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ArticleCommunications biology2022

Pan-cancer analysis of mRNA stability for decoding tumour post-transcriptional programs.

Gabrielle Perron, Pouria Jandaghi, Elham Moslemi, Tamiko Nishimura, Maryam Rajaee, Rached Alkallas, Tianyuan Lu, Yasser Riazalhosseini, Hamed S Najafabadi

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Article in Communications biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gabrielle PerronDepartment of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1150-7483
Pouria JandaghiMcGill Genome Centre, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G1, Canada.
Elham MoslemiMcGill Genome Centre, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G1, Canada.
Tamiko NishimuraMcGill Genome Centre, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G1, Canada.
Maryam RajaeeMcGill Genome Centre, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G1, Canada.
Rached AlkallasDepartment of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3040-1860
Tianyuan LuDepartment of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5664-5698
Yasser RiazalhosseiniDepartment of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0875-618X
Hamed S NajafabadiDepartment of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada. hamed.najafabadi@mcgill.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-2735-4231
McGill Genome Centre · CA

Funding

CIHR PJT-155966
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Measuring mRNA decay in tumours is a prohibitive challenge, limiting our ability to map the post-transcriptional programs of cancer. Here, using a statistical framework to decouple transcriptional and post-transcriptional effects in RNA-seq data, we uncover the mRNA stability changes that accompany tumour development and progression. Analysis of 7760 samples across 18 cancer types suggests that mRNA stability changes are ~30% as frequent as transcriptional events, highlighting their widespread role in shaping the tumour transcriptome. Dysregulation of programs associated with >80 RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) drive these changes, including multi-cancer inactivation of RBFOX and miR-29 families. Phenotypic activation or inhibition of RBFOX1 highlights its role in calcium signaling dysregulation, while modulation of miR-29 shows its impact on extracellular matrix organization and stemness genes. Overall, our study underlines the integral role of mRNA stability in shaping the cancer transcriptome, and provides a resource for systematic interrogation of cancer-associated stability pathways.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticNeoplasmsRNA StabilityHumansMicroRNAsRNA-Binding ProteinsTranscriptomeMicroRNAsRNA-Binding Proteins

Identifiers

PMID35987939
PMCPMC9392771
OpenAlexW4292430047

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