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Abstract
Context: N6-methyladenosine (m6A) of RNA is involved in the progression of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Objective: This study investigated the role of METTL14 in NSCLC and the mechanism.
Materials and methods: Expression levels were assessed by quantitative real-time PCR and ELISA assays. Cells viability was assessed by cell counting kit-8. M6A methylation was analysed by methylated RNA immunoprecipitation (MeRIP), RIP, luciferase assay, and mRNA stability assay.
Results: The results showed that METTL14 was highly expressed in NSCLC tissues and cell lines. Knockdown of METTL14 inhibited the cell viability while induced ferroptosis of NSCLC cells. Mechanistically, METTL14 interacts with GPX4, mediates m6A modification of GPX4, enhances its mRNA stability, and upregulates its expression. In addition, IGF2BP1 recognises the m6A-methylated GPX4 and mediates the elevated mRNA stability. Moreover, GPX4 reversed the effects of METTL14 depletion.
Discussion and conclusion: The METTL14/GPX4 axis promotes NSCLC progression by inhibiting cell ferroptosis through the recognition of m6A modification mediated by IGF2BP1.
期刊介绍:
Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry: The Journal of Metabolic Diseases is an international peer-reviewed journal which has been relaunched to meet the increasing demand for integrated publication on molecular, biochemical and cellular aspects of metabolic diseases, as well as clinical and therapeutic strategies for their treatment. It publishes full-length original articles, rapid papers, reviews and mini-reviews on selected topics. It is the overall goal of the journal to disseminate novel approaches to an improved understanding of major metabolic disorders.
The scope encompasses all topics related to the molecular and cellular pathophysiology of metabolic diseases like obesity, type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome, and their associated complications.
Clinical studies are considered as an integral part of the Journal and should be related to one of the following topics:
-Dysregulation of hormone receptors and signal transduction
-Contribution of gene variants and gene regulatory processes
-Impairment of intermediary metabolism at the cellular level
-Secretion and metabolism of peptides and other factors that mediate cellular crosstalk
-Therapeutic strategies for managing metabolic diseases
Special issues dedicated to topics in the field will be published regularly.