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m6A mRNA demethylase FTO regulates melanoma tumorigenicity and response to anti-PD-1 blockade

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Yang, Seungwon, Wei, Jiangbo, Cui, Yan-Hong, Park, Gayoung, Shah, Palak, Deng, Yu, Aplin, Andrew E., Lu, Zhike, Hwang, Seungmin, He, Chuan, He, Yu-Ying·2019·Nature Communications

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Melanoma is one of the most deadly and therapy-resistant cancers. Here we show that N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 A) mRNA demethylation by fat mass and obesity-associated protein (FTO) increases melanoma growth and decreases response to anti-PD-1 blockade immunotherapy. FTO level is increased in human melanoma and enhances melanoma tumorigenesis in mice. FTO is induced by metabolic starvation stress through the autophagy and NF-κB pathway. Knockdown of FTO increases m 6 A methylation in the critical protumorigenic melanoma cell-intrinsic genes including PD-1 (PDCD1), CXCR4, and SOX10, leading to increased RNA decay through the m 6 A reader YTHDF2. Knockdown of FTO sensitizes melanoma cells to interferon gamma (IFNγ) and sensitizes melanoma to anti-PD-1 treatment in mice, depending on adaptive immunity. Our findings demonstrate a crucial role of FTO as an m 6 A demethylase in promoting melanoma tumorigenesis and anti-PD-1 resistance, and suggest that the combination of FTO inhibition with anti-PD-1 blockade may reduce the resistance to immunotherapy in melanoma.

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Yang, S., Wei, J., Cui, Y.-H., Park, G., Shah, P., Deng, Y., Aplin, A. E., Lu, Z., Hwang, S., He, C., & He, Y.-Y.
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Nature Communications
Published
2019-06-25
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10
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1
Pages
2782-2782
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
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journal article
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en
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Yang, S., Wei, J., Cui, Y.-H., Park, G., Shah, P., Deng, Y., Aplin, A. E., Lu, Z., Hwang, S., He, C., & He, Y.-Y. (2019). m6A mRNA demethylase FTO regulates melanoma tumorigenicity and response to anti-PD-1 blockade. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10669-0

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