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ArticleScience China. Life sciences2022

TERC suppresses PD-L1 expression by downregulating RNA binding protein HuR.

Heping Jin, Yanlian Chen, Jian Ren, Junjiu Huang, Yong Zhao, Haiying Liu

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Article in Science China. Life sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heping JinMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Yanlian ChenMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Jian RenMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Junjiu HuangMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Yong ZhaoMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Haiying LiuMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China. liuhy5@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Sun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TERC is the RNA component of telomerase, and provides a template for TERT to synthesize telomere repeats at chromosome ends. Increasing evidence has revealed that TERC is involved in other biological processes beyond telomerase. Here, we found that the expression level of TERC is negatively correlated with PD-L1 and that ectopic expression of TERC but not TERT in ALT cells significantly inhibits PD-L1, suggesting that TERC suppresses PD-L1 expression in a telomerase-independent manner. Mechanistically, instead of regulating PD-L1 mRNA directly, TERC accelerates PD-L1 mRNA degradation by inhibiting the expression of HuR, which binds to the 3'UTR of PD-L1 mRNA and maintains its stability. We also found that the small molecule AS1842856, a FoxO1 inhibitor, promotes TERC expression and reverses the PD-L1 upregulation caused by chemotherapy, providing a potential combination cancer therapy that avoids cancer immune escape during chemotherapy.

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NeoplasmsTelomeraseB7-H1 AntigenHumansRNARNA, MessengerTelomereB7-H1 AntigenRNARNA, MessengerTelomerasetelomerase RNAFoxO1 inhibitorHuRPD-L1TERC

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PMID35661964
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