Institute of Immunology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China; Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University Medical Center, 1369 West Wenyi Road, Hangzhou 311121, China.
Institute of Immunology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Mol Cell. 2022 May 5;82(9):1660-1677.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.02.033. Epub 2022 Mar 22.
Tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells (TIMs) are crucial cell populations involved in tumor immune escape, and their functions are regulated by multiple epigenetic mechanisms. The precise regulation mode of RNA N-methyladenosine (mA) modification in controlling TIM function is still poorly understood. Our study revealed that the increased expression of methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3) in TIMs was correlated with the poor prognosis of colon cancer patients, and myeloid deficiency of METTL3 attenuated tumor growth in mice. METTL3 mediated mA modification on Jak1 mRNA in TIMs, the mA-YTHDF1 axis enhanced JAK1 protein translation efficiency and subsequent phosphorylation of STAT3. Lactate accumulated in tumor microenvironment potently induced METTL3 upregulation in TIMs via H3K18 lactylation. Interestingly, we identified two lactylation modification sites in the zinc-finger domain of METTL3, which was essential for METTL3 to capture target RNA. Our results emphasize the importance of lactylation-driven METTL3-mediated RNA mA modification for promoting the immunosuppressive capacity of TIMs.
肿瘤浸润髓系细胞(TIMs)是参与肿瘤免疫逃逸的关键细胞群体,其功能受到多种表观遗传机制的调节。RNA N6-甲基腺苷(m6A)修饰在控制 TIM 功能中的精确调节模式仍知之甚少。我们的研究表明,TIMs 中甲基转移酶样 3(METTL3)的表达增加与结肠癌患者的不良预后相关,髓系 METTL3 缺乏可减弱小鼠肿瘤生长。METTL3 在 TIMs 中对 Jak1 mRNA 进行 m6A 修饰,m6A-YTHDF1 轴增强 JAK1 蛋白翻译效率和随后 STAT3 的磷酸化。肿瘤微环境中积累的乳酸通过 H3K18 乳酰化强烈诱导 TIMs 中 METTL3 的上调。有趣的是,我们在 METTL3 的锌指结构域中鉴定了两个乳酰化修饰位点,这对于 METTL3 捕获靶 RNA 至关重要。我们的结果强调了乳酰化驱动的 METTL3 介导的 RNA m6A 修饰对于促进 TIMs 的免疫抑制能力的重要性。
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