A lncRNA from the FTO locus acts as an inhibitor of mRNA m6A methylation and p53 tumor suppression
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ABSTRACT: The FTO gene locus has been linked to cancer and obesity through encoded N6-methyladenosine (m6A) demethylase FTO or inherited genomic variants (e.g. intronic single-nucleotide polymorphisms). Here we demonstrate that FTO-IT1, a long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) transcribed from a FTO gene intron, is upregulated during prostate cancer (PCa) progression and positively correlated with poor survival of patients with tumors only expressing wild-type p53. We show that RBM15, a mRNA/substrate binding subunit of the m6A methyltransferase complex binds and increases mRNA m6A methylation and stability of p53 transcriptional target genes; however, FTO-IT1 overexpression abolishes these effects by blocking RBM15 binding of p53 target gene mRNAs. Therapeutic targeting of FTO-IT1 restores mRNA m6A level and p53 signaling and inhibits PCa tumor growth in mice. Our study identifies FTO-IT1 lncRNA as a bono fide inhibitor of m6A methylation and p53 tumor suppression and nominates FTO-IT1 as a potential biomarker and therapeutic target of cancer.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE212043 | GEO | 2023/07/08
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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