PERSONAL INTRODUCTION

EDUCATION

• B.S. in Biology, Shandong University, China

• Ph.D. in Cell biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Research Assistant, Department of Pathology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, China

• Research Assistant, Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Children’s Research Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA

• Principal Investigator, 2019-current, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell

• Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Epigenetic regulation influences cell fate by controlling global gene expression in various cellular processes. On the other hand, epigenetic factors are also found to be mutated in many types of cancers. Our lab is interested in understanding the mechanisms how epigenetic factors regulate cell behavior and tissue regeneration under chronic injury. We also focus on how epigenetic dysfunction leads to cancer initiation and development. The long-term goal of our lab is to improve tissue regeneration while prevent cancer through epigenetic regulation.

GRANTS

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI 31970587, PI 32170609)

• National Key Research and Development Program of China (Co-investigator 2021YFC2700802)

• Innovative Research Team of High-Level Local Universities in Shanghai (SHSMU-ZDCX20212000)

• Foundation of Shanghai Oriental Scholar (PI TP2018045)

PUBLICATIONS

1. Xubiao Wei, Lulu Zhang, Yinlong Yang, Yanfei Hou,Yifang Xu, Zhimeng Wang,Huili Su, Fangping Han, Jing Han, Peiyuan Liu, Shuiqing Hu, Matthew D. Koci, Xuxu Sun # (co-corresponding author) and Conggang Zhang#. LL-37 transports immunoreactive cGAMP to activate STING signaling and enhance interferon-mediated host antiviral immunity. Cell Rep. 2022 May 31;39(9):110880. PMID: 35649354

2. Fei Chen, Hongyu Yan, Chu Guo, Huiqin Zhu, Jing Yi, Xuxu Sun, Jie Yang. Assessment of SENP3-interacting proteins in hepatocytes treated with diethylnitrosamine by BioID assay. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 2021 Aug 31;53(9):1237-1246. PMID: 34312671

3. Ruogu Pan, Zhiqing Yuan, Yingbin Liu, Xuxu Sun, Guiyang Wang, Xiaopen Wang, Junwen Qu, Jian Wang, Jie Yang, Yuzheng Zhao, Yi Yang, Kewei Li. A redox probe screens MTHFD1 as a determinant of gemcitabine chemoresistance in cholangiocarcinoma. Cell Death Discorv 2021 May 1;7(1):89. PMID: 33934113

4. Ming Xiao, Qi Bian, Yimin Lao, Jing Yi, Xueqing Sun, Xuxu Sun# (co-corresponding author), Jie Yang#. SENP3 loss promotes M2 macrophage polarization and breast cancer progression. Molecular oncology 2021 May, 1878-0261. PMID:

5. Zixi Wang, Kenian Chen, Yuemeng Jia, Jen-Chieh Chuang, Xuxu Sun, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Cemre Celen, Lin Li, Fang Huang, Xin Liu, Diego H. Castrillon, Tao Wang, Hao Zhu. Dual ARID1A/ARID1B loss leads to rapid carcinogenesis and disruptive redistribution of BAF complexes. Nature Cancer 2020 September, 1, 909–922. PMID: 34386776

6. Yongxing Zhang, Kai Yang, Jie Yang, Yimin Lao, Lianfu Deng, Guoying Deng, Jing Yi#, Xuxu Sun# (co-corresponding author), Qiugen Wang#. SENP3 Suppresses Osteoclastogenesis by De-conjugating SUMO2/3 from IRF8 in Bone Marrow-Derived Monocytes. Cell Reports 2020 February 11; 30, 1951–1963. e4. PMID: 32049023

7. Sam C Wang, Ibrahim Nassour, Shu Xiao, Shuyuan Zhang, Xin Luo, Jeon Lee, Lin Li, Xuxu Sun, Liem H Nguyen, Jen-Chieh Chuang, Lan Peng, Scott Daigle, Jeanne Shen, Hao Zhu. SWI/SNF component ARID1A restrains pancreatic neoplasia formation. Gut 2019 Jul;68(7):1259-1270. PMID: 30315093

8. Austin Moore,Linwei Wu, Jen-Chieh Chuang, Xuxu Sun, Xin Luo, Purva Gopal, Lin Li, Cemre Celen, Michael Zimmer, Hao Zhu. Arid1a loss drives non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in mice via epigenetic dysregulation of hepatic lipogenesis and fatty acid oxidation. Hepatology 2019 May; 69(5):1931-1945 PMID: 30584660

9. Xuxu Sun*, Sam C. Wang*, Yonglong Wei, Xin Luo, Yuemeng Jia, Lin Li, Purva Gopal, Min Zhu, Ibrahim Nassour, Jen-Chieh Chuang, Thomas Maples, Cemre Celen, Liem H. Nguyen, Linwei Wu, Shunjun Fu, Weiping Li, Lijian Hui, Feng Tian, Yuan Ji, Shuyuan Zhang, Mahsa Sorouri, Tae Hyun Hwang, Lynda Letzig, Laura James, Zixi Wang, Adam C. Yopp, Amit G. Singal, Hao Zhu. Arid1a has context-dependent oncogenic and tumor suppressor functions in liver cancer. Cancer Cell 2017, Nov 13; 32 (5), p574–589. e6. PMID: 29136504

10. Cemre Celen, Jen-Chieh Chuang, Xin Luo, Nadine Nijem, Angela K Walker, Fei Chen, Shuyuan Zhang, Andrew S Chung, Liem H Nguyen, Ibrahim Nassour, Albert Budhipramono, Xuxu Sun, Levinus A Bok, Meriel McEntagart, Evelien F Gevers, Shari G Birnbaum, Amelia J Eisch, Craig M Powell, Woo-Ping Ge, Gijs WE Santen, Maria Chahrour, and Hao Zhu. Arid1b haploinsufficient mice reveal neuropsychiatric phenotypes and reversible causes of growth impairment. ELife 2017 Jul 11; 6. pii: e25730. PMID: 28695822

11. Kai Yang, Ming Wang, Yuzheng Zhao, Xuxu Sun, Yi Yang, Xie Li, Aiwu Zhou, Huilin Chu, Hu Zhou, Jianrong Xu, Mian Wu, Jie Yang,a, and Jing Yi. A redox mechanism underlying nucleolar stress sensing by nucleophosmin. Nat Communication. 2016 Nov 25; 7:13599. PMID: 27886181

12. Xuxu Sun, Jen-Chieh Chuang, Mohammed Kanchwala, Linwei Wu, Cemre Celen, Lin Li, Hanquan Liang, Shuyuan Zhang, Thomas Maples, Liem H. Nguyen, Sam C. Wang, Robert A.J. Signer, Mahsa Sorouri, Ibrahim Nassour, Xin Liu, Jian Xu, Meng Wu, Yong Zhao, Yi-Chun Kuo, Zhong Wang, Chao Xing, Hao Zhu. Suppression of the SWI/SNF component Arid1a promotes mammalian regeneration. Cell Stem Cell 2016 Apr 7; 18(4):456-466. PMID: 27044474

13. Chi-Man Koon, Chun-Hay Ko, Xu-Xu Sun, Sandy Wan-Heng Hoi, Jacqueline Chor-Wing Tam, David Wing-Shing Cheung, King-Fai Cheng, Suet-Yee Pang, Wing-Man Lo, Ping Chook, Clara Bik-San Lau, Wai-Yee Chan, Ping-Chung Leung, Timothy Chi-Yui Kwok, Kwok-Pui Fung. Gene Expression Profiling on the Molecular Action of Danshen-Gegen Formula in a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Postmenopausal Women with Hypercholesterolemia. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2013, 2013: 703705 PMID: 24174980

14. Wenming Cong, Hui Dong, Lu Tan, Xuxu Sun, Mengchao Wu. Surgicopathological classification of hepatic space-occupying lesions: a single-center experience with literature review. World J Gastroenterology 2011, 17(19):2372-8. PMID: 21633636

15. Shan Yan*, Xuxu Sun*(Co-first author), Binggang Xiang, Hui Cang, Xunlei Kang, Yuying Chen, Hui Li, Guiying Shi, Edward T H Yeh, Beilei Wang, Xiangrui Wang, Jing Yi. Redox regulation of the stability of the SUMO protease SENP3 via interactions with CHIP and Hsp90. EMBO J 2010 Nov17; 29(22):3773-86. PMID: 20924358

16. Yan Han, Chao Huang, Xuxu Sun, Binggang Xiang, Edward T H Yeh, Yuying Chen, Hui Li, Guiying Shi, Hui Cang, Yueping Sun, Jian Wang, Wei Wang, Fei Gao, Jing Yi. SENP3-mediated de-conjugation of SUMO2/3 from promyelocytic leukemia is correlated with accelerated cell proliferation under mild oxidative stress. J Biol Chem 2010 Apr23; 285(17): 12906-15. PMID: 20181954

17. Chao Huang, Yan Han, Yumei Wang, Xuxu Sun, Shan Yan, Edward T H Yeh, Yuying Chen, Hui Cang, Hui Li, Guiying Shi, Jinke Cheng, Xueming Tang, Jing Yi. SENP3 is responsible for HIF-1 transactivation under mild oxidative stress via p300 de-SUMOylation. EMBO J 2009 Sep 16; 28(18): 2748-62. PMID: 19680224

18. Yong Zuo, Binggang Xiang, Jie Yang, Xuxu Sun, Hui Cang, Ying Wang, Jing Yi. Oxidative modification of caspase-9 facilitates its activation via disulfide-mediated interaction with Apaf-1. Cell Res 2009 Apr; 19(4): 449-57. PMID: 19238172