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Pseudouridine RNA Modifications in Cancer
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  • pseudouridine
  • epitranscriptomics
  • RNA modification
  • pseudouridine synthases
  • women health
  • reproductive biology
  • gynecological diseases
  • sex-specific regulation
  • female cancers
Video Introduction

This video is adapted from 10.3390/biology15020142

Pseudouridine (Ψ), the most abundant RNA modification, plays essential roles in shaping RNA structure, stability, and translational output. Beyond cancer, Ψ is dynamically regulated across numerous physiological and pathological contexts—including immune activation, metabolic disorders, stress responses, and pregnancy-related conditions such as preeclampsia—where elevated Ψ levels reflect intensified RNA turnover and modification activity. These broad functional roles highlight pseudouridylation as a central regulator of cellular homeostasis. Emerging evidence demonstrates that Ψ dysregulation contributes directly to the development and progression of several women’s cancers, including breast, ovarian, endometrial, and cervical malignancies. Elevated Ψ levels in tissues, blood, and urine correlate with tumor burden, metastatic potential, and therapeutic responsiveness. Aberrant activity of Ψ synthases such as PUS1, PUS7, and the H/ACA ribonucleoprotein component dyskerin alters pseudouridylation patterns across multiple RNA substrates, including rRNA, tRNA, mRNA, lncRNAs, snoRNAs, and ncRNAs. These widespread modifications reshape ribosome function, modify transcript stability and translational efficiency, reprogram RNA–protein interactions, and activate oncogenic signaling programs. Advances in high-resolution, site-specific Ψ mapping technologies have further revealed mechanistic links between pseudouridylation and malignant transformation, highlighting how modification of distinct RNA classes contributes to altered cellular identity and tumor progression. Collectively, Ψ and its modifying enzymes represent promising biomarkers and therapeutic targets across women’s cancers, while also serving as sensitive indicators of diverse non-cancer physiological and disease states.

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Yang, Q.; Al-Hendy, A.; Boyer, T.G. Pseudouridine RNA Modifications in Cancer. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/1883 (accessed on 01 September 2026).
Yang Q, Al-Hendy A, Boyer TG. Pseudouridine RNA Modifications in Cancer. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/1883. Accessed September 01, 2026.
Yang, Qiwei, Ayman Al-Hendy, Thomas G. Boyer. "Pseudouridine RNA Modifications in Cancer" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/video/1883 (accessed September 01, 2026).
Yang, Q., Al-Hendy, A., & Boyer, T.G. (2026, August 31). Pseudouridine RNA Modifications in Cancer. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/video/1883
Yang, Qiwei, et al. "Pseudouridine RNA Modifications in Cancer." Encyclopedia. Web. 31 August, 2026.
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