Zhao Yibin, Yan Xiao, Wang Yu, Zhou Juan, Yu Yang
Department of Anus & Intestine Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center LiHuiLi Hospital, Ningbo, China.
Department of Hematology, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China.
Front Oncol. 2022 Mar 1;11:726018. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.726018. eCollection 2021.
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA methylation is dynamically and reversibly regulated by methyltransferases, binding proteins, and demethylases. The restoration of m6A to adenosine could result in demethylation modifications. Abnormalities in m6A epigenetic modifications in cancer are of increasing interest in recent years. According to the progression and prognostic performance of m6A epigenetic modifications in gastric adenocarcinoma (STAD), this study comprehensively analyzed the m6A modification patterns of gastric adenocarcinoma specimens in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database based on 20 m6A regulators. Here, we found that 20 m6A RNA methylation regulators were high-expressed in gastric adenocarcinoma. m6A RNA methylation regulators were closely associated with pT staging of gastric cancer. Based on such findings, we developed a prognostic model using four m6A RNA methylation regulators (IGF2BP1, RBM15, FTO, ALKBH5), and the FTO was confirmed as an independent prognostic marker.
N6-甲基腺苷(m6A)RNA甲基化受甲基转移酶、结合蛋白和去甲基酶动态且可逆地调控。m6A恢复为腺苷可导致去甲基化修饰。近年来,癌症中m6A表观遗传修饰的异常情况受到越来越多的关注。根据m6A表观遗传修饰在胃腺癌(STAD)中的进展和预后表现,本研究基于20种m6A调控因子,全面分析了癌症基因组图谱(TCGA)数据库中胃腺癌标本的m6A修饰模式。在此,我们发现20种m6A RNA甲基化调控因子在胃腺癌中高表达。m6A RNA甲基化调控因子与胃癌的pT分期密切相关。基于这些发现,我们使用四种m6A RNA甲基化调控因子(IGF2BP1、RBM15,、FTO、ALKBH5)构建了一个预后模型,并且FTO被确认为一个独立的预后标志物。