RNA modifications in cancer

Q Tang, L Li, Y Wang, P Wu, X Hou, J Ouyang… - British journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Currently, more than 170 modifications have been identified on RNA. Among these RNA
modifications, various methylations account for two-thirds of total cases and exist on almost …

[HTML][HTML] Writers, readers and erasers of RNA modifications in cancer

R Esteve-Puig, A Bueno-Costa, M Esteller - Cancer letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Although cancer was originally considered a disease driven only by genetic mutations, it has
now been proven that it is also an epigenetic disease driven by DNA hypermethylation …

Reactivity-dependent profiling of RNA 5-methylcytidine dioxygenases

AE Arguello, A Li, X Sun, TW Eggert, E Mairhofer… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Epitranscriptomic RNA modifications can regulate fundamental biological processes, but we
lack approaches to map modification sites and probe writer enzymes. Here we present a …

Multi-substrate selectivity based on key loops and non-homologous domains: new insight into ALKBH family

B Xu, D Liu, Z Wang, R Tian, Y Zuo - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2021 - Springer
AlkB homologs (ALKBH) are a family of specific demethylases that depend on Fe 2+ and α-
ketoglutarate to catalyze demethylation on different substrates, including ssDNA, dsDNA …

RNA granules in the mitochondria and their organization under mitochondrial stresses

VJ Xavier, JC Martinou - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The human mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) regulates its transcription products in
specialised and distinct ways as compared to nuclear transcription. Thanks to its mtDNA …

The stress specific impact of ALKBH1 on tRNA cleavage and tiRNA generation

S Rashad, X Han, K Sato, E Mishima, T Abe… - RNA biology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT tiRNAs are small non-coding RNAs produced when tRNA is cleaved under
stress. tRNA methylation modifications has emerged in recent years as important regulators …

ALKBH1 promotes lung cancer by regulating m6A RNA demethylation

H Li, Y Zhang, Y Guo, R Liu, Q Yu, L Gong, Z Liu… - Biochemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lung cancer has surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer death in females
in developed countries and the leading cause of cancer death in males. Despite extensive …

Ribonucleotide synthesis by NME6 fuels mitochondrial gene expression

N Grotehans, L McGarry, H Nolte, V Xavier… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Replication of the mitochondrial genome and expression of the genes it encodes both
depend on a sufficient supply of nucleotides to mitochondria. Accordingly, dysregulated …

Translational adaptation to heat stress is mediated by RNA 5‐methylcytosine in Caenorhabditis elegans

IC Navarro, F Tuorto, D Jordan, C Legrand… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Methylation of carbon‐5 of cytosines (m5C) is a post‐transcriptional nucleotide modification
of RNA found in all kingdoms of life. While individual m5C‐methyltransferases have been …

Cytochrome P450 1B1: A key regulator of ocular iron homeostasis and oxidative stress

YS Song, AJ Annalora, CB Marcus, CR Jefcoate… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1B1 belongs to the superfamily of heme-containing
monooxygenases. Unlike other CYP enzymes, which are highly expressed in the liver …