RPL22 is a tumor suppressor in MSI-high cancers and a splicing regulator of MDM4.
Cell Rep
; 43(8): 114622, 2024 Aug 27.
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ABSTRACT
Microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) tumors are malignant tumors that, despite harboring a high mutational burden, often have intact TP53. One of the most frequent mutations in MSI-H tumors is a frameshift mutation in RPL22, a ribosomal protein. Here, we identified RPL22 as a modulator of MDM4 splicing through an alternative splicing switch in exon 6. RPL22 loss increases MDM4 exon 6 inclusion and cell proliferation and augments resistance to the MDM inhibitor Nutlin-3a. RPL22 represses the expression of its paralog, RPL22L1, by mediating the splicing of a cryptic exon corresponding to a truncated transcript. Therefore, damaging mutations in RPL22 drive oncogenic MDM4 induction and reveal a common splicing circuit in MSI-H tumors that may inform therapeutic targeting of the MDM4-p53 axis and oncogenic RPL22L1 induction.
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Proteínas Ribossômicas
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Proteínas de Ciclo Celular
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Animals
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Humans
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2024
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