| 2008 |
An Ala49Thr mutation in the bortezomib-binding pocket of PSMB5 confers bortezomib resistance; siRNA-mediated silencing of PSMB5 restored bortezomib sensitivity in resistant cells, confirming PSMB5 as the direct target of bortezomib. |
Stepwise drug selection, cDNA sequencing, siRNA knockdown, chymotrypsin-like proteasome activity assay |
Blood |
High |
18565852
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| 2008 |
PSMB5 gene amplification (demonstrated by FISH/ISH) and mRNA overexpression correlate with increased chymotrypsin-like proteasome activity and bortezomib resistance in Jurkat-derived cells. |
Quantitative RT-PCR, FISH, in situ hybridization, fluorometric chymotrypsin-like activity assay, Western blot |
Experimental hematology |
Medium |
18562081
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| 2009 |
Different point mutations in the PSMB5 bortezomib-binding pocket (Ala49Thr, Ala49Val, Ala49Thr+Ala50Val) confer graded levels of bortezomib resistance, with the double mutant conferring the highest resistance and the weakest inhibition of chymotrypsin-like activity by bortezomib. |
cDNA sequencing, limited dilution cloning, quantitative RT-PCR, fluorometric chymotrypsin-like activity assay, cytotoxicity assay |
Experimental hematology |
High |
19426847
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| 2010 |
A G322A point mutation in PSMB5 reduces accumulation of polyubiquitinated proteins and prevents bortezomib-induced ER stress (CHOP upregulation) and apoptosis; transfection of mutant PSMB5 into parental cells recapitulated resistance, confirming the mutation as sufficient for resistance. |
Sequencing, transfection with wild-type vs. mutant PSMB5, Western blot for ubiquitinated proteins/CHOP/caspase, apoptosis assay |
Leukemia |
High |
20555361
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| 2006 |
PSMB5 gene transcription is induced by the bifunctional enzyme inducer 3-methylcholanthrene through the Nrf2-ARE pathway (not the AhR/Arnt-XRE pathway); mutation of proximal AREs in the Psmb5 promoter largely abolished inducibility, and 3-MC failed to induce PSMB5 in nrf2-null cells. |
Luciferase reporter assay with promoter deletion/mutation constructs, Nrf2 knockout cells, nuclear Nrf2 detection, proteasome activity assay |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
High |
16723119
|
| 2012 |
PSMB5 mutations confer cross-resistance to second-generation proteasome inhibitors carfilzomib, ONX0912, and ONX0914, with the degree of cross-resistance depending on the specific mutation; P-glycoprotein overexpression also reduces chymotrypsin-like proteasome activity inhibition by these agents. |
Cytotoxicity assays, chymotrypsin-like activity assay in resistant cell lines with defined PSMB5 mutations |
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics |
Medium |
22235146
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| 2014 |
STAT3 directly regulates PSMB5 promoter activity and protein expression; constitutively active STAT3 induces PSMB5 promoter and protein levels, while STAT3 knockdown or inhibition of STAT3 tyrosine phosphorylation coordinately reduces PSMB5 mRNA and protein and decreases chymotrypsin-like proteasome activity. |
STAT3 knockdown/inhibition, constitutively active STAT3 overexpression, PSMB5 promoter reporter assay, Western blot, proteasome activity assay |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
24627483
|
| 2014 |
PSMB5 overexpression restores 20S proteasome activity in senescent human bone marrow stromal cells (hBMSCs), promotes cell proliferation (possibly via upregulation of Cyclin D1/CDK4), and enhances resistance to oxidative stress; PSMB5 knockdown in early-stage cells phenocopies senescence. |
Lentiviral overexpression/knockdown, proteasome activity assay, BrdU proliferation assay, Western blot, neural differentiation assay, H2O2 stress survival assay |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
24393841
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| 2010 |
Inhibition of Gα12/13 signaling decreases PSMB5 mRNA and protein expression and reduces chymotrypsin-like proteasome activity, thereby enhancing bortezomib cytotoxicity; conversely, constitutively active Gα12QL or Gα13QL increases PSMB5 expression and confers bortezomib resistance. |
Minigene-mediated G protein inhibition, constitutively active mutant overexpression, real-time PCR, Western blot, proteasome activity assay, cytotoxicity assay |
Carcinogenesis |
Medium |
20478922
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| 2017 |
20-HETE regulates PSMB5 expression through the TGF-β/Smad3 signaling pathway: Smad3 directly binds the Smad binding element (SBE) in the PSMB5 promoter, as demonstrated by EMSA and luciferase assays; TGF-β receptor I kinase inhibitor SB431542 reversed 20-HETE-induced changes in PSMB5. |
Luciferase reporter assay, EMSA, TGF-β receptor inhibitor treatment, Western blot for Smad3 phosphorylation in transgenic mice |
Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators |
Medium |
28807746
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| 2019 |
PSMB5 is a direct target of miR-127-3p; overexpression of miR-127-3p reduces PSMB5 protein levels and inhibits prostate cancer cell invasion and migration in vitro. CTCF transcriptionally represses miR-127-3p by binding its promoter, thereby indirectly maintaining PSMB5 expression. |
miR-127-3p overexpression, luciferase reporter assay (3'UTR targeting), CTCF ChIP/promoter binding assay, invasion/migration assays |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
31562641
|
| 2019 |
Ilexgenin A (IA) increases PSMB5 expression in an Nrf2-dependent manner; Nrf2 knockdown eliminates IA-induced PSMB5 upregulation and abolishes inhibition of Drp1 expression and mitochondrial fission, placing PSMB5 downstream of Nrf2 in mediating proteasomal degradation of Drp1. |
Nrf2 siRNA knockdown, Western blot for PSMB5/Drp1, proteasome inhibitor (epoxomicin) rescue experiment, mitochondrial morphology assessment |
Drug development research |
Medium |
30762899
|
| 2020 |
Curcumin reduces PSMB5 protein levels by elevating miR-142-3p (which directly targets PSMB5 3'UTR), and this reduction is mediated through suppression of histone acetyltransferase p300, which normally inhibits miR-142-3p expression; loss of PSMB5 reduces chymotrypsin-like activity of the 20S proteasome. |
miR-142-3p overexpression/inhibition, luciferase 3'UTR reporter assay, p300 overexpression, proteasome activity assay, xenograft model, Western blot, qRT-PCR |
Phytomedicine |
Medium |
32866906
|
| 2021 |
Activation of PSMB5 (chymotrypsin-like proteasome activity) is required for EGCG-induced upregulation of Nmnat2 protein and subsequent SIRT6 activation; PSMB5 inhibition abolished EGCG-induced Nmnat2 protein expression and the anti-hypertrophic effect. |
PSMB5 pharmacological inhibition, Nmnat2 knockdown, luciferase reporter assay, EMSA for NF-κB, fluorometric SIRT6 activity assay, Western blot |
Acta physiologica |
Medium |
33315278
|
| 2021 |
rHMGB1 promotes mitochondrial fusion in endothelial cells via CXCR4/PSMB5-mediated Drp1 proteolysis; inhibition of CXCR4 reversed Drp1 downregulation, and inhibition of PSMB5 (but not NRF2 silencing) abolished rHMGB1-induced Drp1 downregulation and mitochondrial fusion, placing PSMB5 downstream of CXCR4 in this pathway. |
Specific receptor/PSMB5 inhibitors, siRNA for NRF2, Western blot for Drp1/PSMB5, confocal and TEM for mitochondrial morphology |
Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity |
Medium |
34394840
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| 2022 |
ISG20L2 directly binds bortezomib and competes with PSMB5 for bortezomib binding, thereby attenuating bortezomib-induced inhibition of PSMB5 proteasome activity and conferring resistance; direct binding of bortezomib to ISG20L2 was confirmed by surface plasmon resonance. |
Biotinylated bortezomib pull-down assay, surface plasmon resonance, gain/loss-of-function studies, proteasome activity assay, in vivo xenograft |
JCI insight |
High |
36040812
|
| 2022 |
Knockdown of PSMB5 (Prosbeta5) suppressed CGG repeat-associated neurodegeneration in a Drosophila FXTAS model and in N2A cells via both RAN translation and RNA-mediated toxicity mechanisms. |
Drosophila genetic screen, PSMB5 knockdown in Drosophila and N2A cells, neurodegeneration assays, RAN translation assay |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
35617426
|
| 2025 |
The transcription factor THAP1 directly regulates PSMB5 gene expression; loss of THAP1 reduces PSMB5 levels, disrupts proteasome assembly, reduces proteasome activity, and causes accumulation of ubiquitinated proteins and cell death; exogenous PSMB5 expression rescues toxicity from THAP1 loss. |
Genome-wide coessentiality analysis (DepMap), THAP1 knockdown/KO, PSMB5 rescue expression, RNA-seq, deep mutational scan of THAP1 variants, proteasome assembly assay, ubiquitinated protein accumulation assay |
Nature communications |
High |
39929834
|
| 2025 |
THAP1 directly binds the PSMB5 gene and regulates its transcription; THAP1 depletion disrupts proteasome assembly and impairs proteasome activity via reduced PSMB5 expression; this identifies a regulatory mechanism for basal proteasome expression distinct from the Nrf1-mediated compensatory pathway. |
Genome-wide genetic screen, ChIP for THAP1 at PSMB5 locus, THAP1 knockdown, proteasome assembly assay, ubiquitinated protein accumulation assay |
Nature communications |
High |
39952963
|
| 2024 |
Mitochondrial succinyl-CoA drives succinylation of BRD2, which impairs BRD2-dependent transcription of PSMB5; reduced PSMB5 expression leads to elevated Hobit protein levels (due to impaired proteasomal degradation) and promotes CD4+ Trm cell differentiation in rheumatoid arthritis. |
BRD2 identification by chromatin immunoprecipitation-qPCR, succinyl-CoA manipulation in T cells, THAP1 silencing, Trm differentiation assays, humanized NSG chimera model |
Arthritis & rheumatology |
Medium |
39037181
|
| 1997 |
IFN-γ stimulation causes replacement of the constitutively expressed PSMB5 subunit in the 20S proteasome by the inducible LMP7 (PSMB8) subunit; the mouse Psmb5 gene has a unique three-exon structure spanning ~5 kb, conserved with the human gene, and maps to chromosome 14 band C2–D1. |
Gene structure analysis, interspecific backcross mapping, fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) |
Immunogenetics |
Medium |
9382924
|
| 2025 |
METTL16 promotes PSMB5 translation in an m6A methyltransferase activity-independent manner by inhibiting the eIF2α-PERK interaction and reducing eIF2α phosphorylation, thereby increasing PSMB5 protein levels, proteasome activity, and bortezomib resistance in multiple myeloma cells. |
METTL16 overexpression/knockdown, eIF2α phosphorylation analysis, polysome profiling/translational assay, proteasome activity assay, PI sensitivity assay |
Oncogene |
Medium |
41826420
|
| 2030 |
PSMB5 overexpression in neurons slows age-related decline in spatial learning/memory and neuromuscular function in mice, establishing that neuronal PSMB5-dependent proteasome activity is required for maintenance of cognitive function during aging. |
Transgenic PSMB5 neuron-specific overexpression in mice, spatial learning/memory behavioral assays, neuromuscular assessments, proteasome activity assays in aged brain |
bioRxivpreprint |
Low |
bio_10.1101_2024.10.17.618893
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