Essential role of ALKBH5-mediated RNA demethylation modification in bile acid-induced gastric intestinal metaplasia
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Project description:Reflux of bile acids and subsequent caudal-related homeobox 2 (CDX2) activation contribute to gastric intestinal metaplasia (IM), which is a precursor of gastric cancer. However, the underlying mechanism by which bile acids cause this is not entirely clear. Here we demonstrated that alkylation repair homolog protein 5 (ALKBH5), which is a major RNA N6-adenosine demethylase, was required for bile acid-induced gastric IM. Mechanistically, we revealed the N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification profile in gastric IM for the first time and identified ZNF333 as a bona fide m6A target of ALKBH5. ALKBH5 was shown to demethylate ZNF333 mRNA, leading to enhanced ZNF333 expression by abolishing m6A-YTHDF2-dependent mRNA degradation. In addition, ALKBH5 activated CDX2 and downstream intestinal markers by targeting the ZNF333/CYLD axis and activating NF-κB signaling. Reciprocally, p65, which is the key transcription factor of the canonical NF-κB pathway, enhanced the transcription activity of ALKBH5 in the nucleus, thus forming a positive feed-forward circuit. In addition, ALKBH5 levels were positively correlated with ZNF333 and CDX2 in IM tissues, indicating a significant clinical relevance. Collectively, our findings suggest an m6A modification-associated positive feed-forward loop between ALKBH5 and NF-κB signaling is involved in the generation of the IM phenotype from gastric epithelial cells. Targeting the ALKBH5/ZNF333/CYLD/CDX2 axis might be a useful therapeutic strategy for gastric IM in patients with bile regurgitation.
2021-10-14 | GSE179185 | GEO
Project description:Bile acid reflux and subsequent caudal-related homeobox 2 (CDX2) activation contribute to gastric intestinal metaplasia (IM), a precursor of gastric cancer; however, the mechanism underlying this phenomenon is unclear. Here, we demonstrate that alkylation repair homolog protein 5 (ALKBH5), a major RNA N6-adenosine demethylase, is required for bile acid-induced gastric IM. Mechanistically, we revealed the N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification profile in gastric IM for the first time and identified ZNF333 as a novel m6A target of ALKBH5. ALKBH5 was shown to demethylate ZNF333 mRNA, leading to enhanced ZNF333 expression by abolishing m6A-YTHDF2-dependent mRNA degradation. In addition, ALKBH5 activated CDX2 and downstream intestinal markers by targeting the ZNF333/CYLD axis and activating NF-κB signaling. Reciprocally, p65, the key transcription factor of the canonical NF-κB pathway, enhanced the transcription activity of ALKBH5 in the nucleus, thus forming a positive feedforward circuit. Furthermore, ALKBH5 levels were positively correlated with ZNF333 and CDX2 levels in IM tissues, indicating significant clinical relevance. Collectively, our findings suggest that an m6A modification-associated positive feedforward loop between ALKBH5 and NF-κB signaling is involved in generating the IM phenotype of gastric epithelial cells. Targeting the ALKBH5/ZNF333/CYLD/CDX2 axis may be a useful therapeutic strategy for gastric IM in patients with bile regurgitation.
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Project description:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most prevalent internal modification of messenger RNA (mRNA) in higher eukaryotes. Here we report ALKBH5 as a new mammalian demethylase that oxidatively removes the m6A modification in mRNA in vitro and inside cells. This demethylation activity of ALKBH5 significantly affects mRNA export and RNA metabolism as well as the assembly of mRNA processing factors in nuclear speckles. Alkbh5-deficient male mice are characterized by impaired fertility resulting from apoptosis that affects meiotic metaphase-stage spermatocytes. In accordance with this defect, we have identified in mouse testes 1552 differentially expressed genes which cover broad functional categories and include spermatogenesis-related mRNAs involved in the p53 functional interaction network. We show that Alkbh5-deficiency impacts the expression levels of some of these mRNAs, supporting the observed phenotype. The discovery of this new RNA demethylase strongly suggests that the reversible m6A modification plays fundamental and broad functions in mammalian cells. RNA-seq in two cell types
2013-02-15 | E-GEOD-40132 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification is the most prevalent RNA epigenetic regulation in eukaryotic cells. Recent studies focused on the association between m6A and non-coding RNAs. The demethylase ALKBH5 acts as critical oncogenes or tumor suppressors through multiple mechanisms in various cancers. Here, we find that ALKBH5 is highly expressed in GC tissues and is associated with poor prognosis. ALKBH5 promoted the proliferation and metastasis both in vitro and in vivo. ALKBH5 was recruited by LINC00659, which removed m6A modifications of JAK1, leading to the upregulated expression of JAK1.Since ALKBH5 and LINC00659 have oncogenic role in gastric cancer (GC) progression with poor prognosis, ALKBH5-LINC00659/m6A/JAK1 axis can be new biological mechanisms behind GC development and future therapeutic opportunities.
2024-08-17 | GSE182544 | GEO
Project description:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification is the most prevalent RNA epigenetic regulation in eukaryotic cells. Recent studies focused on the association between m6A and non-coding RNAs. The demethylase ALKBH5 acts as critical oncogenes or tumor suppressors through multiple mechanisms in various cancers. Here, we find that ALKBH5 is highly expressed in GC tissues and is associated with poor prognosis. ALKBH5 promoted the proliferation and metastasis both in vitro and in vivo. ALKBH5 was recruited by LINC00659, which removed m6A modifications of JAK1, leading to the upregulated expression of JAK1.Since ALKBH5 and LINC00659 have oncogenic role in gastric cancer (GC) progression with poor prognosis, ALKBH5-LINC00659/m6A/JAK1 axis can be new biological mechanisms behind GC development and future therapeutic opportunities.
2024-08-17 | GSE182543 | GEO
Project description:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification is the most prevalent RNA epigenetic regulation in eukaryotic cells. Recent studies focused on the association between m6A and non-coding RNAs. The demethylase ALKBH5 acts as critical oncogenes or tumor suppressors through multiple mechanisms in various cancers. Here, we find that ALKBH5 is highly expressed in GC tissues and is associated with poor prognosis. ALKBH5 promoted the proliferation and metastasis both in vitro and in vivo. ALKBH5 was recruited by LINC00659, which removed m6A modifications of JAK1, leading to the upregulated expression of JAK1.Since ALKBH5 and LINC00659 have oncogenic role in gastric cancer (GC) progression with poor prognosis, ALKBH5-LINC00659/m6A/JAK1 axis can be new biological mechanisms behind GC development and future therapeutic opportunities.
2024-08-17 | GSE182542 | GEO
Project description:Background: N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most common and abundant mRNA modification, playing an essential role in biological processes and tumor development. However, the role of m6A methylation in skin cutaneous melanoma (SKCM) is not yet clear. This study analyzed the expression of m6A-related functional genes in SKCM and aimed to explore the key demethylase ALKBH5 mediated m6A modification and its potential mechanism in human SKCM. Methods: Based on public databases, the m6A-related gene expression landscape in SKCM was portrayed. MeRIP-Seq and RNA-Seq were used to recognize the downstream target of ALKBH5. In vivo and in vitro functional phenotype and rescue functional experiments were performed to explore the mechanism of the ALKBH5-ABCA1 axis in SKCM. Results: We found ALKBH5 upregulated in SKCM, associated with poor prognosis. ALKBH5 can promote melanoma cell proliferation, colony formation, migration, and invasion and inhibit autophagy in vitro, facilitating tumor growth and metastasis in vivo. We identified ABCA1, a membrane protein that assists cholesterol efflux, as a downstream target of ALKBH5-mediated m6A demethylation. Finally, our data demonstrated that ALKBH5 promoted SKCM via mediating ABCA1 downregulation by reducing ABCA1 mRNA stability in an m6A-dependent manner. Conclusion: Our findings exhibited the functional value of the key demethylase ALKBH5 mediated m6A modification in the progression of SKCM, suggesting ALKBH5 and its target ABCA1 as potential therapeutic targets in SKCM.
2024-02-29 | GSE253795 | GEO
Project description:To investigate whether the ALKBH5-mediated metabolic changes via demethylation of its target mRNA(s) is important in regulating viral response, we mapped the targeting transcripts and binding sites of ALKBH5 in the virus infected cells and uninfected cells by using iCLIP-seq. Biological replicates of iCLIP-seq confirmed that OGDH is the direct targeting transcript of ALKBH5 and the binding capacity of ALKBH5 to OGDH mRNA was decreased upon viral infection. By combining the ALKBH5-iCLIP-seq results with m6A-seq data, we identified that there are overlapped ALKBH5-iCLIP peaks and m6A-seq peaks on OGDH mRNA. Furthermore, other mRNAs, such as GOT2 mRNA, were also the ALKBH5’s targeting transcripts and m6A demethylation substrates. GOT2 is an important metabolic enzyme well known to be involved in host response to viral infection. These data demonstrated that ALKBH5-mediated metabolic rewiring via demethylation of target OGDH mRNA and other transcripts is important in regulating cellular viral replication.
2019-08-22 | GSE134754 | GEO
Project description:Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC) is one of the most common malignant cancers worldwide. However, it is always detected at an advanced stage because of a lack of biomarkers for early diagnosis. Here, we identify the RNA binding motif protein 33 (RBM33) is commonly up-regulated in HNSC and it is essential for tumorigenesis. Mechanistically, RBM33 is an m6A reader protein and forms a complex with ALKBH5. RBM33 plays crucial roles in ALKBH5-mediated mRNA m6A demethylation not only by recruitment ALKBH5 to substrate but also activation its demethylase activity through inhibition it’s SUMOylation. Moreover, global transcriptomic and epitranscriptomic analyses identify that DDIT4 is a functional downstream target gene for RBM33 in HNSC and RBM33-mediated HNSC tumorigenesis by inhibition the mTOR pathway through the inhibition of m6A-dependent DDIT4 mRNA decay. Taken together, our study uncovers a novel molecular mechanism that RBM33/ALKBH5/m6A/DDIT4/mTOR axis regulates HNSC progression through the inhibition of mTOR pathway and targeting RBM33 may be a promising strategy for HNSC treatment.
2023-09-05 | GSE242283 | GEO
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2023-09-05 | GSE242281 | GEO