Translational control of breast cancer plasticity

Protein synthesis suppression protects breast cancer cells from clinically relevant stresses like hypoxia. Here, the authors show that unique mRNA isoforms that govern stem cell-like phenotypes escape translational repression to drive tumor progression and chemoresistance.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael Jewer, Laura Lee, Matthew Leibovitch, Guihua Zhang, Jiahui Liu, Scott D. Findlay, Krista M. Vincent, Kristofferson Tandoc, Dylan Dieters-Castator, Daniela F. Quail, Indrani Dutta, Mackenzie Coatham, Zhihua Xu, Aakshi Puri, Bo-Jhih Guan, Maria Hatzoglou, Andrea Brumwell, James Uniacke, Christos Patsis, Antonis Koromilas, Julia Schueler, Gabrielle M. Siegers, Ivan Topisirovic, Lynne-Marie Postovit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16352-z