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ArticleOncogene2021

A novel hypoxic long noncoding RNA KB-1980E6.3 maintains breast cancer stem cell stemness via interacting with IGF2BP1 to facilitate c-Myc mRNA stability.

Pengpeng Zhu, Fang He, Yixuan Hou, Gang Tu, Qiao Li, Ting Jin, Huan Zeng, Yilu Qin, Xueying Wan, Yina Qiao and 3 more

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Article in Oncogene, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 142 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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142citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
19.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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142 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 221 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Pengpeng ZhuKey Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Fang HeDepartment of pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Yixuan HouExperimental Teaching Center of Basic Medicine Science, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Gang TuDepartment of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Qiao LiKey Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Ting JinKey Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Huan ZengKey Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Yilu QinKey Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Xueying WanKey Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Yina QiaoKey Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Yuxiang QiuKey Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Yong TengDepartment of Oral Biology and Dx Sciences, Dental College of Georgia; Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, 30907, USA.
Manran LiuKey Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China. manranliu@cqmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3898-6878
Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University · CNThe Affiliated Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University · CNAugusta University · USChongqing Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hostile hypoxic microenvironment takes primary responsibility for the rapid expansion of breast cancer tumors. However, the underlying mechanism is not fully understood. Here, using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis, we identified a hypoxia-induced long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) KB-1980E6.3, which is aberrantly upregulated in clinical breast cancer tissues and closely correlated with poor prognosis of breast cancer patients. The enhanced lncRNA KB-1980E6.3 facilitates breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) self-renewal and tumorigenesis under hypoxic microenvironment both in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, lncRNA KB-1980E6.3 recruited insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein 1 (IGF2BP1) to form a lncRNA KB-1980E6.3/IGF2BP1/c-Myc signaling axis that retained the stability of c-Myc mRNA through increasing binding of IGF2BP1 with m6A-modified c-Myc coding region instability determinant (CRD) mRNA. In conclusion, we confirm that lncRNA KB-1980E6.3 maintains the stemness of BCSCs through lncRNA KB-1980E6.3/IGF2BP1/c-Myc axis and suggest that disrupting this axis might provide a new therapeutic target for refractory hypoxic tumors.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsCarcinogenesisCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationCell Self RenewalFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansNeoplastic Stem CellsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, MessengerRNA StabilityIGF2BP1 protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, Messenger

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PMID33469161
PMCPMC7932928
OpenAlexW3125100065

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