Therapeutic inhibition of METTL3/miR-146a-5p-guided NOTCH pathway suppresses bladder cancer progression
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ABSTRACT: Bladder cancer characterized by RNA methylation abnormalities and NOTCH pathway dysregulation exhibits high recurrence that remains the major obstacle for bladder cancer treatment. Targeting methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3) and NOTCH signal is a potential strategy to block bladder cancer progression. However, the underlying mechanisms by which METTL3-manipulated NOTCH signal and its effect on bladder cancer tumorigenesis remain to be clarified. Here we showed that METTL3-guided m6A modification methylated pri-miR-146 at the flaking sequence, which was responsible for the pri-miR-146 maturation. Furthermore, NUMB/NOTCH2 axis was identified as the functional downstream target signal that mediated the pro-survival role of miR-146a-5p in bladder cancer cells. Therapeutically, the polypeptide melittin was demonstrated to induce apoptosis of bladder cancer cells in a METTL3-dependent manner. Importantly, METTL3 and miR-146a-5p were positively correlated with recurrence and poor prognosis of bladder cancer patient. Our studies indicate that METTL3/miR-146a-5p/NUMB/NOTCH2 axis could be a potential therapeutic target for recurrent bladder cancer treatment and METTL3 acts as a fate determinant that controls sensitivity of bladder cancer cells to melittin treatment.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE185272 | GEO | 2024/10/01
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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