Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang, China.
Institute of Gastroenterology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China.
Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2022 Dec 19;2022:9096436. doi: 10.1155/2022/9096436. eCollection 2022.
N-6-Methyladenosine (mA) modification is involved in multiple biological processes including aging. However, the regulation of mA methyltransferase-like 14 (METTL14) in aging remains unclear. Here, we revealed that the level of mA modification and the expression of METTL14 were particularly decreased in the intestine of aged mice as compared to young mice. Similar results were confirmed in . Knockdown of Mettl14 in resulted in a short lifespan, associated disrupted intestinal integrity, and reduced climbing ability. In human CCD-18Co cells, knockdown of METTL14 accelerated cellular senescence, and the overexpression of METTL14 rescued senescent phenotypes. We also identified the lamin B receptor (LBR) as a target gene for METTL14-mediated mA modification. Knockdown of METTL14 decreased mA level of LBR, resulted in LBR mRNA instability, and thus induced cellular senescence. Our findings suggest that METTL14 plays an essential role in the mA modification-dependent aging process via the regulation of LBR and provides a potential target for cellular senescence.
N6-甲基腺苷(mA)修饰参与包括衰老在内的多种生物学过程。然而,mA 甲基转移酶样蛋白 14(METTL14)在衰老过程中的调控仍不清楚。在这里,我们发现与年轻小鼠相比,衰老小鼠的肠道中 mA 修饰水平和 METTL14 的表达特别降低。在. 中也证实了类似的结果。. 中 Mettl14 的敲低导致寿命缩短,肠道完整性受损,攀爬能力降低。在人 CCD-18Co 细胞中,METTL14 的敲低加速了细胞衰老,而过表达 METTL14 则挽救了衰老表型。我们还确定了核纤层蛋白 B 受体(LBR)是 METTL14 介导的 mA 修饰的靶基因。METTL14 的敲低降低了 LBR 的 mA 水平,导致 LBR mRNA 不稳定,从而诱导细胞衰老。我们的研究结果表明,METTL14 通过调节 LBR 在依赖 mA 修饰的衰老过程中发挥重要作用,并为细胞衰老提供了一个潜在的靶点。