Ning Wentao, Yang Jingyan, Ni Ruiqi, Yin Qianqian, Zhang Manqi, Zhang Fangfang, Yang Yue, Zhang Yanfeng, Cao Meng, Jin Liang, Pan Yi
State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Druggability of Biopharmaceuticals, School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Oncogene. 2025 Feb;44(3):147-164. doi: 10.1038/s41388-024-03213-y. Epub 2024 Nov 4.
Metastasis is the major cause of breast cancer mortality, with angiogenesis and tumor-released exosomes playing key roles. However, the communication between breast cancer cells and endothelial cells and its role in tumor metastasis remains unclear. Here, we characterize a long noncoding RNA, RPPH1, which is upregulated in breast cancer tissues and positively associated with poor prognosis. Hypoxia microenvironment upregulates the expression of RPPH1 in breast cancer cells, and promotes its packaging into exosomes through hnRNPA1, leading to the maintenance of stemness and aggressive traits in cancer cells and angiogenesis in endothelial cells. The function of cellular and exosomal RPPH1 was confirmed in the MMTV-PyMT mouse model, in which ASO-RPPH1 therapy effectively inhibited tumor progression and metastasis. Mechanistically, RPPH1 protects IGF2BP2 from ubiquitination-induced degradation, stabilizes N6-methyladenosine (m6A)-modified FGFR2 mRNA, and activates the PI3K/AKT pathway. Our research unveils the role of RPPH1 in breast cancer metastasis and highlights its potential as a therapeutic target.
转移是乳腺癌死亡的主要原因,血管生成和肿瘤释放的外泌体起着关键作用。然而,乳腺癌细胞与内皮细胞之间的通讯及其在肿瘤转移中的作用仍不清楚。在这里,我们鉴定了一种长链非编码RNA,即RPPH1,它在乳腺癌组织中上调,且与不良预后呈正相关。缺氧微环境上调乳腺癌细胞中RPPH1的表达,并通过hnRNPA1促进其包装到外泌体中,从而维持癌细胞的干性和侵袭性特征以及内皮细胞的血管生成。细胞和外泌体RPPH1的功能在MMTV-PyMT小鼠模型中得到证实,其中ASO-RPPH1疗法有效抑制了肿瘤进展和转移。从机制上讲,RPPH1保护IGF2BP2免受泛素化诱导的降解,稳定N6-甲基腺苷(m6A)修饰的FGFR2 mRNA,并激活PI3K/AKT途径。我们的研究揭示了RPPH1在乳腺癌转移中的作用,并突出了其作为治疗靶点的潜力。