Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

METTL3 promotes tumour development by decreasing APC expression mediated by APC mRNA N 6-methyladenosine-dependent YTHDF binding

  • Wei Wang,
  • Fei Shao,
  • Xueying Yang,
  • Juhong Wang,
  • Rongxuan Zhu,
  • Yannan Yang,
  • Gaoxiang Zhao,
  • Dong Guo,
  • Yingli Sun,
  • Jie Wang,
  • Qi Xue,
  • Shugeng Gao,
  • Yibo Gao,
  • Jie He,
  • Zhimin Lu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23501-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The epitranscriptomic regulation of adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumour suppressor gene in cancers is unclear. Here the authors show that N6-methyladenosine methylation writer METTL3 downregulates APC by recruiting YTHDF2 for APC mRNA degradation, and that this promotes glycolysis and tumour growth in oesophageal cancers.