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Table 1 Molecular mechanisms and biological functions of m6A in noncoding RNAs

From: Interaction between N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification and noncoding RNAs in cancer

Molecule

Mechanism

ncRNA

Biological function

Ref.

Writers

METTL3

Promote pri-miRNA processing

miR-221/222

Promote cell proliferation in bladder cancer

[35]

Promote pri-miRNA processing

miR-1246

Promote cell migration in CRC

[36]

Promote pre-miRNA processing

miR-143-3p

Promote the brain metastasis of NSCLC

[37]

Promote pri-miRNA processing

miR-25

Promote cell proliferation in pancreatic cancer

[41]

Modulate the structure of lncRNA

MALAT1

Promote cell proliferation

[13]

Stabilize lncRNA and enable the ceRNA model

LINC00958

Promote HCC lipogenesis and progression.

[60]

Stabilize lncRNA and enable the ceRNA model

MALAT1

Promote NSCLC drug resistance and metastasis

[61]

Promote lincRNA-let-7 interaction

Linc1281

Regulate pluripotency and differentiation of mESC

[62]

METTL14

Promote pri-miRNA processing

miR-126

Suppress HCC metastasis

[17]

Promote pri-miRNA processing

miR-375

Suppress CRC progression

[38]

Modulate the structure of lncRNA

MALAT1

Promote cell proliferation

[13]

WTAP, RBM15, RBM15B

Promote XIST -mediated gene repression

XIST

Gene silencing on the X chromosome

[65] [20]

NSun2

Suppress pri-miRNA processing

miR-125b

Promote cell migration in CRC

[44]

METTL16

Regulate pre-mRNA splicing

U6 snRNA

 

[24]

ZCCHC4

Promote mRNA translation

28S rRNA

Promote cell proliferation

[26]

Erasers

FTO

Affect steady-state levels of several miRNAs

miRNAs

 

[43]

Suppress cap-independent translation

circRNAs

 

[14]

Readers

NKAP

Promote pri-miRNA processing

miR-25

Promote cell proliferation in pancreatic cancer

[41]

HNRNPA2B1

Promote pri-miRNA processing

miR-106b

Promote NSCLC cell proliferation and tumor growth

[40]

 

Alter miRNAs transcriptome

miR-29a-3p, miR-29b-3p, miR-222, miR-1266-5p, miR-1268a, miR-671-3p

Promote endocrine resistance in breast cancer

[45]

HNRNPC

Promote pri-miRNA processing

miR-21

Promote cell migration and invasion in glioblastoma

[42]

HNRNPC, HNRNPG

Regulate RNA abundance and alternative splicing pattern

MALAT1

Promote cell proliferation

[13, 51]

YTHDC1

Promote XIST -mediated gene repression

XIST

Gene silencing on the X chromosome

[20]

 

Promote cytoplasmic export of circRNAs

circNSun2

Promote cell invasion and liver metastasis in CRC

[69]

YTHDF2

Mediate circRNA degradation

circRNAs

Inhibit innate immunity

[68, 70,71,72]

YTHDF3

Drive cap-independent translation

circRNAs

 

[14]