Differential expression of RSK4 transcript isoforms in cancer and its clinical relevance
Author(s)
Chen, Sisi
Seckl, Michael J
Lorentzen, Marc PG
Pardo, Olivier E
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
While we previously revealed RSK4 as a therapeutic target in lung and bladder cancers, the wider role of this kinase in other cancers remains controversial. Indeed, other reports instead proposed RSK4 as a tumour suppressor in colorectal and gastric cancers and are contradictory in breast malignancies. One explanation for these discrepancies may be the expression of different RSK4 isoforms across cancers. Four RNAs are produced from the RSK4 gene, with two being protein-coding. Here, we analysed the expression of the latter across 30 normal and 33 cancer tissue types from the combined GTEx/TCGA dataset and correlated it with clinical features. This revealed the expression of RSK4 isoforms 1 and 2 to be independent prognostic factors for patient survival, pathological stage, cancer metastasis, recurrence, and immune infiltration in brain, stomach, cervical, and kidney cancers. However, we found that upregulation of either isoform can equally be associated with good or bad prognosis depending on the cancer type, and changes in the expression ratio of isoforms fail to predict clinical outcome. Hence, differential isoform expression alone cannot explain the contradictory roles of RSK4 in cancers, and further research is needed to highlight the underlying mechanisms for the context-dependent function of this kinase.
Date Issued
2022-12
Date Acceptance
2022-11-12
Citation
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23 (23)
ISSN
1422-0067
Publisher
MDPI AG
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Volume
23
Issue
23
Copyright Statement
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Subjects
ACTIVATION
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
BREAST-CANCER
cancer
Chemistry
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
DOMAINS
ENCODES
FAMILY
INFILTRATION
isoforms
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
normal tissue
Physical Sciences
prognosis
PROGNOSTIC-FACTOR
RESISTANCE
RIBOSOMAL S6 KINASE
RPS6KA6
RSK4
Science & Technology
TISSUE
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
14569
Date Publish Online
2022-11-23