Mona Teng, Jiacheng Guo, Xin Xu, Xinpei Ci, Yulin Mo, Yakup Kohen, Zuyao Ni, Sujun Chen, Wang Yuan Guo, Martin Bakht, Shengyu Ku, Michael Sigouros, Wenqin Luo, Colette Maya Macarios, Ziting Xia, Moliang Chen, Sami Ul Haq, Wen Yang, Alejandro Berlin, Theo van der Kwast, Housheng Hansen He
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Circular RMST cooperates with lineage-driving transcription factors to govern neuroendocrine transdifferentiation
Circular RNA (circRNA) is a class of noncoding RNA with regulatory potentials. Its role in the transdifferentiation of prostate and lung adenocarcinoma into neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC) remains unexplored. Here, we identified circRMST as an exceptionally abundant circRNA predominantly expressed in NEPC and SCLC, with strong conservation between humans and mice. Functional studies using shRNA, siRNA, CRISPR-Cas13, and Cas9 consistently demonstrate that circRMST is essential for tumor growth and the expression of ASCL1, a master regulator of neuroendocrine fate. Genetic knockout of Rmst in NEPC genetic engineered mouse models prevents neuroendocrine transdifferentiation, maintaining tumors in an adenocarcinoma state. Mechanistically, circRMST physically interacts with lineage transcription factors NKX2-1 and SOX2. Loss of circRMST induces NKX2-1 protein degradation through autophagy-lysosomal pathway and alters the genomic binding of SOX2, collectively leading to the loss of ASCL1 transcription.
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