Inhibition of YTHDF2 triggers proteotoxic cell death in MYC-driven breast cancer
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ABSTRACT: We found in this study through targeted CRISPR-Cas9 screening of RBPs that disrupting YTHDF2-dependent degradation of its target transcripts triggers apoptosis of MYC-dependent cancer cells and tumors. Enhanced CLIP (eCLIP), m6A-sequencing (m6A-seq) and YTHDF2 knockdown followed by RNA-seq analysis of YTHDF2-m6A-mRNA interactions revealed extensive associations with mRNAs encoding MAPK pathway genes that when stabilized, induce epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and stress-induced apoptosis. scRibo-STAMP profiling of translating mRNAs revealed global alterations in the translatome of single cells in YTHDF2-depleted solid tumors. Thus, our work highlights the therapeutic relevance of RBPs by uncovering the critical role of YTHDF2 in counteracting the global increase of mRNA synthesis in MYC-driven cancers.
ORGANISM(S): synthetic construct Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE137258 | GEO | 2021/07/02
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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