Project description:TCGA data analysis and clinical sample test results showed the IGF2BP3 is highly expressed in bladder cancer and related to tumor metastasis and invasion. RNA sequencing results of clinical bladder tissue from 53 cases showed that the IGF2BP3 expression is related to cell proliferation genes. M6a and RNA sequencing results showed the IGF2BP3 affects the growth, proliferation, and apoptosis of T24 cells, and SpHK1, POMT2, and MRPS18a may be potential targets of IGF2BP3.
Project description:TCGA data analysis and clinical sample test results showed the IGF2BP3 is highly expressed in bladder cancer and related to tumor metastasis and invasion. RNA sequencing results of clinical bladder tissue from 53 cases showed that the IGF2BP3 expression is related to cell proliferation genes. M6a and RNA sequencing results showed the IGF2BP3 affects the growth, proliferation, and apoptosis of T24 cells, and SpHK1, POMT2, and MRPS18a may be potential targets of IGF2BP3.
Project description:This research aims at assessing the m6A methylome in the RA peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and perform potential drug targets prediction analysis. Five RA samples and ten control samples were obtained from China-Japan Friendship Hospital. The various expression of m6A methylation and genes in RA and control group were compared with methylated RNA immunoprecipitation sequencing (MeRIP-seq) and RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). Bioinformatics explorations were also made to explore the enriched biological roles and paths of the differentially expressed m6A methylation and genes. Potential drug targets prediction and validation were also constructed to provide potential therapeutic targets for RA. In total, 583 dysregulated m6A peaks, of which 295 were greatly upregulated and 288 were greatly downregulated, were identified. Similarly, 1570 differentially genes were acquired by RNA-seq, including 539 upregulated and 1031 downregulated. According to deeper joint exploration, the m6A methylation and mRNA expression degrees of 35 genes varied greatly, of which including 13 hyper-methylated as well as upregulated genes (hyper-up), 12 hyper-methylated and downregulated genes (hyper-down), 5 hypo-methylated as well as upregulated genes (hypo-up), and 5 hypo-methylated and downregulated genes (hypo-down) GO and KEGG explorations showed the enrichment of these distinct genes in “protein transport” “protein binding” and “lysosome”. In addition, the mRNA levels of TUBB2A, IGF2BP3, DYNC1I1 and FOSL1 were increased and consistent with the trend of our sequencing results. While after the treatment of TP and MTX, their mRNA levels were decreased. This research set up the transcriptional map of m6A in RA PBMCs and displayed the hidden association between RNA methylation alternation and associated genes in RA. The outcomes highlight the importance of m6A modification as a gene regulatory system in RA. Furthermore, TUBB2A, IGF2BP3, DYNC1I1 and FOSL1 might be potential therapeutic targets of TP and MTX during RA treatment.
Project description:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification is the most abundant RNA modification in both host mRNA and viral RNA transcripts. Dynamic regulation and recognition of m6A modification widely participate in post-transcriptional regulation of many biological processes. This project aims to define the regulation role of IGF2BP3, a m6A recognition protein, in viral infection, especially in RNA viral infection. In this study, the transcriptomes of Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)-infected WT/Igf2bp3-KO RAW264.7 cells and mouse peritoneal macrophages (PMs) were analyzed, suggesting the role of IGF2BP3 in the host's innate immune responses during viral infection and enhancement.
Project description:To explain the possible molecular mechanism underlying the oncogenic roles of IGF2BP3 in EC, we employed RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) assays to identify the lncRNAs involved in the regulation of IGF2BP3 function. RIP experiments, high-throughput sequencing and data analysis were performed by Seqhealth Tech (Wuhan, China). RIP assays were carried out on Ishikawa cells. The cells were lysed, and the lysis samples for immunoprecipitation reactions were incubated with anti-IGF2BP3 antibody (ab177477, Abcam, USA) or rabbit IgG (Cell Signaling Technology). The library products were enriched, quantified and finally sequenced on the Illumina PE150 platform.One hundred ninety-one candidates as IGF2BP3-interacting lncRNAs were identified in the RIP-seq results.
Project description:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is one of the most abundant modifications in eukaryotic RNA. Recent mapping of m6A methylomes in mammals, yeast, and plants as well as characterization of m6A methyltransferases, demethylases, and binding proteins have revealed regulatory functions of this dynamic RNA modification. In bacteria, although m6A is present in ribosomal RNA (rRNA), its occurrence in messenger RNA (mRNA) still remains elusive. Here, we used liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to calculate the m6A/A ratio in mRNA from a wide range of bacterial species, which demonstrates that m6A is an abundant mRNA modification in tested bacteria. Subsequent transcriptome-wide m6A profiling in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa revealed a conserved distinct m6A pattern that is significantly different from that in eukaryotes. Most m6A peaks are located inside open reading frames (ORF), and carry a unique consensus motif (GCCAU). Functional enrichment analysis of bacterial m6A peaks indicates that the majority of m6A-modified transcripts are associated with respiration, amino acids metabolism, stress response, and small RNAs genes, suggesting potential regulatory roles of m6A in these pathways. m6A profiling in E.coli and P.aeruginosa mRNA