Smith Alex J, Sompel Kayla M, Elango Alamelu, Tennis Meredith A
Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States.
Front Mol Biosci. 2021 Oct 4;8:712546. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.712546. eCollection 2021.
Frizzled receptors have been long recognized for their role in Wnt/β-catenin signaling, a pathway known for its tumorigenic effects. More recent studies of frizzled receptors include efforts to understand non-coding RNA (ncRNA) regulation of these receptors in cancer. It has become increasingly clear that ncRNA molecules are important for regulating the expression of both oncogenic and tumor-suppressive proteins. The three most commonly described ncRNA molecules are microRNAs (miRNAs), long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), and circular RNAs (circRNAs). Here, we review ncRNA molecules that directly or indirectly affect frizzled protein expression and downstream signaling. Exploring these interactions highlights the potential of incorporating ncRNA molecules into cancer prevention and therapy strategies that target frizzled receptors. Previous investigations of frizzled receptors and ncRNA have established strong promise for a role in cancer progression, but additional studies are needed to provide the substantial pre-clinical evidence required to translate findings to clinical applications.
卷曲蛋白受体长期以来因其在Wnt/β-连环蛋白信号通路中的作用而被人们所认识,该通路以其致癌作用而闻名。最近对卷曲蛋白受体的研究包括努力了解癌症中这些受体的非编码RNA(ncRNA)调控。越来越清楚的是,ncRNA分子对于调节致癌蛋白和肿瘤抑制蛋白的表达都很重要。最常被描述的三种ncRNA分子是微小RNA(miRNA)、长链非编码RNA(lncRNA)和环状RNA(circRNA)。在这里,我们综述了直接或间接影响卷曲蛋白表达和下游信号传导的ncRNA分子。探索这些相互作用凸显了将ncRNA分子纳入以卷曲蛋白受体为靶点的癌症预防和治疗策略的潜力。先前对卷曲蛋白受体和ncRNA的研究已经为其在癌症进展中的作用奠定了坚实的前景,但还需要更多的研究来提供将研究结果转化为临床应用所需的大量临床前证据。