| 2010 |
RNF220 is a RING domain E3 ubiquitin ligase that binds E2 enzymes, undergoes auto-ubiquitination, and targets Sin3B (a scaffold protein of the Sin3/HDAC corepressor complex) for K48-linked ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation, identified via yeast two-hybrid screen with in vitro and in vivo interaction confirmation. |
Yeast two-hybrid, in vitro binding assay, co-immunoprecipitation, co-expression ubiquitination assay, proteasome inhibitor experiments |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
High |
20170641
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| 2014 |
RNF220 physically interacts with β-catenin and with USP7 (a deubiquitinase); the RNF220/USP7 complex deubiquitinates β-catenin to stabilize it and enhance canonical Wnt signaling. RNF220 itself is destabilized by GSK3β phosphorylation, creating a positive feedback loop upon Wnt stimulation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, knockdown experiments, luciferase Wnt reporter assay, ubiquitination assay, epistasis analysis |
Molecular and cellular biology |
High |
25266658
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| 2018 |
RNF220 cooperates with the zinc-finger protein ZC4H2 to ubiquitinate and degrade ventral spinal cord transcription factors Dbx1, Dbx2, and Nkx2.2, thereby specifying ventral progenitor domains (including p2 domain producing V2 interneurons) during spinal cord patterning. RNF220-null mice lose the p2 domain. |
RNF220 knockout mouse, chick spinal cord knockdown, co-immunoprecipitation, co-expression ubiquitination assay, immunostaining of progenitor markers |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
30177510
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| 2018 |
A loss-of-function RNF220 mutation (p.P19L) in humans causes small-headed sperm by reducing RNF220 protein levels, leading to elevated Sin3B and excessive chromatin condensation in sperm. |
Whole-exome sequencing, Western blot, clinical phenotyping of consanguineous family |
Gene |
Medium |
30500349
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| 2020 |
ZC4H2 is required for RNF220 protein stability and proper Gli ubiquitination in vivo; ZC4H2 and RNF220 knockout animals phenocopy each other in ventral spinal cord patterning defects. |
ZC4H2 and RNF220 knockout mouse and zebrafish, immunostaining, Western blot, ubiquitination assay |
Journal of molecular cell biology |
High |
31336385
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| 2020 |
RNF220 mediates K63-linked polyubiquitination of STAT1 at residue K110, which promotes the interaction between STAT1 and JAK1, enhancing STAT1 phosphorylation and activation of interferon-stimulated gene expression. RNF220 deficiency impairs IFN signaling and increases susceptibility to bacterial and viral infection. |
Rnf220 knockout mouse, in vitro ubiquitination assay, site-directed mutagenesis (K110R), co-immunoprecipitation, infection models (A. baumannii, HSV-1), ISG expression analysis |
Cell death and differentiation |
High |
32814877
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| 2020 |
The RNF220/ZC4H2 complex monoubiquitylates Phox2a and Phox2b transcription factors, and this modification is required for full transcriptional activity of Phox2a/Phox2b and proper development of locus coeruleus noradrenergic neurons. |
Rnf220 and Zc4h2 knockout mouse, in vitro ubiquitination assay, co-immunoprecipitation, immunostaining of LC-NA markers |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
32094113
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| 2020 |
RNF220 promotes Shh target gene expression in cerebellar granule neuron progenitors by targeting the PRC2 component EED for ubiquitination, altering histone modification marks on Shh target promoters. RNF220+/−; Ptch1+/− mice show lower spontaneous medulloblastoma occurrence. |
Conditional knockout mouse, Daoy cell knockdown, co-immunoprecipitation, ChIP for histone marks, xenograft assay |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
High |
32376680
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| 2020 |
RNF220 promotes the stabilization of Cyclin D1 protein (without directly ubiquitinating it) through upregulation of the deubiquitinase USP22; RNF220 cannot stabilize Cyclin D1 without USP22, promoting G1-to-S phase transition in AML cells. |
Overexpression/knockdown in AML cell lines, co-immunoprecipitation, Western blot, cell cycle analysis, ubiquitination assay |
Blood cells, molecules & diseases |
Medium |
32896826
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| 2021 |
RNF220 interacts with TDP43 in vitro and in vivo and promotes its polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation; RNF220+/− mice develop progressive mobility defects and ALS-like pathology including TDP43 cytoplasmic accumulation, astrocytosis, and muscle denervation in spinal motor neurons. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro ubiquitination assay, RNF220 haploinsufficient mouse model, immunostaining, behavioral analysis |
Journal of molecular cell biology |
High |
33386850
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| 2021 |
Mass spectrometry identified lamin B1 as an RNF220-binding protein; co-immunoprecipitation showed reduced binding of RNF220 disease mutants (R363Q, R365Q) to lamin B1. RNF220 knockdown in Drosophila disrupts lamin Dm0 localization and causes neurodegeneration; primary patient fibroblasts with RNF220 mutations show nuclear morphology abnormalities (blebs, herniations). |
Mass spectrometry interactome, co-immunoprecipitation, Drosophila RNAi knockdown, patient fibroblast morphological analysis |
Brain : a journal of neurology |
High |
33964137
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| 2021 |
RNF220-mediated K63-linked polyubiquitination promotes cytoplasmic Gli protein accumulation in aggresomes in an HDAC6-dependent manner; polyubiquitinated Gli interacts with p62 and undergoes autophagy-mediated degradation. RNF220 also inhibits Gli2 and Gli3 processing both in vitro and in vivo. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro ubiquitination assay, aggresome detection, HDAC6 knockdown, p62 interaction assay, mouse in vivo analysis |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
33895473
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| 2022 |
RNF220 directly interacts with AMPA receptor subunits (AMPARs) and mediates their polyubiquitination; RNF220 knockout specifically increases AMPAR protein levels, enhances basal synaptic activity, and impairs synaptic plasticity. Neuropathology-related RNF220 variants fail to repress AMPAR-mediated excitatory responses due to attenuated AMPAR interaction. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro ubiquitination assay, forebrain-specific RNF220 KO mouse, electrophysiology (mEPSC recordings), surface biotinylation assay, behavioral tests (learning/memory), RING domain mutant analysis |
Science advances |
High |
36179027
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| 2022 |
RLIM ubiquitin E3 ligase directly ubiquitinates and stabilizes ZC4H2, which in turn stabilizes RNF220, forming an RLIM–ZC4H2–RNF220 cascade required for full Shh signaling activation in cerebellar granule neuron progenitors and medulloblastoma progression. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro ubiquitination assay, RLIM knockdown/KO, cerebellar CGNP proliferation assays, clinical MB sample correlation |
Journal of molecular cell biology |
Medium |
35040952
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| 2023 |
Smurf1 and Smurf2 E3 ubiquitin ligases interact with RNF220 and target it for polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation, negatively regulating RNF220 protein levels and Shh signaling in medulloblastoma cells. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro ubiquitination assay, Smurf1/2 knockdown/overexpression, xenograft assay, clinical MB sample protein correlation |
Cell death & disease |
Medium |
37537194
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| 2023 |
RNF220 interacts with USP22 in gastric cancer cells; RNF220-mediated stabilization of the Wnt/β-catenin axis requires USP22, promoting cancer cell growth and stemness. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, Western blot, knockdown/overexpression, xenograft mouse model |
Tissue & cell |
Medium |
37295272
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| 2024 |
RNF220 mediates K63-linked polyubiquitination and stabilization of Olig1 and Olig2 transcription factors in oligodendroglial cells; RNF220 depletion in oligodendrocyte lineage impedes OPC proliferation, differentiation, and myelination, causing learning and memory defects. A leukodystrophy-associated RNF220R365Q knock-in mouse shows deregulated Olig ubiquitination and pathomimetic myelination defects. |
Conditional RNF220 KO in oligodendrocyte lineage, in vitro ubiquitination assay, K63-linkage-specific antibody, RNF220R365Q knock-in mouse, MBP immunostaining, behavioral tests |
Science advances |
High |
38324685
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| 2024 |
RNF220 polyubiquitinates and degrades WDR5 (a key component of the TrxG/MLL complex); loss of RNF220 leads to WDR5 accumulation, de-repression of Hox gene expression in the pons, and disrupted pontine neural circuits. Genetic ablation of Wdr5 or pharmacological WDR5 inhibition rescues Hox de-repression in Rnf220-deficient mice. |
Rnf220 conditional KO mouse, single-nucleus RNA-seq, co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro ubiquitination assay, intrauterine WDR5 inhibitor injection, Wdr5 conditional ablation rescue experiment |
eLife |
High |
39526890
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| 2025 |
RNF220 directly binds the SH2 and TAD domains of STAT3 via its N-terminal domain and mediates K63-linked polyubiquitination at K615, K626, K631, and K642 of STAT3, stabilizing STAT3 protein and driving pro-hypertrophic transcriptional responses in cardiomyocytes. |
RNF220 KO and overexpression mouse, primary cardiomyocytes, proteomic mass spectrometry, co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro ubiquitination assay with site-directed mutagenesis, Ang II cardiac hypertrophy model, STAT3 inhibitor rescue |
Cell death and differentiation |
High |
41219491
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| 2025 |
RNF220 directly interacts with PDE10A and facilitates its K48-linked ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation; elevated RNF220 (stabilized by METTL3-mediated m6A modification of RNF220 mRNA via IGF2BP2) reduces PDE10A to drive cisplatin resistance and promote PD-L1 expression for immune evasion in bladder cancer. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro ubiquitination assay, RNF220 overexpression/KD, m6A methylation assay, RNA pulldown, in vivo xenograft |
Biochemical pharmacology |
Medium |
40158470
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| 2025 |
The N-terminally truncated RNF220 isoform 4 (ΔN-RNF220, 308 aa) is the predominant isoform in most non-brain tissues; isoform 4b displays distinct subcellular localization and subnuclear structures and interacts with WDR5. ΔN-RNF220 is the sole isoform expressed in murine myoblasts and is required for MyoD and myogenin expression and muscle differentiation. |
ChIP-seq (H3K4me3 ENCODE), Western blot isoform profiling, subcellular fractionation/immunofluorescence, co-immunoprecipitation with WDR5, siRNA knockdown in myoblasts, differentiation assays |
Molecules and cells |
Medium |
40609864
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