scholarly journals m6A RNA Methylation Regulators Act as Potential Prognostic Biomarkers in Lung Adenocarcinoma

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongbo Wang ◽  
Xiangxuan Zhao ◽  
Zaiming Lu

N6-methyladenosine [m(6)A/m6A] methylation is one of the most common RNA modifications in eukaryotic cell mRNA and plays an important regulatory role in mRNA metabolism, splicing, translocation, stability, and translation. Previous studies have demonstrated that the m6A modification is highly associated with tumor cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. In the present study, five m6A regulatory factors have been revealed, namely heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2/B1(HNRNPA2B1), heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein C (HNRNPC), Vir like m6A methyltransferase associated protein (KIAA1429/VIRMA), RNA binding motif protein 15 (RBM15) and methyltransferase like 3 (METTL3), which are closely related to the overall survival (OS) of patients with lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). These five m6A regulatory factors exhibited potential prognostic value for the 1, 3, and 5-years survival outcomes of LUAD patients. Our findings revealed that several signaling pathways, such as cell cycle, DNA replication, RNA degradation, RNA polymerase, nucleotide excision repair and basal transcription factors, are activated in the high-risk group of LUAD patients.

Oncogene ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuxia Yan ◽  
Peng Zeng ◽  
Xiuqin Zhou ◽  
Xiaoying Zhao ◽  
Runqiang Chen ◽  
...  

AbstractThe prognosis for patients with metastatic bladder cancer (BCa) is poor, and it is not improved by current treatments. RNA-binding motif protein X-linked (RBMX) are involved in the regulation of the malignant progression of various tumors. However, the role of RBMX in BCa tumorigenicity and progression remains unclear. In this study, we found that RBMX was significantly downregulated in BCa tissues, especially in muscle-invasive BCa tissues. RBMX expression was negatively correlated with tumor stage, histological grade and poor patient prognosis. Functional assays demonstrated that RBMX inhibited BCa cell proliferation, colony formation, migration, and invasion in vitro and suppressed tumor growth and metastasis in vivo. Mechanistic investigations revealed that hnRNP A1 was an RBMX-binding protein. RBMX competitively inhibited the combination of the RGG motif in hnRNP A1 and the sequences flanking PKM exon 9, leading to the formation of lower PKM2 and higher PKM1 levels, which attenuated the tumorigenicity and progression of BCa. Moreover, RBMX inhibited aerobic glycolysis through hnRNP A1-dependent PKM alternative splicing and counteracted the PKM2 overexpression-induced aggressive phenotype of the BCa cells. In conclusion, our findings indicate that RBMX suppresses BCa tumorigenicity and progression via an hnRNP A1-mediated PKM alternative splicing mechanism. RBMX may serve as a novel prognostic biomarker for clinical intervention in BCa.


2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 3521-3533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda D. Kosturko ◽  
Michael J. Maggipinto ◽  
George Korza ◽  
Joo Won Lee ◽  
John H. Carson ◽  
...  

Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) A2 is a trans-acting RNA-binding protein that mediates trafficking of RNAs containing the cis-acting A2 response element (A2RE). Previous work has shown that A2RE RNAs are transported to myelin in oligodendrocytes and to dendrites in neurons. hnRNP E1 is an RNA-binding protein that regulates translation of specific mRNAs. Here, we show by yeast two-hybrid analysis, in vivo and in vitro coimmunoprecipitation, in vitro cross-linking, and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy that hnRNP E1 binds to hnRNP A2 and is recruited to A2RE RNA in an hnRNP A2-dependent manner. hnRNP E1 is colocalized with hnRNP A2 and A2RE mRNA in granules in dendrites of oligodendrocytes. Overexpression of hnRNP E1 or microinjection of exogenous hnRNP E1 in neural cells inhibits translation of A2RE mRNA, but not of non-A2RE RNA. Excess hnRNP E1 added to an in vitro translation system reduces translation efficiency of A2RE mRNA, but not of nonA2RE RNA, in an hnRNP A2-dependent manner. These results are consistent with a model where hnRNP E1 recruited to A2RE RNA granules by binding to hnRNP A2 inhibits translation of A2RE RNA during granule transport.


Tumor Biology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 101042831769174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guofang Guan ◽  
Ranwei Li ◽  
Wenfang Tang ◽  
Tiecheng Liu ◽  
Zhenzhong Su ◽  
...  

This study assessed RNA-binding motif 10 expression in lung adenocarcinoma tissues and examined the role and mechanism of RNA-binding motif 10 in the regulation of lung adenocarcinoma malignancy. Lung adenocarcinoma and corresponding adjacent non-tumor lung tissues from 41 patients were subjected to reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Western blot assessment to detect RNA-binding motif 10 expression. Recombinant lentivirus carrying RNA-binding motif 10 complementary DNA was used to infect lung adenocarcinoma cell lines, A549 and H1299 cells. Complementary DNA microarray was used to profile RNA-binding motif 10–regulated genes. Levels of RNA-binding motif 10 messenger RNA and protein were significantly lower in lung adenocarcinoma tissues than those in paired non-tumor tissues (p < 0.001). Reduced RNA-binding motif 10 expression was found to be associated with an advanced tumor stage. RNA-binding motif 10 overexpression inhibited viability and colony formation capacity of lung adenocarcinoma cell lines and induced cell-cycle arrest at G0/G1 phase in A549 cells and at S phase in H1299 cells. Complementary DNA microarray analysis identified 304 upregulated and 386 downregulated genes induced by RNA-binding motif 10 overexpression, which may be involved in cancer, focal adhesion, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor–regulated gene pathway, cytokine–cytokine receptor interaction, mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling, complement and coagulation cascades, platelet amyloid precursor protein pathway, extracellular matrix-receptor interaction, and small cell lung cancer–related genes. Expression of FGF2, EGFR, WNT5A, NF-κB, and RAP1A was downregulated, whereas expression of AKT2, BIRC3, and JUN was upregulated. RNA-binding motif 10 messenger RNA and protein were reduced in lung adenocarcinoma tissues, and RNA-binding motif 10 overexpression inhibited lung adenocarcinoma cancer cell malignant behavior in vitro. Molecularly, RNA-binding motif 10 regulates many gene pathways involving in the tumor development or progression.


1999 ◽  
Vol 338 (2) ◽  
pp. 417-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mate TOLNAY ◽  
Lyudmila A. VERESHCHAGINA ◽  
George C. TSOKOS

Complement receptor 2 (CR2) is important in the regulation of the B lymphocyte response; the regulation of its expression is therefore of central importance. We recently reported that a 42 kDa heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) is involved in the transcriptional regulation of the human CR2 gene [Tolnay, Lambris and Tsokos (1997) J. Immunol. 159, 5492–5501]. We cloned the cDNA encoding this protein and found it to be identical with hnRNP D0B, a sequence-specific RNA-binding protein. By using a set of mutated oligonucleotides, we demonstrated that the recombinant hnRNP D0B displays sequence specificity for double-stranded oligonucleotide defined by the CR2 promoter. We conducted electrophoretic mobility-shift assays to estimate the apparent Kd of hnRNP D0B for the double-stranded DNA motif and found it to be 59 nM. Interestingly, hnRNP D0B displayed affinities of 28 and 18 nM for the sense and anti-sense strands of the CR2 promoter-defined oligonucleotide respectively. The significantly greater binding affinity of hnRNP D0B for single-stranded DNA than for double-stranded DNA suggests that the protein might melt the double helix. The intranuclear concentration of sequence-specific protein was estimated to be 250–400 nM, indicating that the protein binds to the CR2 promoter in vivo. Co-precipitation of a complex formed in vivo between hnRNP D0B and the TATA-binding protein demonstrates that hnRNP D0B interacts with the basal transcription apparatus. Our results suggest a new physiological role for hnRNP D0B that involves binding to double- and single-stranded DNA sequences in a specific manner and functioning as a transcription factor.


Biochemistry ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 33 (27) ◽  
pp. 8272-8281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousif Shamoo ◽  
Norzehan Abdul-Manan ◽  
Ann M. Patten ◽  
Janet K. Crawford ◽  
Matthew C. Pellegrini ◽  
...  

Oncogene ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (38) ◽  
pp. 5000-5009 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Sakurai ◽  
K Isogaya ◽  
S Sakai ◽  
M Morikawa ◽  
Y Morishita ◽  
...  

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