Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401120, China.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.
Int J Biol Sci. 2023 Jan 1;19(2):691-704. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.79205. eCollection 2023.
Cervical cancer (CC) is one of the most common gynecological malignancies with poor prognosis for advanced CC patients. LRRC8A is a volume-regulated anion channel protein involved in cellular homeostasis, but its role in CC remains largely unknown. In this study, we found that LRRC8A is elevated in CC and associated with poor prognosis. LRRC8A maintains cell survivals under the hypotonic condition, and promotes tumorigenesis through apoptosis suppression and . Notably, LRRC8A is upregulated by NSUN2-mediated mC modification. mC modified-LRRC8A mRNA is bound by the RNA binding protein YBX1 followed by the increased RNA stability. Moreover, loss of NSUN2 suppresses the proliferation and metastasis of CC cells, and NSUN2 expression is positively correlated with LRRC8A expression in CC. Altogether, our study demonstrates that the NSUN2-mC-LRRC8A axis is crucial and would be a potential therapeutic target for CC.
宫颈癌(CC)是最常见的妇科恶性肿瘤之一,晚期 CC 患者的预后较差。LRRC8A 是一种参与细胞内稳态的容积调节阴离子通道蛋白,但它在 CC 中的作用在很大程度上尚不清楚。在本研究中,我们发现 LRRC8A 在 CC 中上调,并与预后不良相关。LRRC8A 在低渗条件下维持细胞存活,并通过抑制细胞凋亡和促进肿瘤发生。值得注意的是,LRRC8A 是由 NSUN2 介导的 mC 修饰上调的。mC 修饰的 LRRC8A mRNA 与 RNA 结合蛋白 YBX1 结合,随后 RNA 稳定性增加。此外,NSUN2 的缺失抑制了 CC 细胞的增殖和转移,并且 CC 中 NSUN2 的表达与 LRRC8A 的表达呈正相关。总之,我们的研究表明,NSUN2-mC-LRRC8A 轴至关重要,可能成为 CC 的潜在治疗靶点。
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