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ArticleCell & bioscience2024

METTL3 drives NSCLC metastasis by enhancing CYP19A1 translation and oestrogen synthesis.

Wangyang Meng, Han Xiao, Rong Zhao, Jiaping Chen, Yangwei Wang, Peiyuan Mei, Hecheng Li, Yongde Liao

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Article in Cell & bioscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Wangyang Meng *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China.
Han Xiao *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250021, China. sinohanx@hust.edu.cn.
Rong Zhao *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Jiaping ChenDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University (Yunnan Cancer Hospital), Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Yangwei WangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Peiyuan MeiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Hecheng LiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China. lihecheng2000@hotmail.com.
Yongde LiaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China. liaoyongde@hust.edu.cn.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · CNKunming Medical University · CNShandong Provincial Hospital · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CNWuhan Union Hospital · CN

Funding

Department of Science and Technology, Hubei Provincial People's Government 2020BCB027National Natural Science Foundation of China 82072593
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMETTL3 plays a significant role as a catalytic enzyme in mediating N6-methyladenosine (m

resultsHere we discovered by clinical investigation that METTL3 expression is correlated with NSCLC metastasis. Ablation of METTL3 in NSCLC cells inhibits invasion and metastasis in vitro and in vivo. Subsequently, through translatomics data mining and experimental validation, we demonstrated that METTL3 enhances the translation of aromatase (CYP19A1), a key enzyme in oestrogen synthesis, thereby promoting oestrogen production and mediating the invasion and metastasis of NSCLC. Mechanistically, METTL3 interacts with translation initiation factors and binds to CYP19A1 mRNA, thus enhancing the translation efficiency of CYP19A1 in an m

conclusionsOur findings indicate the crucial role of METTL3-mediated translation regulation in NSCLC and reveal the significance of METTL3/eIF4E/CYP19A1 signaling as a promising therapeutic target for anti-metastatic strategies against NSCLC.

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EstrogenMETTL3NSCLCSmall molecule inhibitorTranslation regulation

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