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ArticleCell & bioscience2022

YTHDF1 promotes breast cancer progression by facilitating FOXM1 translation in an m6A-dependent manner.

Hengyu Chen, Yuanhang Yu, Ming Yang, Haohao Huang, Shenghui Ma, Jin Hu, Zihan Xi, Hui Guo, Guojie Yao, Liu Yang and 6 more

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16 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Hengyu Chen *Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education & Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicine, Haikou, 570311, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9637-3992
Yuanhang Yu *Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Ming Yang *Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Haohao Huang *Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Central Theater Command of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Shenghui MaMedical College Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Jin HuDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Zihan XiDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Hui GuoDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Guojie YaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Central Theater Command of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Liu YangDepartment of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Central Theater Command of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Xiaoqing HuangDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Feng ZhangDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Sergeant School Affiliated to Army Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050047, China.
Guanghong TanDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education & Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicine, Haikou, 570311, China. tanhoho@163.com.
Huangfu WuDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education & Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicine, Haikou, 570311, China. wuhuangfu1103@163.com.
Wuping ZhengDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education & Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicine, Haikou, 570311, China. hnzwp2000@163.com.
Lei LiDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China. leili2008@hust.edu.cn.
Union Hospital · CNChinese People's Liberation Army · CNHainan Medical University · CNArmy Medical University · CNWuhan University of Science and Technology · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81702397
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundN6-methyladenosine (m

methodsThe integrating bioinformatics analyses were used to screen clinical relevance and dysregulated m6A "reader" protein YTHDF1 in breast cancer from TCGA databases, which was further validated in a cohort of clinical specimens. Furthermore, functional experiments such as the CCK-8 assay, EdU assay, wound healing assay, transwell invasion assay and cell cycle assay were used to determine the biological role of YTHDF1 in breast cancer. RIP, m6A-IP, and CLIP assays were used to find the target of YTHDF1 and further verification by RT-qPCR, western blot, polysome profiling assay. The protein-protein interaction between YTHDF1 and FOXM1 was detected via co-immunoprecipitation.

resultsOur study showed that YTHDF1 was overexpressed in breast cancer cells and clinical tissues specimens. At the same time, the high expression level of YTHDF1 was positively correlated with tumor size, lymph node invasion, and distant metastasis in breast cancer patients. YTHDF1 depletion repressed the proliferation, invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT) and induced G0/G1 phase cell cycle arrest of breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. We also demonstrated that FOXM1 is a target of YTHDF1. Through recognizing and binding to the m6A-modified mRNA of FOXM1, YTHDF1 accelerated the translation process of FOXM1 and promoted breast cancer metastasis. Whereas overexpression of FOXM1 in breast cancer cells partially counteracted the tumor suppressed effects caused by YTHDF1 silence, which further verified the regulatory relationship between YTHDF1 and FOXM1.

conclusionOur study reveals a novel YTHDF1/FOXM1 regulatory pathway that contributes to metastasis and progression of breast cancer, suggesting that YTHDF1 might be applied as a potential biomarker and therapeutic target. That also advances our understanding of the tumorigenesis for breast cancer from m6A epigenetic regulation.

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Breast cancerEMTFOXM1m6AYTHDF1

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