Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Lineage-specific roles of the cytoplasmic polyadenylation factor CPEB4 in the regulation of melanoma drivers

  • Eva Pérez-Guijarro,
  • Panagiotis Karras,
  • Metehan Cifdaloz,
  • Raúl Martínez-Herranz,
  • Estela Cañón,
  • Osvaldo Graña,
  • Celia Horcajada-Reales,
  • Direna Alonso-Curbelo,
  • Tonantzin G. Calvo,
  • Gonzalo Gómez-López,
  • Nicolas Bellora,
  • Erica Riveiro-Falkenbach,
  • Pablo L. Ortiz-Romero,
  • José L. Rodríguez-Peralto,
  • Lorena Maestre,
  • Giovanna Roncador,
  • Juan C. de Agustín Asensio,
  • Colin R. Goding,
  • Eduardo Eyras,
  • Diego Megías,
  • Raúl Méndez,
  • María S. Soengas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13418
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Cytoplasmic polyadenylated transcripts have been poorly characterized, particularly in cancer. Here the authors identify a lineage-specific requirement of the cytoplasmic polyadenylation binding protein 4 (CPEB4) in malignant melanoma and show that it controls melanoma drivers MITF and RAB27A.