N6 -methyladenosine RNA demethylase FTO regulates extracellular matrix-related genes and promotes pancreatic cancer cell migration and invasion

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Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a deadly disease, and its post-transcriptional gene regulation mechanism remains unclear. The abundant extracellular matrix (ECM) in PC plays an important role in tumor progression. This study is the first to focus on the role of N6 -methyladenosine (m6 A) RNA methylation, an emerging post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism, in the regulation of the ECM in PC. Here, we found that ADAMTS2, COL12A1, and THBS2 were associated with the prognosis of PC by comprehensive analysis of differentially expressed genes from two independent GEO expression profile datasets and m6 A-related genes in RMVar database (PAAD). GO and KEGG enrichment analysis found that these m6 A-related targets are chiefly functionally concentrated in the ECM region and participate in ECM signal transduction. Correlation analysis revealed that these genes can be regulated by the demethylase FTO. Cell biology function assays showed that knockdown of FTO-inhibited PC cell abilities to migrate and invade in vitro. qRT-PCR and MeRIP experiments showed that after knockdown of FTO, the mRNA levels of ADAMTS2, COL12A1, and THBS2 and their m6 A modification levels were significantly reduced. These results indicate that m6 A RNA demethylation is associated with the regulation of ECM in PC. In conclusion, m6 A RNA demethylase FTO regulates ECM-related genes and promotes PC cell abilities to migrate and invade, our work provides a new perspective on the molecular mechanism of PC progression.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Cancer medicine - 12(2023), 3 vom: 26. Feb., Seite 3731-3743

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
He, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Lun [VerfasserIn]
Zhai, Lu-Lu [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Long-Jiang [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Li-Chao [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Kai-Huan [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Zhi-Gang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adenosine
Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTO
EC 1.14.11.33
Extracellular matrix
FTO protein, human
Journal Article
K72T3FS567
M6A
Pancreatic cancer
RNA methylation
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 24.02.2023

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cam4.5054

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343997363