METTL14 regulates neuroblastoma through the m6A modification

RNA methylation is involved in the regulation of cell response and cell fate, and is closely related to the development of tumors. METTL14 is considered to be a m6A methyltransferase. Studies have found that METTL14 is associated with the occurrence and development of a variety of tumors, but the mechanism in neuroblastoma is not clear. The expression of METTL14 in high risk patients was significantly higher than that in low risk patients. Interference with METTL14 expression in SK-N-BE(2) cells significantly interfered with cell cycle and inhibited cell proliferation, migration and invasion. In neuroblastoma, METTL14 activates the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway by targeting YWHAH by upregulating m6A levels in mRNA transcripts. In all findings, it was suggested that METTL14 has a cancer-promoting function in neuroblastoma. The expression of METTL14 was interfered with shRNA in neuroblastoma cells SK-N-BE(2), and the alteration of m6A modification level in mRNA was analyzed.