METTL3 Promotes Osteosarcoma Metastasis via an m6A-dependent Epigenetic Activity of CBX4

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BACKGROUND: Osteosarcoma cells are prone to metastasis, and the mechanism of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) methylation modification in this process is still unclear. Methylation modification of m6A plays an important role in the development of osteosarcoma, which is mainly due to abnormal expression of enzymes related to methylation modification of m6A, which in turn leads to changes in the methylation level of downstream target genes messenger RNA (mRNA) leading to tumor development.

METHODS: We analyzed the expression levels of m6A methylation modification-related enzyme genes in GSE12865 whole-genome sequencing data. And we used shRNA (short hairpin RNA) lentiviral interference to interfere with METTL3 (Methyltransferase 3) expression in osteosarcoma cells. We studied the cytological function of METTL3 by Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK8), flow cytometry, migration and other experiments, and the molecular mechanism of METTL3 by RIP (RNA binding protein immunoprecipitation), Western blot and other experiments.

RESULTS: We found that METTL3 is abnormally highly expressed in osteosarcoma and interferes with METTL3 expression in osteosarcoma cells to inhibit metastasis, proliferation, and apoptosis of osteosarcoma cells. We subsequently found that METTL3 binds to the mRNA of CBX4 (chromobox homolog 4), a very important regulatory protein in osteosarcoma metastasis, and METTL3 regulates the mRNA and protein expression of CBX4. Further studies revealed that METTL3 inhibited metastasis of osteosarcoma cells by regulating CBX4. METTL3 has been found to be involved in osteosarcoma cells metastasis by CBX4 affecting the protein expression of matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2), MMP9, E-Cadherin and N-Cadherin associated with osteosarcoma cells metastasis.

CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that the combined action of METTL3 and CBX4 plays an important role in the regulation of metastasis of osteosarcoma, and therefore, the METTL3-CBX4 axis pathway may be a new potential therapeutic target for osteosarcoma.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition) - 29(2024), 3 vom: 21. März, Seite 120

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huo, Xi-Song [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Da-Gui [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Min [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiao-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Shang, Fu-Sheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adenine
CBX4
CBX4 protein, human
EC 2.1.1.-
EC 2.1.1.62
EC 3.4.24.24
EC 6.-
EC 6.3.2.-
JAC85A2161
Journal Article
Ligases
M6A modification
METTL3
METTL3 protein, human
Matrix Metalloproteinase 2
Metastasis
Methyltransferases
Osteosarcoma
Polycomb-Group Proteins
RNA, Messenger
RNA, Small Interfering

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Date Completed 29.03.2024

Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.31083/j.fbl2903120

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370277996