[HTML][HTML] The RNA methyltransferase NSUN2 and its potential roles in cancer

A Chellamuthu, SG Gray - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
5-methylcytosine is often associated as an epigenetic modifier in DNA. However, it is also
found increasingly in a plethora of RNA species, predominantly transfer RNAs, but …

[HTML][HTML] The role of RNA m5C modification in cancer metastasis

Q Zhang, F Liu, W Chen, H Miao, H Liang… - … journal of biological …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epigenetic modification plays a crucial regulatory role in the biological processes of
eukaryotic cells. The recent characterization of DNA and RNA methylation is still ongoing …

Lactate activates the mitochondrial electron transport chain independently of its metabolism

X Cai, CP Ng, O Jones, TS Fung, KW Ryu, D Li… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Lactate has long been considered a cellular waste product. However, we found that as
extracellular lactate accumulates, it also enters the mitochondrial matrix and stimulates …

[HTML][HTML] NSUN2 modified by SUMO-2/3 promotes gastric cancer progression and regulates mRNA m5C methylation

Y Hu, C Chen, X Tong, S Chen, X Hu, B Pan… - Cell death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The 5-methylcytosine (m5C) RNA methyltransferase NSUN2 is involved in the
regulation of cell proliferation and metastasis formation and is upregulated in multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Aberrant NSUN2-mediated m5C modification of H19 lncRNA is associated with poor differentiation of hepatocellular carcinoma

Z Sun, S Xue, M Zhang, H Xu, X Hu, S Chen, Y Liu… - Oncogene, 2020 - nature.com
RNA methylation is an important epigenetic modification. Recent studies on RNA
methylation mainly focus on the m6A modification of mRNA, but very little is known about the …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple links between 5-methylcytosine content of mRNA and translation

U Schumann, HN Zhang, T Sibbritt, A Pan, A Horvath… - BMC biology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background 5-Methylcytosine (m 5 C) is a prevalent base modification in tRNA and
rRNA but it also occurs more broadly in the transcriptome, including in mRNA, where it …

[HTML][HTML] NSUN2 stimulates tumor progression via enhancing TIAM2 mRNA stability in pancreatic cancer

G Zhang, L Liu, J Li, Y Chen, Y Wang, Y Zhang… - Cell death …, 2023 - nature.com
NSUN2 is a nuclear RNA methyltransferase which catalyzes 5-methylcytosine (m5C), a
posttranscriptional RNA modification. Aberrant m5C modification has been implicated in the …

RNA bisulfite sequencing reveals NSUN2-mediated suppression of epithelial differentiation in pancreatic cancer

SY Chen, KL Chen, LY Ding, CH Yu, HY Wu, YY Chou… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Posttranscriptional modifications in RNA have been considered to contribute to disease
pathogenesis and tumor progression. NOL1/NOP2/Sun domain family member 2 (NSUN2) …

2′-O-methylation at internal sites on mRNA promotes mRNA stability

Y Li, Y Yi, X Gao, X Wang, D Zhao, R Wang, LS Zhang… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
O-methylation (Nm) is a prominent RNA modification well known in noncoding RNAs and
more recently also found at many mRNA internal sites. However, their function and base …

[HTML][HTML] Disease Activity-Associated Alteration of mRNA m5 C Methylation in CD4+ T Cells of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

G Guo, H Wang, X Shi, L Ye, K Yan, Z Chen… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Epigenetic processes including RNA methylation, post-translational modifications, and non-
coding RNA expression have been associated with the heritable risks of systemic lupus …