期刊
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 524, 期 1, 页码 150-155出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.01.042
关键词
Lung cancer; Epithelial-mesenchymal transition; RNA methylation; METTL3; JUNB
资金
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [19K07346]
- Mitani Foundation for Research and Development, Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19K07346] Funding Source: KAKEN
N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) is the most common internal chemical modification of mRNAs involved in many pathological processes including various cancers. In this study, we investigated the role of m6A methyltransferase METTL3 in TGF-beta-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of lung cancer cell lines. The expression of METTL3 and m6A RNA modification were increased during TGF-beta-induced EMT of A549 and LC2/ad lung cancer cells. Knockdown of METTL3 inhibited TGF-beta-induced morphological conversion of the cells, enhanced cell migration potential and the expression changes of EMT-related marker genes such as CDH1/E-cadherin, FN1/Fibronectin and VIM/Vimentin. Mechanistic investigations revealed that METTL3 knockdown decreased the m6A modification, total mRNA level and mRNA stability of JUNB, one of the important transcriptional regulators of EMT. Over-expression of JUNB partially rescued the inhibitory effects of METTL3 knockdown in the EMT phenotypes. This study demonstrates that m6A methyltransferase METTL3 is indispensable for TGF-beta-induced EMT of lung cancer cells through the regulation of JUNB. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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