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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2024

Liver cancer initiation requires translational activation by an oncofetal regulon involving LIN28 proteins.

Meng-Hsiung Hsieh, Yonglong Wei, Lin Li, Liem H Nguyen, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Jung M Yong, Xuxu Sun, Xun Wang, Xin Luo, Sarah K Knutson and 4 more

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2024. 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.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Meng-Hsiung HsiehChildren's Research Institute, Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Yonglong WeiChildren's Research Institute, Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Lin LiChildren's Research Institute, Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Liem H NguyenChildren's Research Institute, Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Yu-Hsuan LinChildren's Research Institute, Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Jung M YongChildren's Research Institute, Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Xuxu SunChildren's Research Institute, Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Xun WangChildren's Research Institute, Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Xin LuoChildren's Research Institute, Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Sarah K KnutsonRedona Therapeutics, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA.
Christina BrackenRedona Therapeutics, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA.
George Q DaleyDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
John T PowersDepartment of Pediatrics, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Hao ZhuChildren's Research Institute, Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Funding

UT Southwestern Medical Center Simmons Comprehensive Cancer CenterP30CA142543 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI MELANIE H. COBB · 2010 to 2026
$53.7M
Physician Scientist Training in Cancer ResearchT32CA009172 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI Jennifer R Brown, James A. DeCaprio · 1985 to 2026
$17.1M
UT Southwestern NORCP30DK127984 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jeff G McDonald · 2022 to 2026
$7.4M
Determining how chronic ETOH influences the regenerative activities of hepatocyte subpopulationsR01AA028791 · NIAAA · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI ZHU, HAO · 2021 to 2025
$2.7M
Reactivation of embryonic growth programs in liver cancerR01CA190525 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI ZHU, HAO · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
Investigating imitation SWI chromatin remodeling complexes in mammalian tissue regenerationR01DK125396 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI ZHU, HAO · 2020 to 2023
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA142543NCI NIH HHS R01 CA190525NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009172NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA028791NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK127984NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK125396
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is unknown which posttranscriptional regulatory mechanisms are required for oncogenic competence. Here, we show that the LIN28 family of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs), which facilitate posttranscriptional RNA metabolism within ribonucleoprotein networks, is essential for the initiation of diverse oncotypes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In HCC models driven by NRASG12V/Tp53, CTNNB1/YAP/Tp53, or AKT/Tp53, mice without Lin28a and Lin28b were markedly impaired in cancer initiation. We biochemically defined an oncofetal regulon of 15 factors connected to LIN28 through direct mRNA and protein interactions. Interestingly, all were RBPs and only 1 of 15 was a Let-7 target. Polysome profiling and reporter assays showed that LIN28B directly increased the translation of 8 of these 15 RBPs. As expected, overexpression of LIN28B and IGFBP1-3 was able to genetically rescue cancer initiation. Using this platform to probe components downstream of LIN28, we found that 8 target RBPs were able to restore NRASG12V/Tp53 cancer formation in Lin28a/Lin28b-deficient mice. Furthermore, these LIN28B targets promote cancer initiation through an increase in protein synthesis. LIN28B, central to an RNP regulon that increases translation of RBPs, is important for tumor initiation in the liver.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsRNA-Binding ProteinsAnimalsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiceMice, KnockoutMicroRNAsProtein BiosynthesisRegulonLin28b protein, mouseLin-28 protein, mouseMicroRNAsRNA-Binding ProteinsHepatologyLiver cancerTranslation

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PMID38875287
PMCPMC11290964

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