29Cancerous inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A (CIP2A) is involved in immune 30 response, cancer progression, and in Alzheimer´s disease. However, an 31 understanding of the mechanistic basis of its function in this wide spectrum of 32 physiological and pathological processes is limited due to its poorly characterized 33 interaction networks. Here we present the first systematic characterization of the 34 CIP2A interactome by affinity-purification mass spectrometry combined with validation 35 by selected reaction monitoring targeted mass spectrometry (SRM-MS) analysis in 36 Th17 cells. In addition to the known regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase PP2A, 37 the catalytic subunit of protein PP2A was found to be interacting with CIP2A. 38 Furthermore, the regulatory (PPP1R18, and PPP1R12A) and catalytic (PPP1CA) 39 subunits of phosphatase PP1 were identified among the top novel CIP2A interactors. 40 Evaluation of the ontologies associated with the proteins in this interactome revealed 41 that they were linked with RNA metabolic processing and splicing, protein traffic, 42 cytoskeleton regulation and ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation processes. Taken 43 together, this network of protein-protein interactions will be important for 44 understanding and further exploring the biological processes and mechanisms 45 regulated by CIP2A both in physiological and pathological conditions.46 Monitoring (SRM) targeted mass spectrometry, confocal microscopy, Pathway 48 analysis.49 Highlights: 50 § The first characterisation of the CIP2A interactome in Th17 cells. 51 3 § Key interactions were validated by targeted SRM-MS proteomics, western blot 52 and confocal microscopy. 53 § Pathway analysis of the interactome revealed interrelationships with proteins 54 across a broad range of processes, in particular associated with mRNA 55 processing. 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72PP2A is a recognized tumor suppressor that imparts crucial functions in regulating cell 73 proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis [1] - [7] . Accordingly, down regulation of 74 PP2A has been observed as a feature in many cancers. Cancerous Inhibitor of PP2A 75 (CIP2A) was first characterized as an endogenous inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A 76 (PP2A) in cancer cells [8] . Previous studies have shown that many of the known 77 actions of CIP2A are mediated through inhibition of PP2A [9] , [10] . Overexpression 78 of CIP2A has been associated with the poor prognosis in several human malignancies, 79 and CIP2A has thus been seen as a potential therapeutic target for cancer therapy [8] 80 , [11] , [12] . CIP2A supports the activity of many critical onco-proteins (Akt, MYC, 81 E2F1) and promotes malignancy in most cancer types via PP2A inhibition [8] . 82 Structurally, CIP2A forms a homodimer and this dimerization promotes its interaction 83 with the PP2A regulatory subunits B56a and B56g [13] . Interestingly, inhibition of 84 either CIP2A dimerization or B56a/g expression destabilizes CIP2A in cancer cells ...