Microproteins in cancer: identification, biological functions, and clinical implications

DA Hofman, JR Prensner, S van Heesch - Trends in Genetics, 2024 - cell.com
Cancer continues to be a major global health challenge, accounting for 10 million deaths
annually worldwide. Since the inception of genome-wide cancer sequencing studies 20 …

Ribosome profiling: a powerful tool in oncological research

D Su, C Ding, J Qiu, G Yang, R Wang, Y Liu, J Tao… - Biomarker …, 2024 - Springer
Neoplastic cells need to adapt their gene expression pattern to survive in an ever-changing
or unfavorable tumor microenvironment. Protein synthesis (or mRNA translation), an …

Translation of non-canonical open reading frames as a cancer cell survival mechanism in childhood medulloblastoma

DA Hofman, J Ruiz-Orera, I Yannuzzi, R Murugesan… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
A hallmark of high-risk childhood medulloblastoma is the dysregulation of RNA translation.
Currently, it is unknown whether medulloblastoma dysregulates the translation of putatively …

The microprotein HDSP promotes gastric cancer progression through activating the MECOM-SPINK1-EGFR signaling axis

Y Chen, Q Li, X Yu, L Lu, Z Zhou, M Li, R **a… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The presence of noncanonical open reading frames within lncRNAs (long non-coding
RNAs) suggests their potential for translation, yielding various functional peptides or …

CRISPR–Cas9-based functional interrogation of unconventional translatome reveals human cancer dependency on cryptic non-canonical open reading frames

C Zheng, Y Wei, P Zhang, K Lin, D He, H Teng… - Nature Structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
Emerging evidence suggests that cryptic translation beyond the annotated translatome
produces proteins with developmental or physiological functions. However, functions of …

Widespread stable noncanonical peptides identified by integrated analyses of ribosome profiling and ORF features

H Yang, Q Li, EK Stroup, S Wang, Z Ji - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Studies have revealed dozens of functional peptides in putative 'noncoding'regions and
raised the question of how many proteins are encoded by noncanonical open reading …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting non-coding RNAs: Perspectives and challenges of in-silico approaches

R Rocca, K Grillone, EL Citriniti, G Gualtieri… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The growing information currently available on the central role of non-coding RNAs
(ncRNAs) including microRNAs (miRNAS) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) for chronic …

HCP5 derived novel microprotein triggers progression of gastric cancer through regulating Ferroptosis

Q Li, G Guo, Y Chen, L Lu, H Li, Z Zhou… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The context of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) contains many unannotated open reading
frames (ORFs). These ORFs potentially encode novel proteins or peptides with crucial roles …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of translational control and the emergence of genes and open reading frames in human and non-human primate hearts

J Ruiz-Orera, DC Miller, J Greiner, C Genehr… - Nature cardiovascular …, 2024 - nature.com
Evolutionary innovations can be driven by changes in the rates of RNA translation and the
emergence of new genes and small open reading frames (sORFs). In this study, we …

The cryptic lncRNA-encoded microprotein TPM3P9 drives oncogenic RNA splicing and tumorigenesis

K Meng, Y Li, X Yuan, HM Shen, LL Hu, D Liu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2025 - nature.com
Emerging evidence demonstrates that cryptic translation from RNAs previously annotated as
noncoding might generate microproteins with oncogenic functions. However, the importance …