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  3. Small protein ERSP encoded by LINC02870 promotes triple negative breast cancer progression via IRE1α/XBP1s activation

Small protein ERSP encoded by LINC02870 promotes triple negative breast cancer progression via IRE1α/XBP1s activation

  • Cell Death Differ. 2025 Jan 11. doi: 10.1038/s41418-025-01443-5.
Xiaolu Wang # 1 2,  Qianqian Wang # 1,  Hong Wang 1,  Guodi Cai 1,  Yana An 1,  Peiqing Liu 1 3 4,  Huihao Zhou 1,  Hong-Wu Chen 5,  Shufeng Ji 6,  Jiantao Ye 7 8 9,  Junjian Wang 10 11 12
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Affiliations

  • 1 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China.
  • 2 State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China.
  • 3 National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China.
  • 4 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China.
  • 5 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
  • 6 Special Medical Service Center, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China. jishu_feng@163.com.
  • 7 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China. yejt@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
  • 8 National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China. yejt@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
  • 9 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China. yejt@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
  • 10 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China. wangjj87@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
  • 11 National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Druggability and New Drugs Evaluation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China. wangjj87@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
  • 12 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Design and Evaluation, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, China. wangjj87@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
  • # Contributed equally.
PMID: 39799200 DOI: 10.1038/s41418-025-01443-5
Abstract

Clinical treatment options for triple-negative breast Cancer (TNBC) are currently limited to chemotherapy because of a lack of effective therapeutic targets. Recent evidence suggests that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) encode bioactive Peptides or proteins, thereby playing noncanonical yet significant roles in regulating cellular processes. However, the potential of lncRNA-translated products in Cancer progression remains largely unknown. In this study, we identified a previously undocumented small protein encoded by the lncRNA LINC02870. This protein is localized at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and participates in ER stress, thus, we named it the endoplasmic reticulum stress protein (ERSP). ERSP was highly expressed in TNBC tissues, and elevated LINC02870 content was correlated with poor prognosis in TNBC patients. Loss of ERSP inhibited TNBC growth and metastasis both in vitro and in vivo. The pro-oncogenic effects of ERSP could be attributed to its selective activation of the IRE1α/XBP1s branch. ERSP enhances the unfolded protein response (UPR) by interacting with XBP1s, facilitating the nuclear accumulation of XBP1s, thereby promoting the expression of ER stress-related genes. These findings highlight the regulatory role of the lncRNA-encoded protein ERSP in ER stress and suggest that it is a potential therapeutic target for TNBC.

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