| 2018 |
ZC3H13 is required for nuclear localization of the WTAP-Virilizer-Hakai complex; knockdown of Zc3h13 in mouse embryonic stem cells causes WTAP, Virilizer, and Hakai to translocate from nucleus to cytoplasm, leading to decreased global m6A levels on mRNA and impaired mESC self-renewal. |
siRNA knockdown, subcellular fractionation, immunofluorescence, m6A dot blot/quantification in mESCs |
Molecular cell |
High |
29547716
|
| 2018 |
Zc3h13/Flacc promotes m6A deposition by bridging the WTAP homolog Fl(2)d to the mRNA-binding factor Nito/Rbm15, physically connecting the mRNA-binding subunit to the catalytic m6A writer complex in both Drosophila and mice. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, mass spectrometry interactome, genetic epistasis in Drosophila sex determination, m6A quantification upon Flacc loss |
Genes & development |
High |
29535189
|
| 2018 |
Drosophila Xio (ortholog of ZC3H13) colocalizes and physically interacts with all five known m6A writer complex subunits (METTL3, METTL14, Fl(2)d/WTAP, Vir/KIAA1429, Nito/Rbm15) in the nucleus; loss of xio phenocopies loss of other m6A factors (sex transformation, Sxl splicing defect, reduced m6A) and encodes a member of the m6A methyltransferase complex. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence colocalization, genetic loss-of-function (Sxl splicing assay, sex determination phenotypes), m6A quantification |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
29555755
|
| 2018 |
ZC3H13 loss in colorectal cancer cells activates Ras-ERK signaling and increases expression of Snail, Cyclin D1, and Cyclin E1 while decreasing Occludin and ZO-1, placing ZC3H13 as an upstream suppressor of the Ras-ERK pathway. |
siRNA knockdown and overexpression, Western blot for pathway components, proliferation and invasion assays |
Journal of cellular physiology |
Medium |
30311220
|
| 2022 |
ZC3H13-mediated m6A modification of PHF10 mRNA promotes its translation in a YTHDF1-dependent manner; ZC3H13 knockdown downregulates PHF10 m6A methylation and reduces PHF10 protein, impairing homologous recombination repair of DNA double-strand breaks. |
MeRIP-qPCR, siRNA knockdown, m6A quantification, γH2AX/RAD51/53BP1 foci assay, YTHDF1-rescue experiments |
Cancer letters |
Medium |
35033590
|
| 2021 |
ZC3H13-induced m6A modification abolishes PKM2 mRNA stability, thereby reducing PKM2 expression and reprogramming glycolysis in hepatocellular carcinoma cells; rescue of PKM2 reverses the suppressive effect of ZC3H13 on HCC cell glycolysis and malignancy. |
MeRIP-qPCR, RNA immunoprecipitation, mRNA stability assay (actinomycin D), luciferase reporter, rescue experiments |
Journal of oncology |
Medium |
35003256
|
| 2023 |
ZC3H13 promotes m6A modification of IQGAP1 mRNA, leading to YTHDF2-mediated destabilization and degradation of IQGAP1 mRNA; YTHDF2 knockdown reverses the effect of ZC3H13 overexpression on IQGAP1 mRNA stability, suppressing papillary thyroid carcinoma growth. |
MeRIP-qPCR, RIP, actinomycin D mRNA stability assay, YTHDF2 knockdown rescue, xenograft model |
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association |
Medium |
36739231
|
| 2025 |
ZC3H13 promotes m6A modification of NABP1 mRNA, stabilizing it in an IGF2BP1-dependent manner; ZC3H13 knockdown reduces NABP1, alleviating G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury. |
MeRIP, ZC3H13 knockdown/overexpression, IGF2BP1-dependent mRNA stability assay, AAV9-mediated silencing in vivo |
Cellular and molecular life sciences |
Medium |
39985591
|
| 2025 |
ZC3H13 promotes m6A methylation of PRDX6 mRNA, facilitating its degradation in a YTHDF2-dependent manner, reducing PRDX6 expression; reduced PRDX6 activates p53 and suppresses SLC7A11, thereby promoting ferroptosis in alveolar macrophages and contributing to sepsis-associated acute lung injury. |
MeRIP, YTHDF2-dependent mRNA stability assay, ZC3H13 knockdown/PRDX6 overexpression rescue, lentiviral knockdown in vivo (CLP model) |
Functional & integrative genomics |
Medium |
40646387
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| 2025 |
ZC3H13 mediates m6A modification of KCNQ1OT1 lncRNA, reducing its stability in a YTHDF2-dependent manner; loss of KCNQ1OT1 prevents MLL4 recruitment to the TRABD promoter (reducing H3K4me1/2/3 enrichment), thereby decreasing TRABD expression and promoting ferroptosis, which sensitizes doxorubicin-resistant TNBC cells. |
RIP, RNA pull-down, MeRIP, YTHDF2-RIP, ChIP for H3K4me1/2/3 and MLL4, xenograft model |
Cell biology and toxicology |
Medium |
40000487
|
| 2024 |
ZC3H13 enhances m6A modification and mRNA stability of ITGA6 in bronchial epithelial cells, promoting ITGA6 expression; ZC3H13/ITGA6 axis drives inflammation, apoptosis, and EMT in COPD models. |
MeRIP-PCR, actinomycin D mRNA stability assay, ZC3H13 knockdown in cellular and mouse COPD models |
Cellular signalling |
Medium |
38670474
|
| 2024 |
ZC3H13 promotes m6A modification of Bax mRNA, reducing its stability through the m6A reader YTHDC1, thereby inhibiting Bax expression and lung epithelial cell apoptosis; YTHDC1 was identified as the specific reader mediating this destabilization. |
MeRIP-qPCR, RNA binding assay (ZC3H13 binds Bax mRNA), actinomycin D stability assay, YTHDC1 identification, ZC3H13 overexpression in BLM-induced mouse and cellular models |
Experimental cell research |
Medium |
39307407
|
| 2023 |
ZC3H13 promotes m6A modification of HIPK2 mRNA, increasing its stability (reduced degradation rate); this elevates HIPK2 expression and promotes keloid fibroblast proliferation and migration. |
MeRIP-qPCR, mRNA stability assay (actinomycin D), ZC3H13 knockdown/overexpression in human keloid fibroblasts |
Biochemical genetics |
Low |
37752292
|
| 2023 |
ZC3H13 promotes m6A modification of DUOX1 mRNA, repressing DUOX1 expression and thereby reducing DUOX1-mediated ferroptosis in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma cells; CHIP confirmed interaction between DUOX1 and ZC3H13. |
MeRIP, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), siRNA knockdown/overexpression, ROS and Fe2+ measurement |
Tissue & cell |
Low |
37536262
|
| 2026 |
ZC3H13 loss changes m6A writer complex activity and target specificity, decreasing m6A methylation and increasing stability of transcripts that promote migration and invasion; co-loss of ZC3H13 with RB1 and BRCA2 occurs in metastatic prostate cancer; FDA-approved m6A demethylase inhibitors reduce metastatic capabilities of ZC3H13-deficient cells. |
In vitro and in vivo functional assays for migration/invasion, m6A sequencing, pharmacological inhibition with FDA-approved demethylase inhibitors, patient genomic data co-deletion analysis |
Cancer research |
Medium |
41105668
|
| 2025 |
ZC3H13 mediates m6A modification of UNC5CL mRNA, stabilizing UNC5CL transcripts via YTHDC1; elevated UNC5CL suppresses the NF-κB–CSF2 signaling axis, thereby inhibiting CSF2-driven recruitment of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and remodeling the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in renal cell carcinoma. |
m6A sequencing combined with RNA-seq, loss/gain-of-function studies, flow cytometry of tumor-infiltrating immune cells, allograft tumor model |
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research |
Medium |
42163390
|
| 2025 |
ZC3H13 mediates m6A modification and stability of SLC3A2 mRNA in an IGF2BP2-dependent manner; ZC3H13 silencing suppresses BMSC proliferation and osteogenic differentiation while enhancing ferroptosis through SLC3A2 reduction; FOXO3 acts as a transcriptional activator of ZC3H13, placing ZC3H13 downstream of FOXO3 in a FOXO3/ZC3H13/SLC3A2 cascade. |
RIP, MeRIP, mRNA stability assay, ChIP and luciferase (FOXO3→ZC3H13 promoter), osteogenic differentiation assays (ALP, Alizarin Red), ROS/Fe2+/MDA measurement |
Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes |
Medium |
42217127
|
| 2025 |
ZC3H13 silencing in LPS-stimulated macrophages stabilizes Spic mRNA in an m6A-dependent manner; stabilized Spic inhibits NF-κB pathway activation and promotes macrophage polarization from pro-inflammatory M1 to anti-inflammatory phenotype, alleviating LPS-induced liver injury. |
Zc3h13 siRNA knockdown in macrophages and C57BL/6 in vivo model, m6A quantification, Spic co-silencing rescue, NF-κB pathway assay |
Journal of immunology |
Medium |
41847860
|
| 2025 |
ZC3H13 mediates YTHDF1-dependent m6A modification of SNTB1 mRNA, leading to post-transcriptional activation (increased SNTB1 expression), which promotes EMT and metastatic progression in gastric cancer. |
MeRIP-seq, RNA-seq, Co-immunoprecipitation, YTHDF1-rescue experiments, in vivo and in vitro functional assays |
Cell death & disease |
Medium |
40774945
|
| 2029 |
ZC3H13 mutation causes abnormal nuclear-to-cytoplasmic metastasis of METTL14 and METTL3 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, consistent with its nuclear anchoring role for the m6A writer complex; ZC3H13 promotes m6A modification of CXCL8 mRNA, enhancing its stability and leading to M2 macrophage polarization via the CXCL8–CXCR2 axis. |
ZC3H13 silencing in CDX model, m6A colorimetric assay, METTL3/METTL14 localization assay, CXCL8/CCL5 qRT-PCR and ELISA, CXCR2 inhibitor rescue |
Frontiers in immunology |
Low |
40959082
|
| 2024 |
ZC3H13 promotes m6A modification of PJA2 mRNA, stabilizing it; elevated PJA2 ubiquitinates and degrades KSR1, thereby inducing autophagy and suppressing bladder cancer progression. |
MeRIP for PJA2 m6A, mRNA stability assay, PJA2/KSR1 knockdown/overexpression rescue, in vitro and in vivo functional assays |
Human cell |
Low |
39614918
|
| 2025 |
ZC3H13-mediated m6A modification of NSUN4 mRNA represses NSUN4 expression; conversely, ZC3H13 knockdown increases NSUN4 m6A but reduces NSUN4 levels, and NSUN4 knockdown promotes chondrocyte mitochondrial dysfunction and pyroptosis, revealing that ZC3H13 modulates chondrocyte fate via m6A regulation of NSUN4. |
ZC3H13 siRNA knockdown, m6A level quantification of NSUN4, RNA sequencing, NSUN4 knockdown functional assays |
Cartilage |
Low |
40433805
|