| 2007 |
PHLPP2 dephosphorylates the hydrophobic motif (Ser-473) of Akt, thereby inactivating it; PHLPP2 specifically regulates Akt3, modulating phosphorylation of p27, while PHLPP1 regulates Akt2; knockdown of PHLPP2 increases agonist-evoked Akt phosphorylation by nearly two orders of magnitude and inhibits apoptosis/cell-cycle progression. |
siRNA knockdown, in-cell phosphorylation assays, isoform-specific substrate readouts (p27, HDM2, GSK-3α) |
Molecular Cell |
High |
17386267
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| 2009 |
A naturally occurring L1016S polymorphism in the phosphatase domain of PHLPP2 reduces its catalytic activity toward both Akt and PKC in vitro and in cells, resulting in elevated Akt phosphorylation and reduced apoptosis; depletion of the Ser-1016 variant in breast cancer cells confirmed reduced function toward Akt and PKC. |
In vitro phosphatase assay with polymorphic variants, siRNA depletion of endogenous PHLPP2 variants in breast cancer cells, pair-matched tumor/normal samples |
The Journal of Biological Chemistry |
High |
19324870
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| 2009 |
In neonatal rat cardiac myocytes, adenylyl cyclase type 6 (AC6) physically associates with PHLPP2 and inhibits its activity under basal conditions, preventing Akt dephosphorylation; however, isoproterenol or forskolin stimulation acutely activates PHLPP2 in a cAMP-independent manner requiring an intact cytoplasmic domain of AC6, leading to rapid Akt dephosphorylation at Ser473. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, PHLPP2 phosphatase activity assays, AC6 cytoplasmic-domain mutants, isoproterenol/forskolin stimulation in primary cardiomyocytes |
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Medium |
19450723
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| 2010 |
In the retina, both PHLPP (PHLPP1) and PHLPPL (PHLPP2) phosphatase activities are significantly decreased in the presence of insulin ex vivo, and this inhibition is PI3K-dependent (reversed by LY294002), demonstrating that the IR-activated PI3K/Akt pathway negatively feeds back to regulate PHLPP2 activity. |
Ex vivo retinal culture phosphatase activity assays, PI3K inhibitor (LY294002) pre-treatment, insulin stimulation |
Journal of Neurochemistry |
Medium |
20089132
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| 2012 |
DGKδ deficiency leads to excessive PKCα activity, which promotes PHLPP2-mediated dephosphorylation of Akt; β-arrestin 1 acts as a scaffold bringing PHLPP2 and Akt1 together, conferring specificity for Akt dephosphorylation. Depletion of PHLPP2 (but not PHLPP1) rescues Akt phosphorylation in DGKδ-deficient cells. |
siRNA knockdown of DGKδ, PKCα, PHLPP2, PHLPP1; co-immunoprecipitation of β-arrestin 1 with PHLPP2 and Akt1; Akt phosphorylation assays |
The Journal of Biological Chemistry |
High |
23184957
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| 2014 |
PHLPP2 interacts with IKKβ kinase and decreases IKKβ phosphorylation, thereby suppressing NF-κB activation; mechanistically, PHLPP2 competes with MALT1 for binding to Bcl10, preventing Bcl10-MALT1 complex formation, NEMO ubiquitination, and downstream IKKβ phosphorylation. PHLPP2 loss enhances these interactions and increases NF-κB-dependent transcription. |
Co-immunoprecipitation of PHLPP2 with IKKβ and Bcl10, competitive displacement assays, NF-κB reporter assays, PHLPP2 knockdown/overexpression |
Oncotarget |
Medium |
24553260
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| 2014 |
In a rat cerebral ischemia/reperfusion model, FKBP51, PHLPP2, and AKT assemble into a trimeric signaling complex; I/R injury enhances interactions among these components, leading to Akt dephosphorylation and neuronal death. Antisense oligonucleotide inhibition of PHLPP2 disrupts complex assembly, reverses p-AKT decrease, and reduces caspase-3 cleavage and CA1 neuron loss. |
Co-immunoprecipitation in vivo rat I/R model, antisense oligonucleotide knockdown of PHLPP2, western blot for p-AKT, caspase-3, histological neuron counts |
Brain Research |
Medium |
24746496
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| 2015 |
MYC strongly activates PHLPP2 transcription in primary prostate cells and prostate cancer metastasis; in Pten/Trp53 mutant cells, IL6-driven STAT3 activation induces MYC which upregulates PHLPP2, suppressing AKT. Genetic loss of Phlpp2 in the RapidCaP mouse model is essential for dictating the proliferation driven by MYC-mediated AKT suppression. |
Genetic mouse models (RapidCaP), Phlpp2 loss-of-function, IL6/STAT3/MYC pathway dissection, cell proliferation assays, tissue analysis |
Cancer Discovery |
Medium |
25829425
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| 2015 |
miR-205 induction following B[a]P/B[a]PDE exposure inhibits PHLPP2 protein translation by targeting PHLPP2-3'-UTR; reduced PHLPP2 contributes to lung inflammation and carcinogenesis. PHLPP2 ectopic expression represses inflammatory TNFα transcription, providing an antitumorigenic mechanism. |
Luciferase reporter assay for 3'-UTR targeting, ectopic PHLPP2 expression in cell transformation models, B[a]P mouse lung cancer model, TNFα transcription assays |
Clinical Cancer Research |
Medium |
25977341
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| 2015 |
p27 stabilizes PHLPP2 protein by inhibiting Hsp90 degradation; Hsp90 directly binds PHLPP2 and protects it from degradation. p27 stabilizes Hsp90 by inhibiting calpain1 gene transcription through attenuation of the Jak1/Stat1 cascade. PHLPP2 in turn inhibits bladder cancer invasion by promoting MMP2 degradation via p62-mediated autophagy. |
Co-immunoprecipitation of Hsp90-PHLPP2, calpain1 transcription assays, Jak1/Stat1 pathway inhibition, autophagy flux assays, invasion assays |
Oncogene |
Medium |
29930380
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| 2015 |
Pull-down assay with morin-conjugated beads demonstrated direct binding of morin to PHLPP2 protein; molecular docking revealed morin occupies the active site of PHLPP2, and morin treatment inhibits PHLPP2 activity and its association with Akt1, thereby preventing oxidant-induced Nrf2 suppression via the Akt/GSK3β/Fyn kinase axis. |
Morin-conjugated bead pull-down assay, molecular docking, PHLPP2 activity assay (ex vivo), Akt/GSK3β/Fyn pathway western blotting |
Redox Biology |
Medium |
26513344
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| 2016 |
Free (mTORC1-independent) Raptor stabilizes PHLPP2 protein by reducing β-TrCP-mediated proteasomal degradation of PHLPP2; this leads to suppression of hepatic Akt activity and lipogenesis. Forced PHLPP2 expression in diet-induced obese mice ameliorates hepatic steatosis. |
Raptor overexpression/knockdown, β-TrCP interaction studies, PHLPP2 protein stability assays, liver-specific mouse models, triglyceride measurements |
Nature Communications |
High |
26743335
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| 2016 |
In AML cells, microRNAs from the miR-17-92 cluster (oncomir-1) target PHLPP2 mRNA and suppress PHLPP2 protein expression; ATRA treatment suppresses miR-17-92 expression and increases PHLPP2 protein and phosphatase activity. This regulation is mediated by transcription factor C/EBPβ, which binds the intronic promoter of the miR-17-92 gene to inhibit its transactivation. |
miRNA overexpression/knockdown, PHLPP2 phosphatase activity assay, chromatin immunoprecipitation (C/EBPβ on miR-17-92 promoter), ATRA treatment, western blotting |
Cell Death and Differentiation |
High |
26868909
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| 2017 |
In obese mice, glucagon/PKA-dependent phosphorylation of PHLPP2 at Ser1119 and Ser1210 promotes PHLPP2 binding to KCTD17 (a substrate-adaptor for Cul3-RING ubiquitin ligases), leading to PHLPP2 ubiquitin-mediated proteasomal degradation. Loss of PHLPP2 prolongs insulin action and increases lipogenic gene expression, causing hepatic steatosis. |
Mass spectrometry identification of PHLPP2 phosphorylation sites and interactors, KCTD17 co-IP/binding assay, KCTD17 shRNA knockdown in primary hepatocytes and obese mice, CRISPR/Cas9 PHLPP2-knockout hepatoma cells, liver-specific PHLPP2-knockout mice |
Gastroenterology |
High |
28859855
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| 2018 |
PHLPP2 physically interacts with GRK5 in neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVMs); PHLPP2 overexpression (in a phosphatase-activity-dependent manner) blocks phenylephrine-induced nuclear accumulation of GRK5 and hypertrophic gene re-expression. Knockdown of PHLPP2 potentiates GRK5-dependent hypertrophic growth, and GRK5 is required for the hypertrophic response induced by PHLPP2 knockdown. |
Co-immunoprecipitation of PHLPP2 and GRK5, siRNA knockdown, PHLPP2 overexpression with phosphatase-dead mutant controls, cell size measurements, fetal gene expression (ANF, BNP), PE stimulation |
The Journal of Biological Chemistry |
Medium |
29628444
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| 2018 |
PHLPP2 interacts with and dephosphorylates MST1 (Mst1) in berberine-treated hepatoma cells; elevated PHLPP2 inactivates Akt by dephosphorylating Ser473, which releases Akt-mediated repression of Mst1, leading to heightened Mst1 phosphorylation at Thr183 and downstream JNK/Bim/Bak pro-apoptotic signaling. PHLPP2 and Mst1 form an autoinhibitory triangle with Akt. |
Co-immunoprecipitation of PHLPP2-Mst1, western blot for Akt(Ser473) and Mst1(Thr183), PHLPP2/Mst1 knockdown, berberine treatment in HepG2 cells |
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology |
Medium |
29626488
|
| 2019 |
PHLPP2 dephosphorylates threonine-58 (T58) of MYC, a phosphorylation site linked to MYC degradation; this renders PHLPP2 a limiting positive regulator of MYC stability. In the RapidCaP mouse model, complete loss of Phlpp2 paradoxically blocks tumor growth by destabilizing MYC. Small-molecule PHLPP2 inhibitors suppress MYC and kill PTEN-mutant cells. |
RapidCaP genetically engineered mouse model, Phlpp2 knockout, MYC phospho-T58 assays, small-molecule PHLPP2 inhibitor treatment, cell viability assays |
The Journal of Cell Biology |
High |
31092557
|
| 2019 |
PHLPP2 promotes BECN1 (Beclin1) stabilization, thereby promoting BECN1-dependent macroautophagy, which inhibits bladder cancer tumor cell growth. The mechanism involves PHLPP2 indirectly preventing CUL4A-mediated BECN1 protein degradation. |
PHLPP2 overexpression/knockdown, autophagy flux assays, xenograft tumor growth, CUL4A interaction studies |
Autophagy |
Medium |
32116109
|
| 2019 |
Hepatic exosome-derived miR-130a-3p directly targets PHLPP2 mRNA and suppresses its expression in adipocytes, thereby activating AKT-AS160-GLUT4 signaling to improve glucose uptake and attenuate glucose intolerance in high-fat diet mice. |
miR-130a-3p knockout and overexpression mice, hepatic exosome injection, 3T3-L1 cell transfection, luciferase 3'-UTR reporter for PHLPP2, PHLPP2 siRNA, AKT/AS160/GLUT4 western blotting |
Metabolism |
Medium |
31715176
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| 2020 |
PHLPP2 dephosphorylates and inactivates AMPK (pAMPK); the PH domain of PHLPP2 is required for its interaction with pAMPK, for dephosphorylating and inactivating AMPK, and for the apoptotic response to glucose limitation in leukemia cells. PHLPP2 silencing prolongs leukemia cell survival under glucose limitation by promoting AMPK-mediated fatty acid oxidation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation of PHLPP2-AMPK, PH domain deletion mutants, PHLPP2 siRNA knockdown, metabolic stress (glucose limitation), cell survival/apoptosis assays |
Cell Death & Disease |
High |
34608126
|
| 2021 |
In adipocytes, PHLPP2 dephosphorylates Akt (Ser473); adipocyte-specific PHLPP2 knockout increases HSL phosphorylation, leading to enhanced lipolysis and increased PPARα-dependent adiponectin secretion, which in turn increases hepatic fatty acid oxidation to prevent obesity-induced fatty liver. |
Adipocyte-specific PHLPP2 knockout mice (A-PHLPP2), high-fat diet feeding, HSL phosphorylation assays, in vitro and in vivo lipolysis assays, adiponectin secretion measurement, hepatic FAO assays |
Nature Communications |
High |
33758172
|
| 2021 |
mettl3 knockout/knockdown increases PHLPP2 expression and reduces AKT phosphorylation (S473) with decreased mTOR phosphorylation (S2481), demonstrating that m6A RNA methylation by METTL3 regulates PHLPP2 levels to control vascular development via PHLPP2/mTOR-AKT signaling. |
CRISPR-Cas9 mettl3 knockout zebrafish, morpholino knockdown, constitutively active AKT1 rescue, METTL3 knockdown in human endothelial cells, PHLPP2/AKT/mTOR western blotting |
FASEB Journal |
Medium |
33788967
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| 2022 |
TRIM46 acts as an E3 ubiquitin ligase that directly ubiquitinates PHLPP2 and promotes its proteasomal degradation; this requires the RING domain E3 ligase activity of TRIM46. PHLPP2 degradation activates AKT/HK2 signaling, driving glycolysis and chemoresistance in lung adenocarcinoma. PHLPP2 overexpression reverses these effects. |
TRIM46 wild-type vs. RING-mutant overexpression, ubiquitination assays, PHLPP2 protein level measurement, co-immunoprecipitation, glycolysis assays, PDX mouse model, cisplatin resistance assays |
Cell Death & Disease |
High |
35354796
|
| 2022 |
circANAPC7 acts as a sponge for miR-373, preventing miR-373-mediated suppression of PHLPP2; PHLPP2 then dephosphorylates AKT, suppresses cyclin D1, and inhibits TGF-β secretion via STAT5. Additionally, PHLPP2 induces dephosphorylation of CREB, forming a CREB-miR-373-PHLPP2 feed-forward loop. |
Biotinylated miRNA pulldown, RNA immunoprecipitation, luciferase reporter assays, PHLPP2 western blot, AKT phosphorylation, 3D organoids, mouse models |
Gastroenterology |
Medium |
35176309
|
| 2022 |
TRIM22, whose expression is transcriptionally upregulated by p53 during IR-induced senescence, directly associates (via its SPRY domain) with the C-terminal domain of PHLPP2 at IKKβ-mediated phosphorylation sites; TRIM22-mediated ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of PHLPP2 activates AKT-p53-p21 signaling, causing cellular senescence in HCC cells. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (TRIM22 SPRY domain with PHLPP2 C-terminal domain), ubiquitination assay, TRIM22 overexpression/knockdown, p-AKT/p53/p21 western blot, senescence assays (SA-β-gal), IR treatment |
Cell Death & Disease |
High |
38199981
|
| 2022 |
Mutant p53 (hotspot mutations) directly binds to the PHLPP2 promoter and transcriptionally inhibits PHLPP2 expression, releasing AKT from PHLPP2-mediated suppression; activated AKT then promotes tumor proliferation/metastasis and via 4EBP1/eIF4E enhances PD-L1 translation, facilitating immune escape. |
Chromatin immunoprecipitation (mutant p53 on PHLPP2 promoter), PHLPP2 expression analysis in mutant p53 colorectal cancer samples, AKT pathway western blotting, PD-L1 expression assays |
International Journal of Biological Sciences |
Medium |
35414774
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| 2022 |
SNAI2 binds to the PHLPP2 promoter region (as detected by chromatin immunoprecipitation) and transcriptionally represses PHLPP2, activating the Akt pathway and promoting glioma stem cell proliferation. |
Chromatin immunoprecipitation, RT-qPCR, SNAI2/PHLPP2 overexpression and knockdown, Akt phosphorylation assays, GSC proliferation/apoptosis assays, nude mouse xenografts |
Cell Death & Disease |
Medium |
35654777
|
| 2023 |
The E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF149 physically interacts with PHLPP2 and promotes its E3 ligase-dependent proteasomal degradation, activating PI3K/AKT signaling and conferring cisplatin resistance in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. |
Co-immunoprecipitation of RNF149-PHLPP2, ubiquitination assay, RNF149 overexpression/knockdown, PHLPP2 protein stability assays, AKT pathway western blotting, cisplatin resistance assays in vitro and in vivo |
Medical Oncology |
Medium |
37658961
|
| 2023 |
Newcastle disease virus (NDV) V protein directly interacts with PHLPP2 (co-IP and indirect immunofluorescence) and targets PHLPP2 for ubiquitin-proteasome degradation (inhibited by MG132), thereby activating PI3K/AKT signaling, inhibiting cell apoptosis, and promoting viral replication. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (NDV V protein with PHLPP2), indirect immunofluorescence, MG132 proteasome inhibition, flow cytometry apoptosis assay, caspase-3 activity assay |
Veterinary Microbiology |
Medium |
38128444
|
| 2024 |
The E3 ubiquitin ligase MARCH1 physically interacts with PHLPP2 (by co-immunoprecipitation) and promotes PHLPP2 ubiquitination and degradation in oral squamous cell carcinoma, thereby activating AKT signaling and promoting tumor cell proliferation and suppressing apoptosis. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ubiquitination assay, MARCH1 knockdown/overexpression, PHLPP2 protein levels, in vivo xenograft |
Clinical & Translational Oncology |
Medium |
35122633
|
| 2025 |
PHLPP2 is a pseudophosphatase that lost catalytic activity in the metazoan ancestor; it contains a single zinc ion in its catalytic center and has no detectable phosphatase activity in vitro. Despite loss of catalytic activity, surface conservation suggests PHLPP2 may have retained substrate-binding capacity and likely functions as a scaffold on membranes, as supported by phylogenomic coevolution analyses. |
In vitro phosphatase activity assays, metalloprotein analysis (zinc binding), crystal/structural analysis implied, phylogenetic and phylogenomic analyses, cancer genomics analysis |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
40168118
|
| 2025 |
FBXO32 (F-box protein) interacts with PHLPP2 and promotes K48-linked polyubiquitination of PHLPP2 at K592 and K942 sites, leading to PHLPP2 proteasomal degradation and activation of the PI3K-AKT pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma. |
Proteomics-based interactome, co-immunoprecipitation, ubiquitination assays identifying K48-linked polyubiquitination at K592/K942, FBXO32 overexpression/knockdown, orthotopic HCC mouse model, HCC patient-derived organoids |
MedComm |
Medium |
41000374
|
| 2025 |
ATP6V0D2 enhances lysosomal function to promote lysosomal degradation of PHLPP2, thereby sustaining AKT phosphorylation in triple-negative breast cancer; pharmacological inhibition of V-ATPase with bafilomycin A1 blocks PHLPP2 lysosomal degradation, restores PHLPP2 levels, and sensitizes TNBC cells to cisplatin. |
ATP6V0D2 knockdown, bafilomycin A1 (V-ATPase inhibitor) treatment, PHLPP2 protein stability assays, AKT phosphorylation western blot, in vitro and in vivo cisplatin sensitivity assays, patient-derived organoids |
iScience |
Medium |
41312388
|
| 2020 |
ENH (Enigma Homolog Protein) forms a scaffold complex with AKT1 and PHLPP2 in arterial endothelial cells; this complex facilitates PHLPP2-mediated dephosphorylation of AKT1 and eNOS, reducing nitric oxide production. Endothelium-specific knockout of either ENH or PHLPP2 in mice reduces ligation-induced neointima formation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation of ENH-AKT1-PHLPP2 complex, endothelium-specific ENH knockout and PHLPP2 knockout mice, carotid artery ligation model, AKT/eNOS phosphorylation assays, nitric oxide measurement |
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology |
High |
32268790
|