| 2012 |
LIMD1 acts as a molecular scaffold that simultaneously binds PHD1/2/3 prolyl hydroxylases and VHL, assembling a PHD-LIMD1-VHL multiprotein complex that creates an enzymatic niche for efficient HIF-1α hydroxylation, ubiquitylation, and proteasomal degradation. Depletion of endogenous LIMD1 increases HIF-1α levels and transcriptional activity; conversely, LIMD1 expression downregulates HIF-1 transcriptional activity in a PHD- and 26S proteasome-dependent manner. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, pulldown, siRNA depletion with HIF-1α protein level and transcriptional activity readouts |
Nature cell biology |
High |
22286099
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| 2018 |
LIMD1 is itself a HIF-1 transcriptional target gene, forming a negative feedback loop: hypoxic induction of LIMD1 increases PHD2-LIMD1-VHL complex formation to promote HIF-1α degradation, thereby limiting HIF-1 target gene expression, tumour growth, and vascularisation. |
Promoter-reporter assays, ChIP, protein complex analysis (Co-IP), xenograft tumour growth and vascularisation assays |
EMBO molecular medicine |
High |
29930174
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| 2004 |
LIMD1 specifically interacts with retinoblastoma protein (pRB), represses E2F-driven transcription, and suppresses expression of genes with E2F1-responsive elements, blocking tumour growth in vitro and in vivo. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, E2F transcriptional reporter assays, gene expression analysis, in vitro and in vivo tumour growth assays |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
15542589
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| 2018 |
All three mammalian Ajuba family proteins (AJUBA, LIMD1, WTIP) show tension-dependent localization to adherens junctions; LATS1 and LATS2 show overlapping tension-dependent junctional localization. LIMD1 is specifically required for junctional localization of LATS kinases, and LIMD1 mediates recruitment and inhibition of LATS kinases at junctional complexes downstream of Rho activation to regulate YAP1 and Hippo signaling. |
Live-cell fluorescence imaging, siRNA knockdown of LIMD1 with LATS localization and YAP1 activity readouts, Rho activation experiments, cell density manipulations |
Journal of cell science |
High |
29440237
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| 2010 |
LIMD1 (along with Ajuba and WTIP) localizes to processing bodies (P-bodies), binds Ago1/2, RCK, Dcp2, and eIF4E in vivo, and is required for miRNA-mediated (but not siRNA-mediated) gene silencing. LIMD1 interacts with the mRNA 5' m7GTP cap-protein complex via eIF4E, preventing 4EBP1 and eIF4G interaction, and acts as a molecular link between translationally inhibited eIF4E-m7GTP-5'cap and Ago1/2 within the miRISC complex on the 3'-UTR of mRNA. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (Ago1/2, RCK, Dcp2, eIF4E), m7GTP cap pulldown, siRNA knockdown with miRNA reporter assays, P-body localization by fluorescence microscopy |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
20616046
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| 2021 |
LIMD1 undergoes force-sensitive liquid-liquid phase separation (condensation) at focal adhesions (FAs). The multivalent interactions of its intrinsically disordered region (IDR) and LIM domains drive this phase transition, regulated by phosphorylation. Condensed LIMD1 compartments enrich and localize late FA proteins, regulate cell spreading, FA dynamics, cellular contractility, and are critical for durotaxis. |
Live-cell imaging, FRAP, phase separation assays, phosphorylation analysis, FA protein localization by immunofluorescence, cell spreading/contractility/migration assays on substrates of varying stiffness, IDR and LIM domain truncation/mutation experiments |
Developmental cell |
High |
33891898
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| 2006 |
Limd1 interacts with Traf6, a critical cytosolic regulator of RANK-L-regulated osteoclast development, and positively affects Traf6-mediated AP-1 activation. Limd1-/- osteoclast precursor cells are defective in AP-1 activation and NFAT2 induction, and Limd1-/- mice are resistant to physiological and pathologic osteoclastogenic stimuli despite normal basal bone homeostasis. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (Limd1-Traf6), AP-1 reporter assays, Limd1-/- mouse osteoclast precursor functional assays, NFAT2 expression analysis |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
17092936
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| 2008 |
LIMD1 localizes to E-cadherin cell-cell adhesive junctions and also translocates to the nucleus where it functions as an RB co-repressor. In vitro, LIMD1 is phosphorylated during mitosis in HeLa cells and colocalizes with vinculin at focal adhesions. |
Fluorescence microscopy (colocalization with E-cadherin, vinculin), immunoblotting through cell cycle stages (mitosis detection) |
Cancer letters |
Medium |
18439753
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| 2019 |
CDK1 and JNK1/2 phosphorylate LIMD1 at S272, S277, S421, and S424 during mitosis (both drug-induced arrest and normal mitosis). LIMD1 deletion shortens mitotic cell cycle duration; a phosphorylation-deficient mutant LIMD1-4A is less active in suppressing cell proliferation, anchorage-independent growth, cell migration, and invasion in lung cancer cells. |
In vitro kinase assays (CDK1, JNK1/2 with LIMD1), site-directed mutagenesis (4A mutant), mitotic timing assays, colony formation/migration/invasion assays |
The FEBS journal |
High |
30600590
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| 2011 |
PU.1 is a major transcriptional activator of LIMD1. A conserved PU.1-binding motif in the LIMD1 CpG island promoter is required for promoter-driven transcription (mutation reduces transcription by 90%). PU.1 specifically binds the LIMD1 promoter in vivo and siRNA depletion of PU.1 significantly reduces endogenous LIMD1 expression. |
Promoter-reporter luciferase assays with PU.1 motif mutation, ChIP, EMSA, siRNA knockdown of PU.1 with LIMD1 expression readout |
FEBS letters |
High |
21402070
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| 2014 |
LIMD1 induces cell cycle arrest via the Rb-E2F1 axis: ectopic LIMD1 expression in A549 lung cancer cells causes hypophosphorylation of Rb, potentiating Rb function and downregulating E2F1, leading to G0/G1 accumulation and reduced S-phase entry. LIMD1 depletion reverses these effects. |
Overexpression and siRNA knockdown of LIMD1, immunoblotting for Rb phosphorylation and E2F1, BrdU incorporation, flow cytometry cell cycle analysis |
Cell biology international |
Medium |
24523249
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| 2016 |
LIMD1 physically interacts with BRCA2, binding to the conserved region of BRCA2 (amino acids 2750–3094) in vitro. LIMD1 is required for centrosome localization of BRCA2; shRNA-mediated suppression of LIMD1 abolishes centrosomal BRCA2 localization and significantly increases abnormal cell division. |
Yeast two-hybrid screening, GST pulldown (in vitro binding domain mapping), co-immunoprecipitation (endogenous), shRNA knockdown with immunofluorescence microscopy (centrosome localization) and cell division analysis |
Oncology research |
Medium |
27656835
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| 2008 |
Limd1 influences osteoblast progenitor numbers, differentiation, and function. Limd1-/- calvarial osteoblasts display increased mineralization and accelerated differentiation, and Limd1-/- bone marrow stromal cells contain more osteoblast progenitors ex vivo. Increased nuclear β-catenin staining in differentiating Limd1-/- osteoblasts indicates that Limd1 negatively regulates canonical Wnt signaling in osteoblasts. |
Limd1-/- mouse model, calvarial osteoblast and bone marrow stromal cell cultures, mineralization assays, nuclear β-catenin immunostaining |
Experimental cell research |
Medium |
18657804
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| 2017 |
LIMD1 interacts with TRAF6 in EBV-latently infected cells; LIMD1 depletion impairs LMP1 signaling (via IRF4/NFκB), potentiates ionomycin-induced DNA damage and apoptosis, and inhibits p62-mediated selective autophagy. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (LIMD1-TRAF6), promoter-reporter assays (IRF4/NFκB binding motifs), siRNA depletion with apoptosis and autophagy functional assays |
Oncotarget |
Medium |
29464072
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| 2020 |
LIMD1 overexpression in lung adenocarcinoma cells increases GADD45α and p-p38 MAPK levels, increasing cisplatin sensitivity and apoptosis. Pharmacological inhibition of p38 MAPK (SB203580) abolishes the sensitization effect, placing LIMD1 upstream of the GADD45α/p38 MAPK pathway in cisplatin response. |
Lentiviral overexpression of LIMD1, Western blotting (GADD45α, p38 MAPK), CCK-8 viability, flow cytometry apoptosis, pharmacological p38 inhibition (SB203580) as epistasis test |
Frontiers in oncology |
Medium |
32754438
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| 2021 |
SKI interacts with LIMD1 (identified by BioID2 proximity labeling in human cardiac fibroblasts), and LIMD1 is proposed as an intermediary in SKI-mediated Hippo pathway activation to promote LATS2-dependent TAZ proteasomal degradation and inhibit cardiac fibroblast activation. |
BioID2-based proximity proteomics (mass spectrometry), siRNA knockdown of LATS2 (epistasis), immunoblotting for TAZ/YAP |
Basic research in cardiology |
Low |
33847835
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| 2024 |
The LIM domains of LIMD1 (and TRIP6) are necessary and sufficient for tension-dependent localization to adherens junctions. LIMD1 and TRIP6 colocalize with actin fiber ends at adherens junctions, and point mutations in a key conserved residue in each LIM domain (predicted to impair strained f-actin binding) abolish adherens junction localization and the ability to bind and recruit LATS1 to adherens junctions. |
Fluorescence microscopy (domain truncations and point mutations), co-localization with actin, LATS1 recruitment assays, tension manipulation experiments |
Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) |
High |
38426816
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| 2022 |
AJUBA and WTIP compete with LIMD1 for association with adherens junctions; overexpression of AJUBA or WTIP reduces junctional localization of both LIMD1 and LATS1, and is associated with increased YAP1 phosphorylation and decreased YAP1 nuclear localization. This indicates LIMD1 is specifically required (unlike AJUBA/WTIP) for recruiting LATS kinases to adherens junctions. |
Overexpression of AJUBA and WTIP in MCF10A cells with LIMD1 and LATS1 junctional localization assays by fluorescence microscopy, YAP1 phosphorylation and nuclear localization readouts |
microPublication biology |
Medium |
36439396
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| 2025 |
LIMD1 binds LATS1/2 through a conserved linear motif called the LATS-LATCH (identified by AlphaFold modeling). LIM1 and LIM2 (but not LIM3) of LIMD1 are necessary for LATS1 adherens junction localization. Recruitment of LATS1 to adherens junctions requires both the N-terminal IDR and the LIM domains of LIMD1. Mutations in the LATS-LATCH disrupt its binding to LIMD1 and its AJ localization, establishing a bipartite mechanism for LIMD1-dependent LATS1/2 recruitment. |
AlphaFold structural modeling, biochemical binding assays, point mutagenesis, fluorescence localization assays for LATS1 AJ recruitment, domain truncation experiments |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
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| 2025 |
LIMD1 is required for productive AGO2-miRNA targeting transcriptome-wide. In LIMD1-deficient human small airway epithelial cells (CRISPR-edited), AGO2-miRNA complexes bind fewer transcripts with lower site occupancy, and both miRNA-mediated mRNA decay and translational repression are reduced. LIMD1 dependence is strongest for GC-poor seed sites, less conserved miRNAs/sites, and thermodynamically stronger duplexes. |
Chimeric eCLIP in isogenic LIMD1+/+, +/-, and -/- CRISPR-edited human cells, transcriptome-wide AGO2 binding site analysis, mRNA decay and translation repression measurements |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
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| 2025 |
LIMD1 interacts with the E3 ubiquitin ligase ARIH1 to mediate PD-L1 ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. LIMD1 deficiency impairs this process, resulting in increased PD-L1 protein stability and surface expression, leading to suppression of CD8+ T cell activation that is reversible by PD-L1 blockade. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (LIMD1-ARIH1), ubiquitination assays, PD-L1 stability/degradation assays in isogenic LIMD1-deficient cells, CD8+ T cell activation co-culture functional assays |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
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