Bai Yang, Yang Chunxing, Wu Runliu, Huang Lihua, Song Shenlei, Li Wanwan, Yan Peichen, Lin Changwei, Li Daojiang, Zhang Yi
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Center for Medical Experiments, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Front Oncol. 2019 May 3;9:332. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00332. eCollection 2019.
YTH N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA binding protein 1 (YTHDF1) is a core factor in RNA methylation modification. Recent studies have shown that m6A is closely related to multiple tumors, thus YTHDF1 may also play a role in tumorigenesis. This study, aimed to explore the role of YTHDF1 in the colorectal cancer (CRC). In this study, we identified YTHDF1 as being highly expressed at the mRNA and protein levels in TCGA, GEO CRC and primary CRC. Furthermore, the YTHDF1 gene copy number was positively correlated with YTHDF1 mRNA expression in CRC. Knocking down the expression of YTHDF1 significantly inhibited the CRC cell's tumorigenicity and murine xenograft tumor growth . Furthermore, silencing of YTHDF1 inhibited the colonosphere formation ability . Mechanistically, we found that silencing YTHDF1 significantly inhibited Wnt/β-catenin pathway activity in CRC cells. Together, YTHDF1 is overexpressed in CRC and plays a vital oncogenic role in CRC, and this novel finding may provide a potential therapeutic target for CRC.
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