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. |
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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