UDP-葡萄糖醛酸基转移酶 (UGT) 是催化各种内源性和外源性化合物葡萄糖醛酸化的酶。在这项研究中,我们检查了N 6 -甲基腺苷 (m 6 A) 修饰影响肝脏 UGT 表达的可能性。用 3-脱氮腺苷(一种 RNA 甲基化抑制剂)处理 HepaRG 细胞后,UGT1A1、UGT1A3、UGT1A4、UGT1A9、UGT2B7、UGT2B10 和 UGT2B15 mRNA 水平显着增加(1.3 至 2.6 倍)。其中,我们关注 UGT2B7,因为它对临床使用的药物的葡萄糖醛酸化贡献最大。甲基化 RNA 免疫沉淀分析显示 HepaRG 细胞和人肝脏中的 UGT2B7 mRNA 受到 m 6主要在 5' 非翻译区 (UTR) 和其次在 3'UTR 的修饰。Huh-7 细胞中 UGT2B7 mRNA 和蛋白质水平因甲基转移酶样 3 (METTL3) 和 METTL14 的双重敲低而显着增加,而通过脂肪量和肥胖相关蛋白 (FTO) 或 alkB 同源物 5、RNA 的敲低而降低去甲基化酶 (ALKBH5),表明 m 6 A 修饰下调 UGT2B7 表达。通过使用放线菌素 D(一种转录抑制剂)的实验,证明 ALKBH5 介导的去甲基化会减弱 UGT2B7 mRNA 的降解,而 METTL3/METTL14 或 FTO 介导的 m 6修改将改变 UGT2B7 的交易性。荧光素酶分析表明,-118 到 -106 的启动子区域在 FTO 敲低导致 UGT2B7 的反式活性降低中起关键作用。我们发现肝细胞核因子 4α(HNF4α)的表达因 FTO 的敲低而显着降低,这表明这可能是 FTO 敲低导致 UGT2B7 反式活性降低的潜在机制。有趣的是,恩他卡朋用于治疗帕金森病,是 FTO 的抑制剂,可降低 HNF4α 和 UGT2B7 的表达。总之,这项研究阐明了 RNA 甲基化在转录后控制肝脏 UGT2B7 表达。
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The N6-methyladenosine modification posttranscriptionally regulates hepatic UGT2B7 expression
UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) are enzymes catalyzing the glucuronidation of various endogenous and exogenous compounds. In this study, we examined the possibility that N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification affects hepatic UGT expression. Treatment of HepaRG cells with 3-deazaadenosine, an inhibitor of RNA methylation, significantly increased UGT1A1, UGT1A3, UGT1A4, UGT1A9, UGT2B7, UGT2B10, and UGT2B15 mRNA levels (1.3- to 2.6-fold). Among them, we focused on UGT2B7 because it most highly contributes to glucuronidation of clinically used drugs. Methylated RNA immunoprecipitation assays revealed that UGT2B7 mRNA in HepaRG cells and human livers is subjected to m6A modification mainly at the 5′ untranslated region (UTR) and secondarily at the 3′UTR. UGT2B7 mRNA and protein levels in Huh-7 cells were significantly increased by double knockdown of methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3) and METTL14, whereas those were decreased by knockdown of fat mass and obesity-associated protein (FTO) or alkB homolog 5, RNA demethylase (ALKBH5), suggesting that m6A modification downregulates UGT2B7 expression. By experiments using actinomycin D, an inhibitor of transcription, it was demonstrated that ALKBH5-mediated demethylation would attenuate UGT2B7 mRNA degradation, whereas METTL3/METTL14 or FTO-mediated m6A modification would alter the transactivity of UGT2B7. Luciferase assays revealed that the promoter region at −118 to −106 has a key role in the decrease in transactivity of UGT2B7 by FTO knockdown. We found that hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α (HNF4α) expression was significantly decreased by knockdown of FTO, indicating that this would be the underlying mechanism of the decreased transactivity of UGT2B7 by knockdown of FTO. Interestingly, treatment with entacapone, which is used for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and is an inhibitor of FTO, decreased HNF4α and UGT2B7 expression. In conclusion, this study clarified that RNA methylation posttranscriptionally controls hepatic UGT2B7 expression.