Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Adv Sci (Weinh). 2024 Nov;11(42):e2405997. doi: 10.1002/advs.202405997. Epub 2024 Sep 17.
Radiotherapy is a curative arsenal for prostate cancer (PCa), but radioresistance seriously compromises its effectiveness. Dysregulated RNA splicing factors are extensively involved in tumor progression. Nonetheless, the role of splicing factors in radioresistance remains largely unexplored in PCa. Here, 23 splicing factors that are differentially expressed between PCa and adjacent normal tissues across multiple public PCa databases are identified. Among those genes, polypyrimidine tract binding protein 1 (PTBP1) is significantly upregulated in PCa and is positively associated with advanced clinicopathological features and poor prognosis. Gain- and loss-of-function experiments demonstrate that PTBP1 markedly reinforces genomic DNA stability to desensitize PCa cells to irradiation in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, PTBP1 interacts with the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNP) associated with lethal yellow protein homolog (RALY) and regulates exon 5 splicing of DNA methyltransferase 3b (DNMT3B) from DNMT3B-S to DNMT3B-L. Furthermore, upregulation of DNMT3B-L induces promoter methylation of dual-specificity phosphatase-2 (DUSP2) and subsequently inhibits DUSP2 expression, thereby increasing radioresistance in PCa. The findings highlight the role of splicing factors in inducing aberrant splicing events in response to radiotherapy and the potential role of PTBP1 and DNMT3B-L in reversing radioresistance in PCa.
放射疗法是治疗前列腺癌(PCa)的一种方法,但肿瘤的放射抗性严重影响了其疗效。RNA 剪接因子的失调广泛参与肿瘤的进展。尽管如此,剪接因子在 PCa 放射抗性中的作用在很大程度上仍未得到探索。本研究在多个公共的 PCa 数据库中,鉴定了在 PCa 和相邻正常组织之间存在差异表达的 23 个剪接因子。在这些基因中,多嘧啶 tract 结合蛋白 1(PTBP1)在 PCa 中显著上调,并且与晚期临床病理特征和不良预后呈正相关。获得和缺失功能实验表明,PTBP1 明显增强了基因组 DNA 的稳定性,使 PCa 细胞对体外和体内照射产生抗药性。从机制上讲,PTBP1 与致死性黄色蛋白同源物(RALY)相关的异质核核糖核蛋白(hnRNP)相互作用,并调节 DNA 甲基转移酶 3b(DNMT3B)的外显子 5 剪接,从 DNMT3B-S 到 DNMT3B-L。此外,DNMT3B-L 的上调诱导了双特异性磷酸酶-2(DUSP2)启动子的甲基化,随后抑制了 DUSP2 的表达,从而增加了 PCa 的放射抗性。这些发现强调了剪接因子在响应放射治疗诱导异常剪接事件中的作用,以及 PTBP1 和 DNMT3B-L 在逆转 PCa 放射抗性中的潜在作用。