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. 2016 Nov 11;24(2):200–211. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2016.122

Table 1. List of PIN1 actions on cellular substrates identified in breast cancer.

Protein PIN1-binding motifs Kinase PIN1 function Cellular effect/phenotype in BC cells Synergy between PIN1 inhibition and known drugs Refs.
AKT/PKB Thr92, Thr450 ND Stabilization Cell survival   65
β-catenin Ser246 ND Stabilization and nuclear localization Enhanced transcriptional activity   3, 17
Cyclin D1 Thr286 GSK-3β Increased expression, stabilization, and nuclear localization Cell cycle progression, enhanced proliferation   17, 18
Cyclin E Ser384 CDK2 Regulation of protein stability Cell cycle progression   3, 17, 53
c-JUN Ser63, Ser73 JNK Enhancement of transcriptional activity Enhanced proliferation   9, 17
c-MYC Thr58, Ser62 ERK, GSK-3β Regulation of protein stability and transcriptional activity Enhanced growth and metabolism   15, 53
ERα Ser118, Ser294 MAPK, ERK, CDK2 Stabilization, enhanced DNA binding and transcriptional activity Enhanced proliferation of ER+ BC cells, resistance to hormone therapy Tamoxifen 17, 26
ERBB2/HER2 ND ND Stabilization Enhanced proliferation of HER2+ BC Rapamycin 10
FAK Ser910 ERK Promotes interaction with PTP-PEST Enhanced HRAS-dependent migration, invasion and metastatic spread   62
FBXW7 Thr205 ND Degradation Enhanced cell proliferation   55
HIF-1α Ser641, Ser643 ERK MAPK Stabilization and promotion of transcriptional activity Induction of angiogenesis and endocrine therapy resistance   34
MCL-1 Thr92, Thr163 ERK Stabilization Chemoresistance Sorafenib 11
Mutant p53 Ser46, Ser315 AURKA/B Enhances transcriptional activity and sequestration of p63 Enhanced mutant p53 pro-metastatic activities   13
STAT3 Ser727 ND Promotes transcriptional activity Promotion of EMT   60
NF-κB Thr254 ND Stabilization and nuclear localization Enhanced transcriptional activity   3, 17
Notch1 Ser2122, Thr2133, Ser2137, Thr2512 ND Processing of the membrane bound receptor, stabilization of the intracellular domain Enhanced transcription, proliferation, CSCs self-renewal, tumorigenicity, chemoresistance GSI (gamma secretase inhibitors) 12, 14
Notch4 ND ND Stabilization of the intracellular domain Enhanced CSCs self-renewal and tumorigenicity   14
PML Ser403, Ser505, Ser518, Ser527 ERK Degradation Enhanced cell proliferation   3, 17
pRB Ser608, Ser612 CDK2/4/6 Hyper-phosphorylation and inactivation Cell cycle progression, growth of Tamoxifen- resistant cells PI3 Kinase Inhibitors 3, 17, 52
PTP-PEST Ser571 ERK Promotes interaction with FAK HRAS-dependent migration, invasion and metastatic spread   62
RUNX3 Thr209, Thr212, Thr231, Ser214 ND Degradation Repression of RUNX3 transcriptional activity   3, 17
SMRT Ser1241, Ser1469 CDK2 Degradation Increased ER gene expression and cell proliferation   29, 31

Abbreviation: ND, not determined