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ARHGEF37
Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 37
Chromosome 5 · 5q32
NCBI Gene: 389337Ensembl: ENSG00000183111.13HGNC: HGNC:34430UniProt: A1IGU5
11PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
clathrin-dependent endocytosisguanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activitycytoplasmovarian neoplasmnephrotic syndromekeratoconusesophageal carcinoma
✦AI Summary

ARHGEF37 is a Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor that functions as a regulatory protein in clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME). Structurally, ARHGEF37 contains a unique BAR domain and exhibits phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate-dependent protein-membrane interactions 1. Mechanistically, ARHGEF37 accumulates at dynamin 2-rich late endocytic sites and enhances endocytosis rates, suggesting a role in fine-tuning the late stages of CME 1. Beyond endocytosis, ARHGEF37 functions as a direct activator of the small GTPase Cdc42, which promotes invadopodia formation and trans-endothelial migration in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells 2. Clinically, ARHGEF37 overexpression is associated with poor prognosis in HCC, correlating with tumor invasiveness, pulmonary metastasis, and advanced disease stage 2, 3. Additionally, elevated ARHGEF37 expression has been identified in benign prostatic hyperplasia and correlates with MAPK pathway dysregulation 4. Pharmacologically, Cdc42 inhibition with ZCL278 suppresses ARHGEF37-mediated HCC metastasis in vivo 2, identifying the ARHGEF37/Cdc42 axis as a potential therapeutic target for cancer progression.

Sources cited
1
ARHGEF37 contains a BAR domain, exhibits PI(4,5)P2-dependent membrane interactions, accumulates at dynamin 2-rich late endocytic sites, and increases endocytosis rates
PMID: 30926623
2
ARHGEF37 overexpression is upregulated in HCC, promotes extravasation and lung metastasis, directly activates Cdc42 to promote invadopodia formation, and is associated with poor prognosis
PMID: 35869555
3
ARHGEF37 is part of a prognostic Cox model for HCC that predicts unfavorable overall survival, large tumor size, poor pathological grade, and advanced stage
PMID: 37903971
4
ARHGEF37 is upregulated in benign prostatic hyperplasia and associates with MAPK signaling pathway dysregulation
PMID: 41306978
⚠Limited data available — This gene has 4 indexed publications. Summary and analysis may be incomplete.
Disease Associationsⓘ20
ovarian neoplasmOpen Targets
0.34Weak
nephrotic syndromeOpen Targets
0.25Weak
keratoconusOpen Targets
0.10Suggestive
esophageal carcinomaOpen Targets
0.09Suggestive
corneal degenerationOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
hepatocellular carcinomaOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
actinic keratosisOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
cataractOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
neoplasmOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
insomniaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
trauma complicationOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
corneal dystrophyOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
breast benign neoplasmOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
gastric carcinomaOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
benign prostatic hyperplasiaOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
LeishmaniasisOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
cancerOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
fibromyalgiaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
colorectal carcinomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Persistent Müllerian duct syndromeOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
GPR107Shared pathway100%BIN3Protein interaction76%DNAJC6Shared pathway33%GAS7Shared pathway33%LMBRD1Shared pathway33%STON1Shared pathway25%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Bone Marrow
100%
Heart
94%
Brain
63%
Ovary
25%
Lung
18%
Liver
14%
Gene Interaction Network
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ARHGEF37GPR107BIN3DNAJC6GAS7LMBRD1STON1
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt A1IGU5
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
0.96LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.77 [0.62–0.96]
RankingsWhere ARHGEF37 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #16,669of 20,598
    Most Researched11
  • #9,089of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)0.96
Genes detectedARHGEF37
Sources retrieved4 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
4
1
Integrated analysis of histone lysine lactylation (Kla)-specific genes suggests that NR6A1, OSBP2 and UNC119B are novel therapeutic targets for hepatocellular carcinoma.
PMID: 37903971
Sci Rep · 2023
1.00
2
ArhGEF37 assists dynamin 2 during clathrin-mediated endocytosis.
PMID: 30926623
J Cell Sci · 2019
0.75
3
ARHGEF37 overexpression promotes extravasation and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma via directly activating Cdc42.
PMID: 35869555
J Exp Clin Cancer Res · 2022
0.50
4
Mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway and four genes involved in the development of benign prostatic hyperplasia:
PMID: 41306978
Front Immunol · 2025
0.25