Jiebo Lin, Guankai Zhan, Jinfeng Liu, Yasen Maimaitiyiming, Zhiping Deng, Baohua Li, Kunhui Su, Jiafeng Chen, Siqi Sun, Wanlin Zheng, Xianghui Yu, Feng He, Xiaodong Cheng, Lingfang Wang, Bin Shen, Ziqin Yao, Xinquan Yang, Jian Zhang, Wentao He, Hengyu Wu, Hua Naranmandura, Kao-Jung Chang, Junxia Min, Jun Ma, Mikael Björklund, Peng-Fei Xu, Fudi Wang, Chih-Hung Hsu
N6 -methyladenosine (m6 A) is a critical regulator in the fate of RNA, but whether and how m6 A executes its functions in different tissues remains largely obscure. Here we report downregulation of a crucial m6 A reader, YTHDF2, leading to tissue-specific programmed cell deaths (PCDs) upon fluorene-9-bisphenol (BHPF) exposure. Currently, Bisphenol A (BPA) substitutes are widely used in plastic manufacturing. Interrogating eight common BPA substitutes, we detected BHPF in 14% serum samples of pregnant participants...
December 2023: National Science Review