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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Inactivation of the tumor suppressor p53 by long noncoding RNA RMRP.

Yajie Chen, Qian Hao, Shanshan Wang, Mingming Cao, Yingdan Huang, Xiaoling Weng, Jieqiong Wang, Zhen Zhang, Xianghuo He, Hua Lu and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yajie ChenFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Qian HaoFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; qhao15@hotmail.com xiangzhou@fudan.edu.cn.
Shanshan WangFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6651-2821
Mingming CaoFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Yingdan HuangFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Xiaoling WengFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Jieqiong WangDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112.
Zhen ZhangDepartment of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Xianghuo HeFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Hua LuDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112.ORCID 0000-0002-9285-7209
Xiang ZhouFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; qhao15@hotmail.com xiangzhou@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-1172-7948
Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University · CNTulane University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

p53 inactivation is highly associated with tumorigenesis and drug resistance. Here, we identify a long noncoding RNA, the RNA component of mitochondrial RNA-processing endoribonuclease (RMRP), as an inhibitor of p53. RMRP is overexpressed and associated with an unfavorable prognosis in colorectal cancer. Ectopic RMRP suppresses p53 activity by promoting MDM2-induced p53 ubiquitination and degradation, while depletion of RMRP activates the p53 pathway. RMRP also promotes colorectal cancer growth and proliferation in a p53-dependent fashion in vitro and in vivo. This anti-p53 action of RMRP is executed through an identified partner protein, SNRPA1. RMRP can interact with SNRPA1 and sequester it in the nucleus, consequently blocking its lysosomal proteolysis via chaperone-mediated autophagy. The nuclear SNRPA1 then interacts with p53 and enhances MDM2-induced proteasomal degradation of p53. Remarkably, ablation of SNRPA1 completely abrogates RMRP regulation of p53 and tumor cell growth, indicating that SNRPA1 is indispensable for the anti-p53 function of RMRP. Interestingly and significantly, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors induce RMRP expression through the transcription factor C/EBPβ, and RMRP confers tumor resistance to PARP inhibition by preventing p53 activation. Altogether, our study demonstrates that RMRP plays an oncogenic role by inactivating p53 via SNRPA1 in colorectal cancer.

Indexed as

Cell Line, TumorCell ProliferationColorectal NeoplasmsDown-RegulationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansProtein BindingProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2Ribonucleoprotein, U2 Small NuclearRNA, Long NoncodingTumor Suppressor Protein p53Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2Ribonucleoprotein, U2 Small NuclearRMRP non-coding RNA, humanRNA, Long NoncodingSNRPA1 protein, humanTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53long noncoding RNAp53PARP inhibitionRMRPSNRPA1

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PMID34266953
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