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ArticleCancers2019

The Oncogene Metadherin Interacts with the Known Splicing Proteins YTHDC1, Sam68 and T-STAR and Plays a Novel Role in Alternative mRNA Splicing.

Hayley J Luxton, Benjamin S Simpson, Ian G Mills, Nicola R Brindle, Zeba Ahmed, Vasilis Stavrinides, Susan Heavey, Stefan Stamm, Hayley C Whitaker

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Article in Cancers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hayley J LuxtonMolecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics Group, University College London, London W1W 7TS, UK.
Benjamin S SimpsonMolecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics Group, University College London, London W1W 7TS, UK. b.simpson@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-3685-6110
Ian G MillsUro-Oncology Research Group, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5347-5083
Nicola R BrindleUro-Oncology Research Group, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK.
Zeba AhmedMolecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics Group, University College London, London W1W 7TS, UK.
Vasilis StavrinidesMolecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics Group, University College London, London W1W 7TS, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0011-9792
Susan HeaveyMolecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics Group, University College London, London W1W 7TS, UK.
Stefan StammDepartment of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40508, USA.
Hayley C WhitakerMolecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics Group, University College London, London W1W 7TS, UK.
University College London · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GBUniversity of Kentucky · US

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/S005897/1Prostate Cancer UK PG14-014Prostate Cancer UK TLD-PF16-004Rosetrees Trust A1383 UCL
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oncogenic metadherin is a key contributor to tumourigenesis with metadherin expression and cytoplasmic localisation previously linked to poor survival. A number of reports have shown metadherin localises specifically to nuclear speckles known to be rich in RNA-binding proteins including the splicing proteins YTHDC1, Sam68 and T-STAR, that have been shown to select alternative splice sites in mRNA of tumour-associated proteins including BRCA, MDM2 and VEGF. Here we investigate the interaction and relationship between metadherin and the splice factors YTHDC1, T-STAR and Sam68. Using a yeast two-hybrid assay and immunoprecipitation we show that metadherin interacts with YTHDC1, Sam68 and T-STAR and demonstrate that T-STAR is significantly overexpressed in prostate cancer tissue compared to benign prostate tissue. We also demonstrate that metadherin influences splice site selection in a dose-dependent manner in CD44v5-luc minigene reporter assays. Finally, we demonstrate that prostate cancer patients with higher metadherin expression have greater expression of the CD44v5 exon. CD44v5 expression could be used to discriminate patients with poor outcomes following radical prostatectomy. In this work we show for the first time that metadherin interacts with, and modulates, the function of key components of splicing associated with cancer development and progression.

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alternative splicingCD44prostate cancerSAM68YTHDC1

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PMCPMC6770463
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