Project description:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) is a pivotal mechanism controlling mRNA fate in cells. RNA m6A modification is regulated by the functional balance between methyltransferases and demethylases. Here we demonstrated that FTO-IT1 enhancer RNA (eRNA), a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) transcribed from the last intron of FTO gene is significantly upregulated in CRPC and aggressive tumors compared to primary tumors. FTO-IT1 knockout by CRISPR/Cas9 almost completely blocks growth and G1-S cell cycle transition of both androgen-sensitive and castration-resistant prostate cancer cells. Meanwhile, the mRNA m6A was dramatically increased in FTO-IT knockout PCa cells and we identified FTO-IT1 as a binding partner of FTO. From m6A-seq, we unexpectedly found hypermethylated m6A associated with upregulated levels of the mRNAs for p53 signaling pathway genes in 22Rv1 prostate cancer cells. Mechanistic study showed that FTO-IT1 recruits FTO to the P53 target mRNA to promote their m6A demethylation, which leads to their degradation.
Project description:Hypoxia as a crucial pathogenesis factor usually results in huge harmful effects on cardiac injury and dysfunction. In our previous study (PMID: 33294289), We observe a series of differential expressed genes between transcription and translation, which may be attributed to the hypoxia-specific binding affinity of Nuclear cap-binding subunit 3 (NCBP3) at 5’ un-translation region of target genes. But the underlying molecular mechanism of NCBP3 for gene translation modulation remains unclear. Here, we conducted RIP-seq of N6-Methyladenosine methylation in H9C2 cells with the conditions of normoxic, hypoxic and with additional NCBP3 knockdown.
Project description:We conducted an analysis of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modifications in HEK (primary human epidermal keratinocytes). The primary aim of this investigation was to establish a molecular framework elucidating the role of m6A modifications in modulating the functional of keratinocytes.
Project description:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant internal messenger (mRNA) modification in mammalian mRNA. This modification is reversible and non-stoichiometric, which potentially adds an additional layer of variety and dynamic control of mRNA metabolism. The m6A-modified mRNA can be selectively recognized by the YTH family “reader” proteins. The preferential binding of m6A-containing mRNA by YTHDF2 is known to reduce the stability of the target transcripts; however, the exact effects of m6A on translation has yet to be elucidated. Here we show that another m6A reader protein, YTHDF1, promotes ribosome loading of its target transcripts. YTHDF1 forms a complex with translation initiation factors to elevate the translation efficiency of its bound mRNA. In a unified mechanism of translation control through m6A, the YTHDF2-mediated decay controls the lifetime of target transcripts; whereas, the YTHDF1-based translation promotion increases the translation efficiency to ensure effective protein production from relatively short-lived transcripts that are marked by m6A. PAR-CLIP and RIP was used to identify YTHDF1 binding sites followed by ribosome profling and RNA seq to assess the consequences of YTHDF1 siRNA knock-down
Project description:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is one of the most popular RNA modifications, which is widely found in messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and non-coding RNA like long no-coding RNA (lncRNAs) and circular RNA (circRNAs).In our study,we provide m6A landscape of human ameloblastoma, which expands the understanding of m6A modifications and uncovers regulation of lncRNAs and circRNAs through m6A modification in ameloblastoma.