| 2010 |
TRIM9 functions as an E3 ubiquitin ligase collaborating with the E2 ubiquitin conjugating enzyme UbcH5b, and is localized to neurons in the brain. |
In vitro ubiquitin ligase assay with UbcH5b; immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting for localization |
Neurobiology of disease |
Medium |
20085810
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| 2016 |
The short isoform of TRIM9 (TRIM9s) undergoes Lys-63-linked auto-polyubiquitination upon viral infection and acts as a scaffold bridging GSK3β to TBK1, thereby activating IRF3 signaling and enhancing type I IFN production while selectively suppressing pro-inflammatory cytokine production. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ubiquitination assays (K63-linkage specific), overexpression/knockdown in cells with viral infection readouts |
Cell research |
High |
26915459
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| 2015 |
TRIM9 localizes to filopodial tips, binds the netrin receptor DCC, and ubiquitinates the barbed-end actin polymerase VASP to reduce VASP filopodial tip localization and stability; netrin stimulation causes VASP deubiquitination, promoting VASP tip localization and filopodial stability to drive axon guidance. |
Co-IP (TRIM9–DCC, TRIM9–VASP), in vitro ubiquitination assay, non-ubiquitinatable VASP mutant, TIRF microscopy, Trim9−/− cortical neurons, in vivo axon guidance assays |
Developmental cell |
High |
26702829
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| 2019 |
TRIM9 sequesters β-TrCP from the Skp-Cullin-F-box ubiquitin ligase complex, blocking IκBα degradation and thereby dampening NF-κB-dependent proinflammatory mediator production; Trim9-deficient mice show uncontrolled neuroinflammation after ischemic stroke. |
Co-IP (TRIM9–β-TrCP interaction), IκBα degradation assay, Trim9−/− mouse ischemic stroke model with NF-κB pathway readouts, AAV-mediated TRIM9 rescue |
Cell reports |
High |
30970257
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| 2017 |
TRIM9-dependent ubiquitination of DCC blocks the interaction between DCC and FAK and prevents FAK phosphorylation; upon netrin-1 stimulation TRIM9 promotes DCC multimerization but reduces DCC ubiquitination, enabling FAK activation and downstream exocytic vesicle fusion and axon branching. |
Co-IP (DCC–FAK), ubiquitination assays on DCC, FAK activity assays, SNARE complex assays, Trim9−/− neurons, in vitro and in vivo axon branching assays, FAK inhibitor experiments |
Molecular biology of the cell |
High |
28701345
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| 2016 |
TRIM9 regulates embryonic and adult hippocampal neuron morphogenesis; Trim9 deletion causes excessive dendritic arborization and mislocalization of adult-born dentate granule neurons in vivo, associated with severe deficits in spatial learning and memory. |
Trim9−/− mouse KO, in vitro and in vivo morphological analysis of hippocampal neurons, behavioral testing (spatial learning/memory) |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
27147649
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| 2011 |
C. elegans TRIM-9 exhibits E3 ubiquitin ligase activity in vitro (RING domain-dependent) and functions in the UNC-6/netrin–UNC-40 attraction pathway upstream of MIG-10, the downstream effector of UNC-40, to regulate ventral axon guidance. |
In vitro ubiquitin ligase assay, C. elegans genetic epistasis analysis (trim-9 mutants, unc-6/unc-40 pathway double mutants), MIG-10 localization assay |
Journal of genetics and genomics |
High |
21338947
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| 2018 |
TRIM9s promotes K63-linked ubiquitination of MKK6 at Lys82, which inhibits competing K48-linked ubiquitination at the same site to stabilize MKK6 and potentiate p38 signaling; MKK6 in turn stabilizes TRIM9s by promoting p38-dependent phosphorylation of TRIM9s at Ser76/80, blocking its proteasomal degradation—forming a positive feedback loop. |
Ubiquitination assays (K63- and K48-linkage specific, site-directed mutagenesis at K82), phosphorylation assays (Ser76/80 mutants), co-IP, proteasome inhibitor experiments, glioblastoma cell functional assays |
Cell reports |
High |
29669288
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| 2020 |
TRIM9 and TRIM67 form a proximity interaction network in developing cortical neurons that includes cytoskeletal regulators (Myo16, Coro1A, MAP1B), exocytic/endocytic regulators (ExoC1), and synaptic proteins (GRIP1, PRG-1, KIF1A); knockdown of the unconventional myosin Myo16 altered growth cone filopodia density and axonal branching in a TRIM9- and netrin-1-dependent manner. |
BioID proximity labeling in cortical neurons, TIRF microscopy for colocalization, RNAi knockdown with morphological readouts |
Molecular biology of the cell |
Medium |
33378226
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| 2014 |
In Drosophila, Trim9 protein levels (regulated by neural activity) direct fine-scale topographic separation of presynaptic terminals of adjacent nociceptive neurons; neural activity regulates Trim9 protein levels to control axon terminal topography. |
Drosophila genetics (trim9 mutants, single-neuron clonal analysis), in vivo imaging of presynaptic terminals, activity manipulation experiments |
Current biology |
Medium |
24746793
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| 2017 |
Trim9 disruption impairs macrophage chemotaxis and cellular architecture in zebrafish larvae in vivo, demonstrating a role for TRIM9 in macrophage motility beyond neurons. |
Zebrafish Trim9 loss-of-function model, in vivo macrophage motility and morphology assays after immune stimulation |
Journal of leukocyte biology |
Medium |
29021367
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| 2025 |
TRIM9 localizes and interacts with both the attractive netrin receptor DCC and the repulsive netrin receptor UNC5C in the growth cone; deletion of Trim9 alters both attractive and repulsive axon turning and growth cone size responses to netrin-1 and is required for netrin-1-dependent changes in surface levels of DCC and UNC5C; TRIM9 negatively regulates FAK activity in the absence of netrin-1. |
Co-IP (TRIM9–UNC5C, TRIM9–DCC), microfluidic netrin gradient assays, Trim9−/− cortical neurons, surface receptor quantification, FAK activity assays, pH-mScarlet UNC5C reporter |
Journal of neurochemistry |
High |
39871643
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| 2023 |
TRIM9 interacts with ZEB1 and promotes ZEB1 protein degradation via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, suppressing esophageal cancer cell viability and invasion. |
Co-IP (TRIM9–ZEB1), ubiquitination blocking experiments, cell viability and invasion assays with TRIM9 overexpression/knockdown |
BioMed research international |
Low |
37124931
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| 2024 |
TRIM9 promotes K11-linked ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of HNRNPU in a RING domain-dependent manner in pancreatic cancer cells; TRIM9 overexpression suppressed tumor growth in vivo and was rescued by HNRNPU co-expression. |
In vitro and cell-based ubiquitination assays (K11-linkage), RING domain mutant, Co-IP (TRIM9–HNRNPU), overexpression/knockdown with proliferation/migration assays, in vivo xenograft rescue experiment |
Frontiers in immunology |
Medium |
41050689
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| 2024 |
TRIM9 promotes ubiquitination of PKM2, driving its transition from tetramer to dimer and reprogramming glucose metabolism from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis in triple-negative breast cancer cells. |
Ubiquitination assay (TRIM9-mediated PKM2 ubiquitination), Co-IP, PKM2 oligomerization assay, metabolic assays (glycolysis vs. OXPHOS), TRIM9 knockdown/overexpression |
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine |
Low |
38263865
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| 2026 |
TRIM9 and TRIM26 are selectively enriched in proximity to the ALS-linked UBQLN2P497H mutant (not wild-type UBQLN2 or P497S mutant), co-accumulate with UBQLN2P497H in the insoluble fraction, and mediate ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of UBQLN2P497H; individual knockdown of TRIM9 increased the abundance of a C-terminal UBQLN2 fragment. |
APEX2 proximity labeling with LC-MS/MS, co-IP followed by Western blot, fractionation analysis, proteasome inhibitor treatment, TRIM9/TRIM26 siRNA knockdown |
ACS chemical biology |
Medium |
41582437
|
| 2026 |
In melanoma cells, TRIM9 interacts with VASP, alters VASP modification, localization, and dynamics, negatively regulates focal adhesion formation and mesenchymal motility; TRIM9 deletion increases actin stress fibers, focal adhesions, VASP accumulation at adhesions, and mesenchymal migration in vitro, while in vivo loss of TRIM9 slows tumor growth and alters metastasis. |
Co-IP (TRIM9–VASP in melanoma), TIRF microscopy, VASP modification assays, focal adhesion quantification, Trim9 KO mouse melanoma model with in vivo tumor growth and metastasis readouts |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
41889914
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