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Sequencing Small Non-coding RNA from Formalin-fixed Tissues and Serum-derived Exosomes from Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer Patients
Published on: November 19, 2019
Metabolic reprogramming promotes AR-V7 splicing via SRSF2 lactylation in castration-resistant prostate cancer
Wenkai Zhu1,2,3, Jingran Xu2, Jesur Batur2
1The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519000, China.
Abstract:
Metabolic alterations are a hallmark of cancer, yet their direct influence on oncogenic splicing remains unclear. This study demonstrates that castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) exhibits enhanced glycolysis compared to hormone-sensitive disease, resulting in elevated lactate and increased global protein lactylation. Lactylomic profiling identifies the splicing factor SRSF2 as a key target, modified at a conserved lysine (K36). SRSF2 lactylation competes with ubiquitination, thereby stabilizing the protein and enabling it to promote the alternative splicing of androgen receptor (AR) pre-mRNA into the AR-V7 variant, a major driver of CRPC development. Functional assays confirm that both LDHA and SRSF2 are critical for CRPC cell proliferation, migration, and tumor growth, and their high expression correlates with poor patient prognosis. Our work establishes a direct mechanistic link between glycolysis and oncogenic splicing via protein lactylation, nominating the LDHA/SRSF2/AR-V7 axis as a therapeutic target.
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