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- Title
RBM47 inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma progression by targeting UPF1 as a DNA/RNA regulator.
- Authors
Guo, Tao; You, Ke; Chen, Xi; Sun, Yuqi; Wu, Ying; Wu, Ping; Jiang, Yingying
- Abstract
The mechanisms by which the tumor behaviors of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) support growth and metastasis remain largely unknown, and it has become increasingly apparent that molecular dysregulation is of considerable importance for cellular signaling pathways. Recently, RNA-binding motif protein 47 (RBM47) has been suggested to function as a tumor regulator by acting as an RNA binding protein (RBP), but its role in HCC remains ambiguous. Here, in HCC, we identified that RBM47 had an inhibitory influence on tumor behaviors in vitro and accordingly suppressed the growth and metastasis of xenograft tumors in vivo. Additionally, RBM47 was verified to positively regulate Upframeshift 1 (UPF1), which is a crucial protein involved in the nonsense-mediated RNA decay (NMD) process and was previously determined to be an HCC suppressor. Mechanistically, the stability of UPF1 mRNA was demonstrated to be enhanced with its 3'UTR bound by RBM47, which acted as an RNA binding protein. Meanwhile, RBM47 was also proven to promote the transcription of UPF1 as a transcription factor. Taken together, we concluded that RBM47 functioned as a tumor suppressor by upregulating UPF1, acting as a DNA/RNA binding protein at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels.
- Subjects
RNA-binding proteins; HEPATOCELLULAR carcinoma; DNA; RNA; CELL communication
- Publication
Cell Death Discovery, 2022, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2058-7716
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41420-022-01112-3