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    Senescence-Induced Immune Remodeling Facilitates Metastatic Adrenal Cancer in a Sex-Dimorphic Manner
    (Springer, 2023) Warde, Kate M.; Smith, Lorenzo J.; Liu, Lihua; Stubben, Chris J.; Lohman, Brian K.; Willett, Parker W.; Ammer, Julia L.; Castaneda Hernandez, Guadalupe; Imodoye, Sikiru O.; Zhang, Chenge; Jones, Kara D.; Converso Baran, Kimber; Ekiz, H. Atakan
    The mechanisms underlying the influence of aging on cancer are incompletely understood. Warde et al. establish a new model of age- and sex-dependent adrenal cancer. Their work uncovers a tumor-protective role for myeloid immune cells that is enhanced by androgens. Aging markedly increases cancer risk, yet our mechanistic understanding of how aging influences cancer initiation is limited. Here we demonstrate that the loss of ZNRF3, an inhibitor of Wnt signaling that is frequently mutated in adrenocortical carcinoma, leads to the induction of cellular senescence that remodels the tissue microenvironment and ultimately permits metastatic adrenal cancer in old animals. The effects are sexually dimorphic, with males exhibiting earlier senescence activation and a greater innate immune response, driven in part by androgens, resulting in high myeloid cell accumulation and lower incidence of malignancy. Conversely, females present a dampened immune response and increased susceptibility to metastatic cancer. Senescence-recruited myeloid cells become depleted as tumors progress, which is recapitulated in patients in whom a low myeloid signature is associated with worse outcomes. Our study uncovers a role for myeloid cells in restraining adrenal cancer with substantial prognostic value and provides a model for interrogating pleiotropic effects of cellular senescence in cancer.
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    Epitranscriptomics Changes the Play: M6a Rna Modifications in Apoptosis
    (Springer, 2022) Akçaöz, Azime; Akgül, Bünyamin
    Apoptosis is a form of programmed cell death that is essential for cellular and organismal homeostasis. Any irregularities that disturb the balance between apoptosis and cell survival have severe implications, such as improper development or life-threatening diseases. Thus, it is highly critical to maintain a proper rate of apoptosis throughout development. In fact, several complex transcriptional and posttranscriptional mechanisms exist in eukaryotes to critically regulate the rate of apoptotic processes. Recent studies suggest that not only RNA sequences but also their modifications, such as m6A methylation, play a fundamental role in these transcriptional and posttranscriptional processes. A specific set of proteins, called writer, eraser, and reader of m6A marks, modulate the rate of apoptosis by determining the m6A repertoire and the fate of certain transcripts associated with apoptosis. In this Review, we will cover the dynamic m6A RNA modifications and their impact on modulation of apoptosis.