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ArticleJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2021

ALKBH5-HOXA10 loop-mediated JAK2 m6A demethylation and cisplatin resistance in epithelial ovarian cancer.

Sipei Nie, Lin Zhang, Jinhui Liu, Yicong Wan, Yi Jiang, Jing Yang, Rui Sun, Xiaolling Ma, Guodong Sun, Huangyang Meng and 2 more

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Article in Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers.

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100 citing papers in PubMed, 195 citations in OpenAlex.

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12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sipei Nie *Department of Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Lin Zhang *Department of Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Jinhui Liu *Department of Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Yicong Wan *Department of Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Yi JiangDepartment of Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Jing YangDepartment of Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Rui SunDepartment of Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Xiaolling MaDepartment of Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Guodong SunDepartment of Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Huangyang MengDepartment of Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Mengting XuDepartment of Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China.
Wenjun ChengDepartment of Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China. wenjunchengdoc@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-4384
Jiangsu Province Hospital · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation 81872119National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China 81702566
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChemotherapy resistance remains a barrier to improving the prognosis of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). ALKBH5 has recently been shown to be one of the RNA N6-methyladenosine (m6A) demethyltransferases associated with various cancers, but its role in cancer therapeutic resistance remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the role of AlkB homolog 5 (ALKBH5) in cisplatin-resistant EOC.

methodsFunctional assays were performed both in vitro and in vivo. RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), m6A-modified RNA immunoprecipitation sequencing (MeRIP-seq), chromatin immunoprecipitation, RNA immunoprecipitation, and luciferase reporter and actinomycin-D assays were performed to investigate RNA/RNA interaction and m6A modification of the ALKBH5-HOXA10 loop.

resultsALKBH5 was upregulated in cisplatin-resistant EOC and promoted cancer cell cisplatin resistance both in vivo and in vitro. Notably, HOXA10 formed a loop with ALKBH5 and was found to be the upstream transcription factor of ALKBH5. HOXA10 overexpression also facilitated EOC cell chemoresistance both in vivo and in vitro. Collective results of MeRIP-seq and RNA-seq showed that JAK2 is the m6A-modified gene targeted by ALKBH5. The JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway was activated by overexpression of the ALKBH5-HOXA10 loop, resulting in EOC chemoresistance. Cell sensitivity to cisplatin was rescued by ALKBH5 and HOXA10 knockdown or inhibition of the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway in EOC cells overexpressing ALKBH5-HOXA10.

conclusionsThe ALKBH5-HOXA10 loop jointly activates the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway by mediating JAK2 m6A demethylation, promoting EOC resistance to cisplatin. Thus, inhibition of the expression of the ALKBH5-HOXA10 loop may be a potential strategy to overcome cisplatin resistance in EOC.

Indexed as

AnimalsCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialCell Line, TumorDemethylationDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleHomeobox A10 ProteinsHumansJanus Kinase 2MiceMice, NudeTransfectionHomeobox A10 ProteinsHoxa10 protein, mouseJak2 protein, mouseJanus Kinase 2ALKBH5Cisplatin resistanceEpithelial ovarian cancerN6-methyladenosine

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PMID34496932
PMCPMC8425158
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