| 1997 |
Miz-1 (ZBTB17) was identified as a novel zinc finger protein that physically interacts with Msx2, enhancing its DNA-binding affinity for the osteocalcin promoter; Miz-1 itself functions as a sequence-specific DNA-binding transcriptional activator. |
Yeast two-hybrid screen, in vitro binding assay, gel shift/DNA binding assays, transcriptional reporter assays |
Mechanisms of development |
Medium |
9256341
|
| 1997 |
Miz-1 associates with the carboxy-terminus of Myc and this interaction defines a pathway for transcriptional repression by Myc that is distinct from the Myc/Max complex. |
Yeast two-hybrid cloning, co-immunoprecipitation |
Current topics in microbiology and immunology |
Medium |
9308237
|
| 2001 |
Miz-1 binds to the initiator element of the p15INK4b promoter and activates its transcription; Myc and Max form a complex with Miz-1 at this site to repress p15INK4b expression, thereby inhibiting G1 arrest. Myc alleles unable to bind Miz-1 fail to suppress p15INK4b accumulation and are deficient in cell immortalization. |
Chromatin immunoprecipitation, reporter assays, Myc point mutants, primary MEF cell-cycle analysis |
Nature cell biology |
High |
11283613
|
| 2001 |
TGFβ signaling prevents recruitment of Myc to the p15INK4b initiator by Miz-1, relieving repression and allowing a Smad protein complex to contact Miz-1 and transactivate p15INK4b. Thus Miz-1 is a platform that integrates Myc-mediated repression and Smad-mediated activation at the p15INK4b promoter. |
Chromatin immunoprecipitation, reporter assays, dominant-negative Smad experiments, gel shift assays |
Nature cell biology |
High |
11283614
|
| 2001 |
Miz-1 is regulated by association with microtubules; it is largely cytoplasmic but accumulates in the nucleus upon microtubule depolymerization. Miz-1 binds directly to the LDLR promoter and activates its transcription. |
Indirect immunofluorescence, soft X-ray microscopy, GFP time-lapse imaging, chromatin/promoter binding assays |
Molecular cell |
Medium |
11545736
|
| 2002 |
Miz-1 binds to the p21Cip1 core promoter in vivo and is required for upregulation of p21Cip1 upon UV irradiation. Topoisomerase II binding protein (TopBP1) negatively regulates Miz-1 transactivation; UV downregulates TopBP1, releasing Miz-1 to activate p21Cip1. Myc binds Miz-1 at the p21Cip1 promoter to negatively regulate p21Cip1 expression after UV irradiation. |
ChIP, c-myc-/- cells, Myc Miz-1-binding point mutant (MycV394D), reporter assays, gene expression analysis |
Molecular cell |
High |
12408820
|
| 2002 |
Miz-1 activates the Nramp1 promoter through initiator elements; c-Myc competes with p300/CBP for binding to Miz-1 to repress Nramp1 transcription. |
Reporter assays, co-transfection, promoter deletion analysis, RNAi |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
12110671
|
| 2002 |
Host cell factor-1 (HCF-1) directly binds to Miz-1, targeting its transactivation domain; HCF-1 represses Miz-1-mediated p15INK4b promoter activation by interfering with recruitment of the coactivator p300 to Miz-1. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, GST pulldown, reporter assays, protein-protein interaction domain mapping |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
12244100
|
| 2003 |
Miz1 homologous knockout in mice causes lethality at E7.5 due to massive apoptosis of ectodermal cells and failure to undergo normal gastrulation; p57Kip2 (a Miz1 target gene) is absent in Miz1-/- embryos, while p21Cip1 expression is unaltered, indicating gene-specific transcriptional requirements. |
Homologous recombination/gene targeting, in situ hybridization, immunostaining |
Molecular and cellular biology |
High |
14560010
|
| 2003 |
IRF-8 interacts with Miz-1 in immune cells; together with PU.1, this complex binds the Nramp1 promoter and mediates its macrophage-specific expression. |
Yeast two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation, ChIP |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
12904288
|
| 2003 |
Miz-1 and c-Myc form a repressor complex at the Mad4 initiator element to suppress Mad4 expression in proliferating cells; loss of this complex during differentiation allows Mad4 activation. |
Reporter assays, EMSA/gel shift, cell differentiation model |
The Biochemical journal |
Medium |
12418961
|
| 2004 |
Akt phosphorylates Miz1, enabling 14-3-3η to bind Miz1's DNA-binding domain and inhibit its transcriptional activating function; this regulates recovery from DNA-damage-induced cell-cycle arrest. Miz1 has two distinct functions in DNA damage: c-Myc-regulated gene upregulation, and 14-3-3η/Akt-regulated gene repression. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, kinase assays, domain mapping, cell-cycle analysis |
Nature cell biology |
High |
15580267
|
| 2004 |
MAGE-A4 C-terminal fragment (cleaved by caspase-induced processing) binds Miz-1 and is recruited to the p21Cip1 promoter via Miz-1, downregulating p21Cip1 transcription and inducing apoptosis. |
Yeast two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation, ChIP, reporter assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
14739298
|
| 2005 |
BCL6 interacts with Miz-1 and, via Miz-1, binds the CDKN1A (p21) promoter to suppress transcription and prevent p53-independent cell cycle arrest in germinal center B cells. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ChIP, reporter assays, germinal center B cell functional analysis |
Nature immunology |
High |
16142238
|
| 2005 |
Miz-1 inactivation by c-Myc is required for apoptosis induction by Myc in primary diploid human fibroblasts under growth factor withdrawal, but Miz-1 inactivation is dispensable for Myc-induced cell cycle progression and transformation. |
shRNA knockdown, MycV394D mutant defective in Miz-1 binding, apoptosis and cell-cycle assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
16352593
|
| 2005 |
Pontin (Tip49) and Reptin (Tip48) interact with c-Myc and function as co-repressors in the c-Myc/Miz-1 pathway to repress p21 expression and control cell proliferation in Xenopus embryos. |
Xenopus embryo overexpression/knockdown, rescue with c-Myc RNA and dominant-negative Miz-1, reporter assays |
Mechanisms of development |
Medium |
15804567
|
| 2006 |
MIZ-1 activates BCL2 transcription; c-MYC binding and inactivation of MIZ-1 represses BCL2, and this repression is the essential consequence of MIZ-1 targeting during Myc-induced apoptosis. |
shRNA knockdown of Miz-1, Myc mutant defective in Miz-1 binding, BCL2 inhibitor rescue, reporter assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
17082179
|
| 2006 |
Myc-Miz1 complex regulates keratinocyte adhesion and TGFβ responsiveness; Miz1 is required for Myc to decrease keratinocyte adhesion and spreading. Target genes include α6 and β1 integrins, directly bound by both Myc and Miz1 in vivo. Miz1-dependent regulation is required for Myc-induced premature differentiation in reconstituted epidermis. |
MycV394D mutant, ChIP, reconstituted epidermis, keratinocyte adhesion assays, integrin overexpression rescue |
The Journal of cell biology |
High |
16391002
|
| 2007 |
Crystal structure of the Miz-1 POZ domain at 2.1 Å resolution reveals a tetrameric organization with two types of subunit interfaces: an α-helical dimerization interface and a novel β-sheet interface that directs tetramerization of two POZ domain dimers in solution. |
X-ray crystallography, solution studies confirming β-sheet interface mediates tetramerization |
Journal of molecular biology |
High |
17880999
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| 2008 |
Miz1 is required for recruitment of TopBP1 to chromatin and for protection of TopBP1 from proteasomal degradation by the HectH9 ubiquitin ligase; Myc antagonizes TopBP1 binding to Miz1, causing TopBP1 dissociation from chromatin and attenuation of ATR-dependent checkpoint signaling. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, chromatin fractionation, proteasome inhibition, Myc overexpression |
The EMBO journal |
High |
18923429
|
| 2008 |
Myc promotes neural progenitor cell self-renewal through Miz-1; a Myc mutant (MycV394D) deficient in Miz-1 binding does not increase self-renewing cells though it still stimulates proliferation, demonstrating the Miz-1 interaction specifically mediates the self-renewal effect. |
Retroviral transduction, MycV394D mutant, neurosphere self-renewal assays |
Journal of cell science |
Medium |
19001505
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| 2009 |
BCL6 interacts with Miz-1 to bind the BCL2 promoter and suppresses Miz1-induced BCL2 expression in germinal center B cells; this BCL6-Miz1-mediated BCL2 suppression is lost in follicular lymphoma and DLBCL. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ChIP, reporter assays, B cell functional studies |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
19549844
|
| 2009 |
Gfi-1 represses CDKN2B (p15INK4B) by interacting with Miz-1 and being recruited to the CDKN2B core promoter via Miz-1, not via direct DNA binding. Gfi-1 and c-Myc collaborate through Miz-1 on the CDKN2B promoter. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ChIP, reporter assays, Gfi-1 knockdown |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
19164764
|
| 2009 |
Miz1 selectively suppresses TNF-α-induced JNK1 activation (but not IL-1β- or UV-induced JNK activation) independently of its transcriptional activity; Miz1 inhibits TRAF2 K63-linked polyubiquitination. Upon TNF-α stimulation, Miz1 undergoes proteasomal degradation to relieve JNK1 suppression. |
Miz1-/- MEFs, reconstitution with transcription-deficient Miz1 mutant, JNK activity assays, TRAF2 ubiquitination assays |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
19815509
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| 2009 |
ARF interacts with Miz-1 (via Miz-1's zinc finger domain) and counteracts Miz-1-mediated inhibition of p53 transcriptional activity. Miz-1 binds p53 through its DNA-binding domain and reduces p53 promoter occupancy; ARF and p53 competitively bind Miz-1. |
Yeast two-hybrid, in vitro binding assay, competitive ChIP, reporter assays |
Oncogene |
Medium |
19901969
|
| 2010 |
The Myc-Miz1 interaction is continuously required in established T-cell lymphomas to repress CKI expression and prevent accumulation of trimethylated H3K9, a senescence marker. TGFβ autocrine signaling induces CKI expression and senescence when Myc is suppressed; Myc/Miz1 interaction antagonizes this TGFβ-induced senescence program. |
MycV394D mutant lymphoma model, Myc suppression, ChIP for H3K9me3, TGFβ pathway analysis |
Genes & development |
High |
20551174
|
| 2010 |
Arf interacts with Miz1, disrupts Miz1-nucleophosmin co-activator interaction, induces sumoylation of Miz1, and promotes assembly of a heterochromatic complex containing Myc and H3K9me3 at Miz1 target loci, leading to repression of cell adhesion genes and induction of apoptosis. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, sumoylation assay, ChIP for H3K9me3, gene expression analysis, apoptosis assays |
The Journal of cell biology |
High |
20308430
|
| 2010 |
Mule (HectH9) is the E3 ubiquitin ligase that catalyzes K48-linked polyubiquitination of Miz1 upon TNF-α stimulation, targeting Miz1 for proteasomal degradation and thereby relieving Miz1-mediated suppression of JNK activation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro ubiquitination assays, Mule siRNA, Miz1 degradation assays |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
20624960
|
| 2010 |
Gfi-1 interacts with Miz-1 and forms a ternary complex with c-Myc on the CDKN1A core promoter to repress p21Cip1 expression, independent of Gfi-1's direct DNA binding activity. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ChIP, reporter assays, Gfi-1 knockdown |
Oncogene |
Medium |
20190815
|
| 2010 |
The Miz-1 BTB/POZ domain crystal structure was solved at 2.6 Å, revealing a strand-swapped dimer with a shorter N-terminus unable to form the interchain sheet characteristic of classical BTB dimers. |
X-ray crystallography, cysteine cross-linking in solution |
Journal of molecular biology |
High |
20493880
|
| 2010 |
Miz1 (Zbtb17) lacking its POZ domain causes nearly complete absence of follicular B cells due to failure to activate the JAK-STAT5 pathway upon IL-7 stimulation. Miz-1 directly represses SOCS1 and activates Bcl2; combined re-expression of Bcl2 and Ebf1 rescues B cell development. |
Conditional knockout (Zbtb17ΔPOZ/ΔPOZ), Jak-Stat5 signaling assays, ChIP, genetic rescue experiments |
Immunity |
High |
21167753
|
| 2010 |
A SP1/MIZ1/MYCN repression complex recruits HDAC1 to the TRKA and p75NTR promoters to repress their transcription in neuroblastoma cells. |
ChIP, co-immunoprecipitation, reporter assays, HDAC inhibitor TSA |
Cancer research |
High |
21123453
|
| 2011 |
Miz-1 (Zbtb17ΔPOZ) is required for IL-7R-dependent survival and differentiation of early T-lineage progenitors; Miz-1 binds the SOCS1 promoter to repress it, enabling STAT5 activation and Bcl2 upregulation. Overexpression of Bcl-2 or SOCS1 inhibition restores pro-T cell numbers. |
Conditional knockout, ChIP, STAT5 phosphorylation assays, genetic rescue with Bcl2 transgene and SOCS1 siRNA |
Blood |
High |
21258009
|
| 2011 |
Site-specific K48-linked polyubiquitination of Miz1 at Lys388 and Lys472 (promoted by TRAF2 upon TNF-α stimulation) is required for Miz1 degradation and de-repression of JNK activation; a non-degradable Miz1 mutant (K388R/K472R) significantly suppresses TNF-α-induced JNK1 activation. |
Mutagenesis of ubiquitination sites, in vivo ubiquitination assays, JNK activity assays |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
22184250
|
| 2011 |
Myc and Miz-1 co-occupy Hox gene promoters in human ES cells and together suppress differentiation-promoting genes to maintain pluripotency; Myc and Miz-1 proteins interact and associate with corepressor factors in ES cells. |
ChIP-chip, Myc/Miz-1 knockdown, co-immunoprecipitation |
Epigenetics & chromatin |
Medium |
22053792
|
| 2011 |
Miz-1 is required at the pre-TCR β-selection checkpoint; Miz-1-deficient DN3 cells fail to express pre-TCR at the surface and show elevated expression of p53 target genes. Only combined re-expression of rearranged TCRαβ and Bcl2 rescues the block. |
Conditional knockout, gene expression analysis, genetic rescue |
Journal of immunology |
High |
21841135
|
| 2013 |
Miz-1 activates transcription upon binding a non-palindromic sequence in core promoters; Miz1 target genes include regulators of autophagy and vesicular transport. Deletion of Miz1 POZ domain in CNS causes defective autophagic flux and cerebellar neurodegeneration. |
ChIP-Seq, biochemical analysis, Nestin-Cre conditional knockout, autophagy flux assays (p62/ubiquitin accumulation) |
Nature communications |
High |
24088869
|
| 2013 |
Miz1 suppresses LPS-induced inflammation by being phosphorylated at Ser178 after stimulation, enabling recruitment of HDAC1 to the C/EBP-δ gene promoter to repress its transcription and terminate the inflammatory response. |
Conditional POZ-domain knockout mouse, phosphorylation site mutagenesis, ChIP for HDAC1, inflammatory cytokine assays |
Nature immunology |
High |
23525087
|
| 2013 |
In vivo, Mule/Huwe1 suppresses Ras-driven tumorigenesis by preventing accumulation of c-Myc/Miz1 transcriptional complexes that repress p21 and p15; Mule-deficient keratinocyte tumorigenesis could be reversed by concomitant c-Myc knockout or Miz1 knockdown. |
Conditional knockout mouse (K14Cre;Mule flox/flox), Miz1 knockdown, genetic epistasis with c-Myc KO |
Genes & development |
High |
23699408
|
| 2013 |
Miz1 regulates Hedgehog signaling by binding Smo and Gli2; Miz1 overexpression increases Gli reporter activity, and Smo activation induces Miz1 translocation to primary cilia with Smo and Gli2. Miz1 translocates to the nucleus in a Smo-dependent manner and is required for Gli2 nuclear translocation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, Gli reporter assays, confocal imaging of primary cilia, Miz1 knockdown, allograft tumor model |
PloS one |
Medium |
23671675
|
| 2014 |
Miz-1 directly activates the ribosomal protein L22 (Rpl22) gene; Rpl22 protein binds p53 mRNA and negatively regulates its translation, thereby limiting p53-dependent apoptosis in pro-B and DN3a pre-T cells undergoing V(D)J recombination. |
ChIP, gene expression analysis, conditional KO, Rpl22 rescue experiments, translational assays |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
25468973
|
| 2014 |
Crystal structures of heterodimeric POZ domains of Miz1/BCL6 and Miz1/NAC1 were solved, revealing the structural basis for POZ domain heteromeric interactions relevant to B-cell lymphoma and ovarian carcinoma. |
X-ray crystallography of forced heterodimers, tethered POZ domain purification strategy |
Acta crystallographica Section F |
High |
25484205
|
| 2014 |
Nac1 interacts with Miz1 through a heterodimeric POZ domain interaction, relocalizes Miz1 to nuclear bodies, and suppresses p21Cip1 expression; Nac1 knockdown increases Miz1 target gene p21Cip1 in ovarian cancer cells. |
Chemical crosslinking, co-immunoprecipitation, confocal imaging, siRNA knockdown with p21 expression analysis |
Bioscience reports |
Medium |
24702277
|
| 2014 |
EBNA3A interacts with Miz-1 in EBV-infected cells, causes a fraction of Miz-1 to translocate from cytoplasm to nucleus, forms a trimeric complex with Miz-1 on its recognition DNA element, prevents Miz-1-nucleophosmin interaction, and represses CDKN2B transcription with H3K27 repressive marks. |
Co-immunoprecipitation at endogenous levels, EMSA, ChIP for H3K27me3, gene expression analysis |
Nucleic acids research |
High |
25092922
|
| 2015 |
ZBTB17 (Miz1) interacts with cysteine and glycine-rich protein 3 (CSRP3/MLP) by yeast 2-hybrid; cardiac myocyte-specific Zbtb17 deletion in mice causes cardiomyopathy and fibrosis after biomechanical stress. ZBTB17 protects cardiomyocytes from apoptosis and regulates hypertrophy in a calcineurin-dependent manner. |
Yeast two-hybrid, conditional cardiac-specific knockout, biomechanical stress model, apoptosis and hypertrophy assays |
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics |
Medium |
26175529
|
| 2016 |
MYC/MIZ1 complex represses core circadian clock genes BMAL1 (ARNTL), CLOCK, and NPAS2, thereby attenuating the circadian clock and promoting cell proliferation; this requires formation of repressive MYC-MIZ1 complexes. |
MYC overexpression/knockdown, MycV394D mutant, reporter assays, gene expression in lymphoma samples |
Nature communications |
High |
27339797
|
| 2016 |
Myc/Miz1 interaction distinguishes medulloblastoma subgroup identity; Myc binds Miz1 strongly (unlike MycN) and suppresses ciliogenesis and reprograms GNP transcriptome through Miz1-dependent repression. Genetic disruption of Myc/Miz1 interaction inhibited Group 3 medulloblastoma development. |
MycV394D mutant mouse models, ChIP, gene expression profiling, tumor development assays |
Cancer cell |
High |
26766587
|
| 2016 |
NMR structural analysis revealed that Miz-1 zinc fingers 3 and 4 form an unusual compact structure that restricts DNA binding of the first four ZF modules; an A86K mutation disrupts this compact structure and increases DNA-binding affinity 30-fold, suggesting ZFs 3–4 function to prevent nonspecific DNA binding during sequence scanning. |
NMR (2D 1H-1H), mutagenesis (A86K), DNA binding affinity measurements |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
28035002
|
| 2017 |
Miz1 controls Schwann cell proliferation by directly repressing the H3K36me2 demethylase Kdm8; loss of Miz1 POZ domain releases Kdm8 repression, causing decreased H3K36me2 at cell-cycle genes and re-entry of adult Schwann cells into the cell cycle, leading to peripheral neuropathy. |
Conditional POZ-domain knockout in Schwann cells, RNA-seq, ChIP, Kdm8 expression analysis |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
29217679
|
| 2020 |
Miz1 acts as a negative regulator of NF-κB signaling in lung epithelial cells; loss of Miz1 causes sustained NF-κB activation and a COPD-like phenotype. Concomitant partial loss of NF-κB/RelA prevents COPD-like phenotype in Miz1-deficient mice. Miz1 also represses ACE2 expression in lung epithelium. |
Lung epithelial conditional knockout, NF-κB/RelA compound knockout, gene expression analysis |
Science advances |
High |
32851183
|
| 2020 |
Myc-Miz1-mediated transcriptional repression of Cebpα and Cebpδ is required for maintaining undifferentiated state and self-renewal capacity of leukemia stem cells in AML; MycV394D (Miz1-binding deficient) AML cells are partially differentiated with reduced LSC frequency. |
MycV394D mutant, MLL-AF9 AML mouse model, colony-forming assay, serial transplantation, gene expression |
Blood |
High |
32040550
|
| 2020 |
Miz1 was identified as an essential regulator of diphthamide biosynthesis via genome-wide CRISPR screen; Miz1 binds directly to the Dph1 proximal promoter via an evolutionarily conserved consensus site to activate Dph1 transcription. |
Genome-wide CRISPR KO screen, ChIP, reporter assays, promoter binding analysis |
PLoS genetics |
High |
33057331
|
| 2021 |
Miz1 sequestrates oncoprotein metadherin (MTDH) in hepatocytes independently of its transcriptional activity, preventing MTDH from promoting NF-κB activation; hepatocyte-specific Miz1 deletion promotes pro-inflammatory cytokine production, macrophage polarization toward pro-inflammatory phenotypes, and HCC. |
Hepatocyte-specific Miz1 knockout, co-immunoprecipitation with MTDH, NF-κB activation assays |
Immunity |
High |
34038747
|
| 2021 |
MYC suppresses loading of nuclear-derived dsRNA onto TLR3 and its subsequent lysosomal degradation via association with MIZ1; MYC/MIZ1 complex suppresses TBK1 activation and downstream MHC class I expression in PDAC, enabling immune evasion. |
MYC deletion in PDAC mouse model, TBK1 KO rescue, dsRNA vesicular trafficking analysis, MIZ1 co-association |
Cancer research |
High |
34145038
|
| 2021 |
Miz1 directly binds to and represses the ACE2 promoter in mouse and human lung epithelial cells. |
ChIP, reporter assays in lung epithelial cells |
Frontiers in immunology |
Medium |
34305888
|
| 2021 |
MXD proteins activate transcription of Miz1 target genes p15 and p21 by interacting with MIZ1; MXD mutants deficient in MIZ1 binding cannot activate MYC-repressed genes even while retaining MAX interaction. |
Reporter assays, MXD/MIZ1 binding mutants, DNA binding assays |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
33914337
|
| 2022 |
Miz1 promotes KRAS-driven lung tumorigenesis by directly binding the Pcdh10 promoter to repress its expression; silencing Pcdh10 rescues the anti-proliferative and anti-tumorigenic effects of Miz1 loss in mutant KRAS tumor cells. |
Conditional KO in KRAS mouse model, ChIP, RNA-seq, Pcdh10 rescue experiments |
Cancer letters |
High |
36538983
|
| 2022 |
Miz1 directly represses IL-12 in lung epithelial cells and dendritic cells by binding the Il12 promoter and recruiting HDAC1, thereby preventing Th1 skewing and promoting allergic asthma pathogenesis. |
Cell-specific conditional KO, ChIP-seq, ChIP-qPCR, HDAC1 recruitment assays, cytokine measurement |
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology |
High |
35833903
|
| 2023 |
ZBTB17 interacts with nuclear receptor RXRA; ZBTB17 knockdown activates RXRA-dependent ITPR2-mediated intracellular calcium signaling, causing mitochondrial dysfunction, ROS accumulation, DNA damage, and cellular senescence. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ZBTB17 knockdown, calcium imaging, ITPR2 knockdown epistasis |
FASEB journal |
Medium |
37698375
|
| 2023 |
Miz1 binds peroxiredoxin 6 (PRDX6) in hepatocyte cytosol, retaining it there and blocking its interaction with mitochondrial Parkin at Cys431, thereby enabling Parkin-mediated mitophagy. In NASH, TNFα-induced E3-ubiquitination of Miz1 causes its degradation, releasing PRDX6 to inhibit mitophagy and propagate a TNFα/Miz1 positive feedback loop. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, mass spectrometry, hepatocyte-specific Miz1 KO, human NASH liver organoids, mitophagy assays |
Journal of hepatology |
High |
37040844
|
| 2024 |
MIZ1 induces TMBIM4 (an anti-apoptotic protein that regulates IP3R-mediated Ca2+ mobilization downstream of BCR signaling) specifically in IgG1+ GC B cells; MIZ1-TMBIM4 axis prevents excessive Ca2+ accumulation and mitochondrial dysfunction specifically in IgG1+ B cells during positive selection. |
CRISPR-Cas9 screen in GC B cells, conditional mouse genetics, Ca2+ mobilization assays, mitochondrial function assays |
Science immunology |
High |
38579014
|
| 2024 |
Miz1 epigenetically represses Ifna and Ifnb gene promoters by recruiting HDAC1; during influenza A virus infection, CUL4B-mediated ubiquitination and degradation of Mule (HUWE1) leads to Miz1 accumulation, which limits type I IFN production and favors viral replication. |
Miz1 loss-of-function in mouse lung epithelial cells, ChIP for HDAC1, in vitro and in vivo IAV infection, Mule/CUL4B degradation assays |
Science signaling |
High |
38593156
|