEHP exposure model |
Life sciences |
Medium |
36174712
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| 2019 |
HMBOX1 knockout in mouse aortic endothelial cells promotes LPS-induced apoptosis and inhibits autophagy in vivo, confirming HMBOX1's role in endothelial cell survival under stress. However, HMBOX1 deletion had no influence on secretion of TNF-α and IL-6, and overexpression/knockdown failed to regulate multiple pro-apoptotic genes in vitro. |
TALEN-generated HMBOX1 KO mouse, LPS stimulation of aortic endothelial cells, apoptosis and autophagy assays in vivo, cytokine ELISA, in vitro gene expression analysis |
Apoptosis |
Medium |
31583496
|
| 2025 |
HMBOX1 inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma progression through a PTPN1/AKT1 axis; overexpression of HMBOX1 activates PTPN1 signaling which mediates regulation of AKT1 phosphorylation, inhibiting cell proliferation and migration. In vivo tumor-bearing experiments validated the HMBOX1/PTPN1/AKT1 pathway. |
Proteomics combined with bioinformatics, Western blot, overexpression and silencing in HCC cell lines, in vivo xenograft experiments |
Oncology reports |
Medium |
41574716
|
| 2009 |
HMBOX1 protein is localized in both cytoplasm and nucleus in human normal tissues as detected by anti-HMBOX1 monoclonal antibodies; expression is detected in 10 human normal tissues including cerebrum, pancreas, kidney, and liver. |
Immunohistochemistry with anti-HMBOX1 monoclonal antibody in normal and carcinoma tissues |
Cellular & molecular immunology |
Low |
19728927
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| 2022 |
HMBOX1 attenuates LPS-induced injury in periodontal ligament stem cells by inhibiting CXCL10 expression via suppression of NF-κB signaling; NF-κB agonist PMA reversed HMBOX1 overexpression effects and si-CXCL10 re-rescued them, placing HMBOX1 upstream of NF-κB/CXCL10. |
HMBOX1 overexpression, NF-κB agonist treatment, siRNA silencing of CXCL10, qPCR and Western blot for pathway components, CCK8, ELISA, TUNEL |
Experimental and therapeutic medicine |
Medium |
35222701
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