Targeted Quantitative Profiling of Epitranscriptomic Reader, Writer and Eraser Proteins in Colorectal Cancer Metastasis

ABSTRACT: Epitranscriptomic reader, writer and eraser (RWE) proteins are involved in the recognition, installation, and removal, respectively, of chemical modifications in RNA, and aberrant expressions of some of these proteins were found to be associated with cancer initiation and progression. Here, we our recently established parallel-reaction monitoring (PRM)-based targeted proteomic method, in conjunction with stable isotope labelling by amino acids in cell culture (SILAC), to investigate the differential expression of epitranscriptomic RWE proteins in a matched pair of primary/metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) cells (i.e., SW480/SW620) derived from the same patient. We were able to detect 113 non-redundant epitranscriptomic RWE proteins in these two lines of cells. We found that 48 and 5 proteins were respectively up- and down-regulated by at least 1.5-fold in SW620 over SW480 cells. Particularly, NAT10, HNRNPC, and DKC1 were markedly up-regulated, and their potential roles in driving CRC metastasis were supported by recent studies. Interrogation of the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) data revealed that the elevated expressions of these and other RWE proteins are also accompanied with CRC initiation, suggesting the roles of these proteins in both the initiation and metastatic transformation of CRC. It can be envisaged that the established PRM method can be further utilized to examine the roles of epitranscriptomic RWE proteins in the metastatic transformations of other types of cancer.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)

TISSUE(S): Epithelial Cell

DISEASE(S): Colon Cancer

SUBMITTER: Tianyu Qi  

LAB HEAD: Yinsheng Wang

PROVIDER: PXD030907 | Pride | 2022-08-15

REPOSITORIES: Pride