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ArticleBMC molecular and cell biology2023

Keratin 19 binds and regulates cytoplasmic HNRNPK mRNA targets in triple-negative breast cancer.

Arwa Fallatah, Dimitrios G Anastasakis, Amirhossein Manzourolajdad, Pooja Sharma, Xiantao Wang, Alexis Jacob, Sarah Alsharif, Ahmed Elgerbi, Pierre A Coulombe, Markus Hafner and 1 more

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Article in BMC molecular and cell biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Arwa FallatahDepartment of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States of America.
Dimitrios G AnastasakisRNA Molecular Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, United States of America.
Amirhossein ManzourolajdadRNA Molecular Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, United States of America.
Pooja SharmaDepartment of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States of America.
Xiantao WangRNA Molecular Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, United States of America.
Alexis JacobRNA Molecular Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, United States of America.
Sarah AlsharifDepartment of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States of America.
Ahmed ElgerbiDepartment of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States of America.
Pierre A CoulombeDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America.
Markus HafnerRNA Molecular Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, United States of America. markus.hafner@nih.gov.
Byung Min ChungDepartment of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States of America. chung@cua.edu.
Catholic University of America · USNational Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · USColgate University · USUniversity of America · USUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

Non-Canonical Functions of Keratin Proteins in SkinR01AR044232 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI COULOMBE, PIERRE · 1996 to 2020
$8.6M
Characterizing Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Drug Resistance in Breast Cancer Using Keratin 19R15CA267890 · NCI · CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA · PI CHOY, JOHN SING · 2022 to 2022
$473k
Mechanism and Impact of an Interaction Between Keratin 19 and a Regulator of Gene ExpressionR15CA213071 · NCI · CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA · PI CHUNG, BYUNG MIN · 2018 to 2018
$473k
NCI NIH HHS R15 CA213071NCI NIH HHS R15CA213071NCI NIH HHS R15 CA267890NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR044232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHeterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (HNRNPK) regulates pre-mRNA processing and long non-coding RNA localization in the nucleus. It was previously shown that shuttling of HNRNPK to the cytoplasm promotes cell proliferation and cancer metastasis. However, the mechanism of HNRNPK cytoplasmic localization, its cytoplasmic RNA ligands, and impact on post-transcriptional gene regulation remain uncharacterized.

resultsHere we show that the intermediate filament protein Keratin 19 (K19) directly interacts with HNRNPK and sequesters it in the cytoplasm. Correspondingly, in K19 knockout breast cancer cells, HNRNPK does not localize in the cytoplasm, resulting in reduced cell proliferation. We comprehensively mapped HNRNPK binding sites on mRNAs and showed that, in the cytoplasm, K19-mediated HNRNPK-retention increases the abundance of target mRNAs bound to the 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) at the expected cytidine-rich (C-rich) sequence elements. Furthermore, these mRNAs protected by HNRNPK in the cytoplasm are typically involved in cancer progression and include the p53 signaling pathway that is dysregulated upon HNRNPK knockdown (HNRNPK KD) or K19 knockout (KRT19 KO).

conclusionsThis study identifies how a cytoskeletal protein can directly regulate gene expression by controlling the subcellular localization of RNA-binding proteins to support pathways involved in cancer progression.

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Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms3' Untranslated RegionsCytoplasmHeterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein KHumansKeratin-19RNA, Messenger3' Untranslated RegionsHeterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein KHNRNPK protein, humanKeratin-19RNA, MessengerBreast CancerGene expressionHNRNPKKeratin 19p53PAR-CLIPProliferationRNA binding proteinRNA-protein interaction

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PMID37592256
PMCPMC10433649
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