摘要
N^6-methyladenosine(m^6A)isanessentialRNAmodificationthatregulateskeycellularprocesses,includingstemcellrenewal,cellulardifferentiation,andresponsetoDNAdamage.Unsurprisingly,aberrantm6Amethylationhasbeenimplicatedinthedevelopmentandmaintenanceofdiversehumancancers.Alteredm6AlevelsaffectRNAprocessing,mRNAdegradation,andtranslationofmRNAsintoproteins,therebydisruptinggeneexpressionregulationandpromotingtumorigenesis.Recentstudieshavereportedthattheabnormalexpressionofm6Aregulatoryenzymesaffectsm6Aabundanceandconsequentlydysregulatestheexpressionoftumorsuppressorgenesandoncogenes,includingMYC,SOCS2,ADAM19,andPTEN.Inthisreview,wediscussthespecificrolesofm6A“writers",“erasers”,and“readers”innormalphysiologyandhowtheiralteredexpressionpromotestumorigenesis.Wealsodescribethepotentialofexploitingtheaberrantexpressionoftheseenzymesforcancerdiagnosis,prognosis,andthedevelopmentofnoveltherapies.
出版日期
2018年04月14日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)