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Gutierrez-Camino A, Garcia-Obregon S, Lopez-Lopez E, Astigarraga I, Garcia-Orad A. miRNA deregulation in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a systematic review. Epigenomics 2019; 12:69-80. [PMID: 31833405 DOI: 10.2217/epi-2019-0154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite remarkable improvements in survival of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), nonresponding or relapsing patients still represent one of the most frequent causes of death by disease in children. Accurate patient risk stratification based on genetic markers could increases survival rates. miRNAs can represent novel candidates with diagnostic, predictive and prognostic potential; however, many groups investigated their involvement with contradictory results. Aim: To clarify the role of miRNAs as biomarkers through a systematic review. Results: From a revision of 45 manuscripts, we found that miR-128 and miR-181 overexpression could represent markers for ALL diagnosis and underexpression of miR-708 and miR-99a could be markers for bad prognosis. Conclusion: These signatures could refine classification and risk stratification of patients and improve ALL outcome.
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Affiliation(s)
- Angela Gutierrez-Camino
- Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology & Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Leioa, 48940, Spain.,BioCruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Pediatric Oncology Group, Barakaldo, 48903, Spain.,Division of Hematology-Oncology, Research Center, Sainte-Justine University Health Center, Montreal, QC H3T 1C5, Canada
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- BioCruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Pediatric Oncology Group, Barakaldo, 48903, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology & Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Leioa, 48940, Spain.,BioCruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Pediatric Oncology Group, Barakaldo, 48903, Spain
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- BioCruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Pediatric Oncology Group, Barakaldo, 48903, Spain.,Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Cruces, Barakaldo, 48903, Spain.,Department of Pediatrics, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Leioa, 48940, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology & Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Leioa, 48940, Spain.,BioCruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Pediatric Oncology Group, Barakaldo, 48903, Spain
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El-Khazragy N, Elshimy AA, Hassan SS, Matbouly S, Safwat G, Zannoun M, Riad RA. Dysregulation of miR-125b predicts poor response to therapy in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Cell Biochem 2019; 120:7428-7438. [PMID: 30390332 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.28017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most well-known sort of leukemia in children. In spite of favorable survival rates, some patients relapse and achieve a poor outcome. METHODS We analyzed miR-125b and Bcl-2 expressions in pediatric patients with ALL and evaluated their clinical utility as molecular markers for the prediction of disease outcomes. RESULTS Downregulation of miR-125b and increased Bcl-2 expression levels in pediatric patients with ALL were associated with poor prognosis at diagnosis. At day 28 of induction, miR-125b was significantly increased, whereas Bcl-2 was downregulated. Loss of miR-125b during diagnosis and its elevation after therapy are strongly correlated with short leukemia-free survival and worse survival. Moreover, the combination of miR-125b with Bcl-2 markers can clearly enhance the prediction of the disease outcome. Finally, a univariate analysis highlighted the independent prognostic value of miR-125 in a pediatric patient with ALL. CONCLUSIONS miR-125b and Bcl-2 together are potent predictors for the prognosis and, therefore, can be used as therapeutic targets in childhood ALL.
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- Nashwa El-Khazragy
- Department of Clinical Pathology and Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams Medical Research Institute (MASRI), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.,Former Department of Biomedical Research, Armed Forces College of Medicine (AFCM), Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, New Giza University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology, October University for Modern Sciences and Art (MSA) University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Global Research Lab, Cairo, Egypt
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Shao T, Wang G, Chen H, Xie Y, Jin X, Bai J, Xu J, Li X, Huang J, Jin Y, Li Y. Survey of miRNA-miRNA cooperative regulation principles across cancer types. Brief Bioinform 2018; 20:1621-1638. [DOI: 10.1093/bib/bby038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Revised: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AbstractCooperative regulation among multiple microRNAs (miRNAs) is a complex type of posttranscriptional regulation in human; however, the global view of the system-level regulatory principles across cancers is still unclear. Here, we investigated miRNA-miRNA cooperative regulatory landscape across 18 cancer types and summarized the regulatory principles of miRNAs. The miRNA-miRNA cooperative pan-cancer network exhibited a scale-free and modular architecture. Cancer types with similar tissue origins had high similarity in cooperative network structure and expression of cooperative miRNA pairs. In addition, cooperative miRNAs showed divergent properties, including higher expression, greater expression variation and a stronger regulatory strength towards targets and were likely to regulate cancer hallmark-related functions. We found a marked rewiring of miRNA-miRNA cooperation between various cancers and revealed conserved and rewired network miRNA hubs. We further identified the common hubs, cancer-specific hubs and other hubs, which tend to target known anticancer drug targets. Finally, miRNA cooperative modules were found to be associated with patient survival in several cancer types. Our study highlights the potential of pan-cancer miRNA-miRNA cooperative regulation as a novel paradigm that may aid in the discovery of tumorigenesis mechanisms and development of anticancer drugs.
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- Tingting Shao
- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology and Bio-Pharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology and Bio-Pharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology and Bio-Pharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology and Bio-Pharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology and Bio-Pharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology and Bio-Pharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology and Bio-Pharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology and Bio-Pharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology and Bio-Pharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
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Umerez M, Garcia-Obregon S, Martin-Guerrero I, Astigarraga I, Gutierrez-Camino A, Garcia-Orad A. Role of miRNAs in treatment response and toxicity of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pharmacogenomics 2018; 19:361-373. [PMID: 29469670 DOI: 10.2217/pgs-2017-0164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia survival rates have increased remarkably during last decades due, in part, to intensive treatment protocols. However, therapy resistance and toxicity are still two important barriers to survival. In this context, pharmacoepigenetics arises as a tool to identify new predictive markers, required to guide clinicians on risk stratification and dose individualization. The present study reviews current evidence about miRNA implication on childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia therapy resistance and toxicity. A total of 12 studies analyzing differential miRNA expression in relation to drug resistance and six studies exploring the association between miRNAs-related SNPs and drug-induced toxicities were identified. We pointed out to miR-125b together with miR-99a and/or miR-100 overexpression as markers of vincristine resistance and rs2114358 in mir-1206 as mucositis marker as the most promising results.
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- Maitane Umerez
- Department of Genetics, Physic Anthropology & Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Physic Anthropology & Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain
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- BioCruces Health Research Institute Pediatric Oncology Group, Barakaldo, Spain.,Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain.,Pediatric Department, University of the BasqueCountry, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Physic Anthropology & Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Physic Anthropology & Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain.,BioCruces Health Research Institute Pediatric Oncology Group, Barakaldo, Spain
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Piatopoulou D, Avgeris M, Marmarinos A, Xagorari M, Baka M, Doganis D, Kossiva L, Scorilas A, Gourgiotis D. miR-125b predicts childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia poor response to BFM chemotherapy treatment. Br J Cancer 2017; 117:801-812. [PMID: 28787435 PMCID: PMC5589998 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2017.256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Revised: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite the favourable survival rates of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), a significant number of patients present resistance to antileukaemic agents and dismal prognosis. In this study, we analysed miR-125b expression in childhood ALL and evaluated its clinical utility for patients treated with Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster (BFM) protocol. METHODS The study included 272 bone marrow specimens obtained on diagnosis and on BFM day 33 from 125 patients and 64 healthy children. Following extraction, RNA was polyadenylated and reverse transcribed. miR-125b levels were quantified by quantitative PCR. Cytogenetics, immunohistotype and MRD were analysed according to international guidelines. RESULTS Downregulated miR-125b levels were detected in childhood ALL patients and correlated with adverse prognosis. Following BFM induction, miR-125b levels were significantly increased, however, elevated day 33/diagnosis miR-125b ratio was associated with unfavourable disease features. Loss of miR-125b during diagnosis and higher day 33/diagnosis ratio were correlated with stronger risk for disease short-term relapse and patients' worse survival. Moreover, multivariate regression models highlighted the independent prognostic value of miR-125b for childhood ALL. Finally, the combination of miR-125b with clinically used disease markers clearly enhanced the prediction of patients' resistance to BFM chemotherapy. CONCLUSIONS miR-125b significantly improves the prognosis of childhood ALL patients' outcome under BFM treatment.
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- Despina Piatopoulou
- Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry—Molecular Diagnostics, 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ‘P & A Kyriakou’ Children’s Hospital, Levadias 13 Street, Athens 11527, Greece
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Athens 15701, Greece
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- Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry—Molecular Diagnostics, 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ‘P & A Kyriakou’ Children’s Hospital, Levadias 13 Street, Athens 11527, Greece
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- Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry—Molecular Diagnostics, 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ‘P & A Kyriakou’ Children’s Hospital, Levadias 13 Street, Athens 11527, Greece
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, ‘P & A Kyriakou’ Children’s Hospital, Thivon & Levadias Street, Athens 11527, Greece
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, ‘P & A Kyriakou’ Children’s Hospital, Thivon & Levadias Street, Athens 11527, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ‘P & A Kyriakou’ Children’s Hospital, Levadias 13 Street, Athens 11527, Greece
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Athens 15701, Greece
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- Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry—Molecular Diagnostics, 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ‘P & A Kyriakou’ Children’s Hospital, Levadias 13 Street, Athens 11527, Greece
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Kwekel JC, Vijay V, Han T, Moland CL, Desai VG, Fuscoe JC. Sex and age differences in the expression of liver microRNAs during the life span of F344 rats. Biol Sex Differ 2017; 8:6. [PMID: 28174625 PMCID: PMC5291947 DOI: 10.1186/s13293-017-0127-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Physiological factors such as age and sex have been shown to be risk factors for adverse effects in the liver, including liver diseases and drug-induced liver injury. Previously, we have reported age- and sex-related significant differences in hepatic basal gene expression in rats during the life span that may be related to susceptibility to such adverse effects. However, the underlying mechanisms of the gene expression changes were not fully understood. In recent years, increasing evidence for epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation has fueled interest in the role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in toxicogenomics and biomarker discovery. We therefore proposed that significant age and sex differences exist in baseline liver miRNA expression, and that comprehensive profiling of miRNAs will provide insights into the epigenetic regulation of gene expression in rat liver. Methods To address this, liver tissues from male and female F344 rats were examined at 2, 5, 6, 8, 15, 21, 52, 78, and 104 weeks of age for the expression of 677 unique miRNAs. Following data processing, predictive pathway analysis was performed on selected miRNAs that exhibited prominent age and/or sex differences in expression. Results Of the 314 miRNAs found to be expressed, 214 were differentially expressed; 65 and 212 miRNAs showed significant (false discovery rate (FDR) <5% and ≥1.5-fold change) sex- and age-related differences in expression, respectively. Thirty-eight miRNAs showed 2-week-specific expression, of which 31 miRNAs were found to be encoded within the Dlk1-Dio3 cluster located on chromosome 6. This cluster has been associated with tissue proliferation and differentiation, and liver energy homeostasis in postnatal development. Predictive pathway analysis linked sex-biased miRNA expression with sexually dimorphic molecular functions and toxicological functions that may reflect sex differences in hepatic physiology and disease. The expression of miRNAs (miR-18a, miR-99a, and miR-203, miR-451) was also found to associate with specific sexually dimorphic hepatic histopathology. The expression of miRNAs involved in regulating cell death, cell proliferation, and cell cycle was found to change as the rats matured from adult to old age. Conclusions Overall, significant age- and sex-related differences in liver miRNA expression were identified and linked to histopathological findings and predicted functional pathways that may underlie susceptibilities to liver toxicity and disease. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13293-017-0127-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Joshua C Kwekel
- Division of Systems Biology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR USA.,Present address: Department of Math & Science, Central Baptist College, Conway, AR USA
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- Division of Systems Biology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR USA
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- Division of Systems Biology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR USA
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- Division of Systems Biology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR USA
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- Division of Systems Biology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR USA
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- Division of Systems Biology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR USA
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Erythropoietin and thrombopoietin mimetics: Natural alternatives to erythrocyte and platelet disorders. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2016; 108:175-186. [DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2016.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2015] [Revised: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Zhang Y, Xu W, Ni P, Li A, Zhou J, Xu S. MiR-99a and MiR-491 Regulate Cisplatin Resistance in Human Gastric Cancer Cells by Targeting CAPNS1. Int J Biol Sci 2016; 12:1437-1447. [PMID: 27994509 PMCID: PMC5166486 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.16529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cisplatin is the first-line agent utilized for the clinical treatment of a wide variety of solid tumors including gastric cancer. However, the intrinsic or acquired cisplatin resistance is often occurred in patients with gastric cancer and resulted in failure of cisplatin therapy. In order to investigate if miRNA involves in cisplatin resistance of human gastric cancer, we first screened and compared the expression of miRNAs between cisplatin resistant gastric cancer cell lines SGC-7901/DDP and BGC-823/DDP and their sensitive parental cells by miRNAs microarray and followed by analysis of 2D-GE/MS to identify their target proteins. We found both miR-99a and miR-491 were upregulated while their target gene calpain small subunit 1 (CAPNS1) was downregulated in resistant gastric cancer cells. Dual-luciferase- reporter assays with wild-type and mutated CAPNS1 3'-UTR confirmed their specificity of targeting. Inhibition of miR-99a and miR-491, or overexpress CAPNS1 can enhance cisplatin sensitivity of the resistant cells while transfection of two miRNAs' mimics or si-CAPNS1 in the sensitive cells can induce their resistance. Moreover, our results demonstrated CAPNS1 positively regulated calpain1 and calpain2, the catalytic subunits of CAPNS1, and cleaved caspase3 which further cleaved PARP1 and directly induced apoptosis. Therefore, miR-99a and miR-491 might be work as novel molecules regulate cisplatin resistance by directly targeting CAPNS1 associated pathway in human gastric cancer cells.
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- Yajie Zhang
- Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University; Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biomedical Research Center, Sir Runrun Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University
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- Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University
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Karnati HK, Raghuwanshi S, Sarvothaman S, Gutti U, Saladi RGV, Komati JK, Tummala PR, Gutti RK. microRNAs: Key Players in Hematopoiesis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2015; 887:171-211. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22380-3_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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