Journal: Cancer Communications
Article Title: Intranuclear paraspeckle‐circular RNA TACC3 assembly forms RNA‐DNA hybrids to facilitate MASH‐related hepatocellular carcinoma growth in an m 6 A‐dependent manner
doi: 10.1002/cac2.70061
Figure Lengend Snippet: circTACC3 m 6 A modification is associated with its intracellular localization. (A) Representative image of H&E staining of MASH‐related HCC tumor and paired peritumoral normal tissue derived organoids with relatively low (#1) and high (#2) circTACC3 expression, treated with or without PA + OA. (B) 3D fluorescence scanning of 3‐OH BrDU probe (green), anti‐Ki‐67 antibody (magenta), and DAPI (blue) indicated tissue derived organoids, treated with or without PA + OA; maximum projection of signals is shown. (C‐D) Assays of fluorescence staining with the 3‐OH BrDU probe were conducted on the cell lines with different nuclear circTACC3 level (C, n = 6) and circTACC3 knockout cell strains or negative controls (D, n = 9). The numbers on the Y‐axis represent the apoptotic rate normalized to baseline of 1. ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001; NS , not significant. (E) MeRIP assay shows an enrichment of m 6 A‐modified circTACC3 in cytoplasmic and nuclear fraction of HCCLM3 cells. (F) Representation of predicted m 6 A modification motif of circTACC3 (predicted using the SRAMP website). (G) Absolute quantitative RT‐qPCR of m 6 A RNA shows m 6 A modification ratio of intra‐nuclear circTACC3 in the individual motif scale. (H) The m 6 A modification levels of circTACC3 were evaluated by MeRIP in m 6 A inhibitor treated group compared to control (DMSO) group, and in PA + OA treated group compared to control (Mock) group, respectively ( n = 3). *** P < 0.001. (I) Nucleo‐plasmic fractionation to evaluate circTACC3 expression after indicated treatment ( n = 4). *** P < 0.001. (J) 3D‐FISH conducted on MASH‐related HCC tumor tissue derived organoids demonstrates the 3D distribution of circTACC3 (red) in nuclei (blue). (K) H&E staining of MASH‐related HCC tumor tissue derived organoids treated with PA + OA and/or m 6 A intervention. Abbreviations: PA, palmitic acid; OA, oleic acid; T, tumor tissues; PT, peritumoral normal tissue; H&E, hematoxylin and eosin; MeRIP, methylated RNA immunoprecipitation; m 6 A, N6‐methyladenosine; NAS, Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease activity score; SAH, S‐adenosylhomocysteine; DAA, 3‐deazaadenosine; FISH, fluorescence i n situ hybridization.
Article Snippet: STM2457, S‐adenosylhomocysteine (SAH), 3‐deazaadenosine (DAA) or the solvent control DMSO (v/v = 1/1000, #HY‐Y0320, MedChemExpress, NJ, US) was added on Day 4.
Techniques: Modification, Staining, Derivative Assay, Expressing, Fluorescence, Knock-Out, Quantitative RT-PCR, Control, Fractionation, Methylation, RNA Immunoprecipitation, Activity Assay, Hybridization