Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Inhibition of mTORC1 by lncRNA H19 via disrupting 4E-BP1/Raptor interaction in pituitary tumours

  • Ze Rui Wu,
  • Lichong Yan,
  • Yan Ting Liu,
  • Lei Cao,
  • Yu Hang Guo,
  • Yong Zhang,
  • Hong Yao,
  • Lin Cai,
  • Han Bing Shang,
  • Wei Wei Rui,
  • Gang Yang,
  • Xiao Biao Zhang,
  • Hao Tang,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Jin Yan Huang,
  • Yong Xu Wei,
  • Wei Guo Zhao,
  • Bing Su,
  • Zhe Bao Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06853-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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LncRNA H19 has been shown to be aberrantly expressed in different cancers. Here, the authors show that H19 lncRNA is downregulated in pituitary adenomas and H19 is able to impede pituitary tumorigenesis via disruption of 4E-BPB1 and Raptor interaction to inhibit the phosphorylation of 4E-BP1.