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Zhou W, Deng X, Wang B, Yuan Y, Ma J, Meng X. HTF4 modulates the transcription of GID2 to promote the malignant biological behavior of pancreatic cancer. Pancreatology 2024:S1424-3903(24)00706-3. [PMID: 39216997 DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2024.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 08/09/2024] [Accepted: 08/12/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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BACKGROUND Helix-loop-helix transcription factor 4 (HTF4) as an anti-cancer target has been reported in many human cancers, but limited data exists regarding the effect of HTF4 in pancreatic cancer. In this study, we aimed to investigate the role of HTF4 in pancreatic cancer. METHODS The expression levels of HTF4 in clinical pancreatic cancer samples were measured. HTF4 was knocked down or overexpressed in pancreatic cancer cells and was subsequently tested for bio-function using in vitro assays and in vivo. The regulation of HTF4 on GID2 was assessed via bioinformatic tools and dual-luciferase reporter assay. RESULTS We found that HTF4 was highly expressed in pancreatic cancer tissues and correlated with poor patient prognosis. In addition, knocking down HTF4 expression inhibited cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, whereas HTF4 overexpression exerted the opposite effect. Moreover, HTF4 promoted tumor growth and metastasis in pancreatic cancer. Further, HTF4 bound to the GID2 promoter region and promoted transcriptional activation of GID2 in pancreatic cancer cells. GID2 knockdown suppressed HTF4-induced malignant behaviors of pancreatic cancer cells. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that the HTF4/GID2 axis accelerates the progression of pancreatic cancer, providing a potential therapeutic target and prognostic indicator for the treatment of pancreatic cancer patients.
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- Wenyang Zhou
- Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
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- Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
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Peng Q, Deng Y, Li G, Li J, Zheng P, Xiong Q, Li J, Chen Y, Ge F. Quantitative Proteomics Reveal the Mechanism of MiR-138-5p Suppressing Cervical Cancer via Targeting ZNF385A. J Proteome Res 2024; 23:3659-3673. [PMID: 39022804 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.4c00349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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MicroRNAs are short, noncoding RNA molecules that exert pivotal roles in cancer development and progression by modulating various target genes. There is growing evidence that miR-138-5p is significantly involved in cervical cancer (CC). However, its precise molecular mechanism has yet to be fully understood. In the current investigation, a quantitative proteomics approach was utilized to detect possible miR-138-5p targets in HeLa cells systematically. In total, 364 proteins were downregulated, and 150 were upregulated after miR-138-5p overexpression. Bioinformatic analysis of these differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) revealed significant enrichment in several cancer-related pathways. Zinc finger protein 385A (ZNF385A) was determined as a novel direct target of miR-138-5p and discovered to facilitate the proliferation, migration, and cell cycle progression of HeLa cells. SFN and Fas cell surface death receptor(FAS) were then identified as functional downstream effectors of ZNF385A and miR-138-5p. Moreover, a tumor xenograft experiment was conducted to validate the association of miR-138-5p-ZNF385A-SFN/FAS axis with the development of CC in vivo. Our findings have collectively established a catalog of proteins mediated by miR-138-5p and have provided an in-depth comprehension of the molecular mechanisms responsible for the inhibitory effect of miR-138-5p on CC. The miR-138-5p-ZNF385A-SFN/FAS axis could also be beneficial to the identification of new therapeutic targets.
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- Qihang Peng
- College of Life Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
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- College of Life Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
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- College of Life Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
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- College of Life Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
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- College of Life Science and Healthy, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Life Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
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- College of Life Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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Sun YQ, Wang B, Zheng LW, Zhao JH, Ren JG. Oral cancer cell to endothelial cell communication via exosomal miR-21/RMND5A pathway. BMC Oral Health 2024; 24:82. [PMID: 38229133 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-024-03852-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024] Open
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Required for meiotic nuclear division 5 homolog A (RMND5A), a novel ubiquitin E3 Ligase, has been reported to correlate with poor prognosis of several cancers. However, its role in endothelial cells has not been reported. In this study, overexpression of RMND5A in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) was performed via lentiviral infection, followed by MTT, would healing and tube formation assay as well as signaling analysis. Moreover, crosstalk between HUVECs and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cells was investigated by indirect co-culture with condition medium or tumor cell derived exosomes. Our results showed that overexpression of RMND5A reduced the proliferation, migration and tube formation ability of HUVECs by inhibiting the activation of ERK and NF-κB pathway. Interestingly, OSCC cells can inhibit RMND5A expression of endothelial cells via exosomal miR-21. In summary, our present study unveils that OSCC cells can activate endothelial cells via exosomal miR-21/RMND5A pathway to promote angiogenesis, which may provide novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of OSCC.
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- Yu-Qi Sun
- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, No. 237 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, No. 237 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, No. 237 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, No. 237 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430079, China.
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, China.
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, No. 237 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430079, China.
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, China.
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Deng X, Ma J, Zhou W, Yuan Y, Wang B, Meng X. GID2 Interacts With CDKN3 and Regulates Pancreatic Cancer Growth and Apoptosis. J Transl Med 2023; 103:100122. [PMID: 36828188 DOI: 10.1016/j.labinv.2023.100122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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Dysregulation of deubiquitinase or ubiquitinase-mediated protein expression contributes to various diseases, including cancer. In the present study, we identified GID2, a subunit of the glucose-induced degradation-deficient (GID) complex that functions as an E3 ubiquitin ligase, as a potential key candidate gene in pancreatic cancer (PC) progression. The functional role and potential mechanism of GID2 in PC progression were investigated. Integrated bioinformatics analysis was performed to identify differentially expressed genes in PC based on the Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis data sets. We found that GID2 was upregulated in PC tissues and that a high level of GID2 expression in clinical PC samples was positively associated with tumor stage and poor survival. Functional assays elucidated that GID2 expression promoted cell growth in vitro and accelerated tumor growth in vivo. GID2 knockdown effectively attenuated the malignant behaviors of PC cells and tumor formation. Furthermore, the protein network that interacted with the GID2 protein was constructed based on the GeneMANIA website. Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 3 (CDKN3), a cell cycle regulator, was identified as a potential target of the GID2 protein. We revealed that GID2 positively regulated CDKN3 expression and inhibited CDKN3 ubiquitination. Furthermore, CDKN3 downregulation reversed the promoting effects of GID2 on PC progression. Therefore, the present study demonstrated that GID2 might regulate PC progression by maintaining the stability of the CDKN3 protein. These findings highlight the potential roles of the GID2/CDKN3 axis as a potential therapeutic target in PC.
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- Xin Deng
- Pancreatic Endocrinology Ward, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Pathology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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- Pancreatic Endocrinology Ward, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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- Pancreatic Endocrinology Ward, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
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- Pancreatic Endocrinology Ward, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
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de Rooij LA, Mastebroek DJ, ten Voorde N, van der Wall E, van Diest PJ, Moelans CB. The microRNA Lifecycle in Health and Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14235748. [PMID: 36497229 PMCID: PMC9736740 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14235748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs of ~22 nucleotides that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. They can bind to around 60% of all protein-coding genes with an average of 200 targets per miRNA, indicating their important function within physiological and pathological cellular processes. miRNAs can be quickly produced in high amounts through canonical and non-canonical pathways that involve a multitude of steps and proteins. In cancer, miRNA biogenesis, availability and regulation of target expression can be altered to promote tumour progression. This can be due to genetic causes, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms, epigenetic changes, differences in host gene expression, or chromosomal remodelling. Alternatively, post-transcriptional changes in miRNA stability, and defective or absent components and mediators of the miRNA-induced silencing complex can lead to altered miRNA function. This review provides an overview of the current knowledge on the lifecycle of miRNAs in health and cancer. Understanding miRNA function and regulation is fundamental prior to potential future application of miRNAs as cancer biomarkers.
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- Laura Adriana de Rooij
- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +31-887-556-557
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Rojano E, Jabato FM, Perkins JR, Córdoba-Caballero J, García-Criado F, Sillitoe I, Orengo C, Ranea JAG, Seoane-Zonjic P. Assigning protein function from domain-function associations using DomFun. BMC Bioinformatics 2022; 23:43. [PMID: 35033002 PMCID: PMC8761305 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-022-04565-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Protein function prediction remains a key challenge. Domain composition affects protein function. Here we present DomFun, a Ruby gem that uses associations between protein domains and functions, calculated using multiple indices based on tripartite network analysis. These domain-function associations are combined at the protein level, to generate protein-function predictions. RESULTS We analysed 16 tripartite networks connecting homologous superfamily and FunFam domains from CATH-Gene3D with functional annotations from the three Gene Ontology (GO) sub-ontologies, KEGG, and Reactome. We validated the results using the CAFA 3 benchmark platform for GO annotation, finding that out of the multiple association metrics and domain datasets tested, Simpson index for FunFam domain-function associations combined with Stouffer's method leads to the best performance in almost all scenarios. We also found that using FunFams led to better performance than superfamilies, and better results were found for GO molecular function compared to GO biological process terms. DomFun performed as well as the highest-performing method in certain CAFA 3 evaluation procedures in terms of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] We also implemented our own benchmark procedure, Pathway Prediction Performance (PPP), which can be used to validate function prediction for additional annotations sources, such as KEGG and Reactome. Using PPP, we found similar results to those found with CAFA 3 for GO, moreover we found good performance for the other annotation sources. As with CAFA 3, Simpson index with Stouffer's method led to the top performance in almost all scenarios. CONCLUSIONS DomFun shows competitive performance with other methods evaluated in CAFA 3 when predicting proteins function with GO, although results vary depending on the evaluation procedure. Through our own benchmark procedure, PPP, we have shown it can also make accurate predictions for KEGG and Reactome. It performs best when using FunFams, combining Simpson index derived domain-function associations using Stouffer's method. The tool has been implemented so that it can be easily adapted to incorporate other protein features, such as domain data from other sources, amino acid k-mers and motifs. The DomFun Ruby gem is available from https://rubygems.org/gems/DomFun . Code maintained at https://github.com/ElenaRojano/DomFun . Validation procedure scripts can be found at https://github.com/ElenaRojano/DomFun_project .
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- Elena Rojano
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Malaga, Bulevar Louis Pasteur, 31, 29010 Malaga, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research in Malaga (IBIMA), Dr. Miguel Díaz Recio, 28, 29010 Malaga, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Malaga, Bulevar Louis Pasteur, 31, 29010 Malaga, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research in Malaga (IBIMA), Dr. Miguel Díaz Recio, 28, 29010 Malaga, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Malaga, Bulevar Louis Pasteur, 31, 29010 Malaga, Spain
- CIBER of Rare Diseases, Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5. Pabellon 11. Planta 0, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research in Malaga (IBIMA), Dr. Miguel Díaz Recio, 28, 29010 Malaga, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Malaga, Bulevar Louis Pasteur, 31, 29010 Malaga, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Malaga, Bulevar Louis Pasteur, 31, 29010 Malaga, Spain
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- Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT UK
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- Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Malaga, Bulevar Louis Pasteur, 31, 29010 Malaga, Spain
- CIBER of Rare Diseases, Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5. Pabellon 11. Planta 0, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research in Malaga (IBIMA), Dr. Miguel Díaz Recio, 28, 29010 Malaga, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Malaga, Bulevar Louis Pasteur, 31, 29010 Malaga, Spain
- CIBER of Rare Diseases, Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5. Pabellon 11. Planta 0, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research in Malaga (IBIMA), Dr. Miguel Díaz Recio, 28, 29010 Malaga, Spain
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Xie J, Yuan Y, Yao G, Chen Z, Yu W, Zhu Q. Nucleoporin 160 (NUP160) inhibition alleviates diabetic nephropathy by activating autophagy. Bioengineered 2021; 12:6390-6402. [PMID: 34533106 PMCID: PMC8806760 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2021.1968777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease worldwide. Autophagy was reported to be related to the pathogenesis of DN. This research investigated the function of the Nucleoporin 160 (Nup160) gene in regulating autophagy in DN. A mouse model of DN was established through an intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ). Normal rat kidney tubular epithelial cells (NRK-52E) were treated with high glucose to induce DN in vitro. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), western blot, immunofluorescence assays were conducted to measure the expression of NUP160, autophagy-associated proteins, and inflammatory cytokines in vitro and in vivo. Pathological changes of kidney and liver tissues were analyzed using hematoxylin and eosin (H&E), Masson and periodic acid-silver (PAS) staining. The body weight, blood glucose, renal and lipid profiles of DN mice were examined. In this study, DN mice showed serious pathological injury. NUP160 expression was upregulated, autophagy was inhibited, and inflammatory response was increased in DN mice. Depletion of NUP160 restored autophagy and inhibited inflammation and fibrosis in high glucose (HG)-treated NRK-52E cells and STZ-induced DN mice by downregulating the expression of p62 and Collagen IV (Col-Ⅳ), increasing the ratio of LC3II/LC3I, and inactivating nuclear factor (NF)-κB signaling. Moreover, NUP160 knockdown could ameliorate pathological damage and glucose tolerance in DN mice. Overall, this study is the first to demonstrate the key role of NUP160 silencing in promoting autophagy against diabetic injury in DN.
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- Jiayong Xie
- Department of Nephrology, Xinghua People's Hospital, Taizhou Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Xinghua People's Hospital, Taizhou Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Laboratory, Xinghua People's Hospital, Taizhou Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Xinghua People's Hospital, Taizhou Jiangsu, China
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Ma N, Li S, Lin C, Cheng X, Meng Z. Mesenchymal stem cell conditioned medium attenuates oxidative stress injury in hepatocytes partly by regulating the miR-486-5p/PIM1 axis and the TGF-β/Smad pathway. Bioengineered 2021; 12:6434-6447. [PMID: 34519263 PMCID: PMC8806429 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2021.1972196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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This study investigated the role of microRNA (miRNA) miR-486-5p in oxidative stress injury in hepatocytes under the treatment of mesenchymal stem cell conditioned medium (MSC-CM). The oxidative stress injury in hepatocytes (L02) was induced by H2O2. Human umbilical cord blood MSC-CM (UCB-MSC-CM) was prepared. The effects of UCB-MSC-CM on the proliferation, apoptosis, and inflammatory response in L02 cells were detected by Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay, flow cytometry analysis, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Subsequently, the target of miR-486-5p was predicted using bioinformatics analysis, and the possible signaling pathway addressed by miR-486-5p was explored using western blot. We found that miR-486-5p expression was elevated following oxidative stress injury and was reduced after UCB-MSC-CM treatment. UCB-MSC-CM protected L02 cells against H2O2-induced injury by downregulation of miR-486-5p. Proviral integration site for Moloney murine leukemia virus 1 (PIM1) was verified to be targeted by miR-486-5p. UCB-MSC-CM upregulated the expression of PIM1 reduced by H2O2 in L02 cells. Additionally, silencing PIM1 attenuated the protective effects of miR-486-5p downregulation against oxidative stress injury. We further demonstrated that UCB-MSC-CM inhibited the TGF-β/Smad signaling in H2O2-treated L02 cells by the miR-486-5p/PIM1 axis. Overall, UCB-MSC-CM attenuates oxidative stress injury in hepatocytes by downregulating miR-486-5p and upregulating PIM1, which may be related to the inhibition of TGF-β/Smad pathway.
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- Ning Ma
- Department of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Colorectal and Anal Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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Lu X, Chen L, Li Y, Huang R, Meng X, Sun F. Long non-coding RNA LINC01207 promotes cell proliferation and migration but suppresses apoptosis and autophagy in oral squamous cell carcinoma by the microRNA-1301-3p/lactate dehydrogenase isoform A axis. Bioengineered 2021; 12:7780-7793. [PMID: 34463208 PMCID: PMC8806684 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2021.1972784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been reported to participate in the progression of various cancers, including oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). This study aims to find out whether lncRNA LINC01207 regulates the progression of OSCC. Reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) was conducted to evaluate gene expression in OSCC cells and tissues. Cell viability, proliferation, migration, apoptosis, and autophagy were detected using Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8), colony formation, Transwell assays, flow cytometry, and western blot analysis. Luciferase reporter and RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) assays were conducted to assess the interactions among genes. We found that LINC01207 was overexpressed in OSCC cells and tissues. LINC01207 silencing inhibited OSCC cell proliferation and migration but promoted apoptosis and autophagy, and LINC01207 overexpression had an opposite result. LINC01207 interacted with microRNA-1301-3p (miR-1301-3p) while lactate dehydrogenase isoform A (LHDA) was targeted by miR1301-3p. Effects caused by LINC01207 downregulation on OSCC cells were reversed by overexpression of LDHA. Overall, LINC01207 promotes OSCC progression via the miR-1301-3p/LDHA axis
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- Xiaolin Lu
- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Prosthodontics, Pudong New District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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Rezghi Barez S, Movahedian Attar A, Aghaei M. MicroRNA-30c-2-3p regulates ER stress and induces apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells underlying ER stress. EXCLI JOURNAL 2021; 20:922-934. [PMID: 34121978 PMCID: PMC8192875 DOI: 10.17179/excli2020-2970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ovarian cancer is a common gynecologic cancer with a high rate of recurrence, drug resistance, and mortality, thereby necessitating novel molecular target therapies. Ovarian cancer as a solid tumor has constantly been challenged by endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS). Currently, XBP1 as a therapeutic target in solid tumors plays a key role in adaptation to ERS. Single-stranded RNAs usually modulate posttranscriptional of the gene activity. miR-30c-2-3p has been demonstrated to inhibit the expression of XBP1. Here, we evaluated the effect of miR-30c-2-3p on controlling XBP1-CHOP-BIM and its apoptotic effects on ovarian cancer cell lines during ERS. The ER stress was assessed using Thioflavin T staining in OVCAR3 and SKOV3 cells. The expression of ER stress genes was measured by QRT-PCR. The protein levels of XBP1(s), BIP/GRP78, CHOP, and BIM were evaluated using Western blotting. Cell viability and apoptosis in STF-083010 and Tunicamycin (Tm) co-treated cells were evaluated using BrdU, MTT, Annexin V-FITC/PI staining, and caspase-12 and -3 activities assays. We found that miR-30c-2-3p significantly decreased the folding capacity of ER, leading to ERS intensification (P<0.05). Additionally, the Western blot analysis showed the modest up-regulation of CHOP and BIM with pro-apoptotic activity and down-regulation of the BIP protein. Furthermore, mimic miR-30c-2-3p transfection not only decreased cell proliferation but also induced cell death in ovarian cancer cells in response to the Tm-treatment. Our results indicated that the apoptotic pathway was induced possibly through activation of caspases -12 and -3 and elevation of the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio. Overall, the present paper adds new evidence to the possible treatment of miR-30c-2-3p via impeding the XBP1 transcription in ovarian cancer cells provoking apoptotic pathways by XBP1/CHOP/BIM mediators.
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- Shekufe Rezghi Barez
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Chen S, Chen Y, Wen Y, Cai W, Zhu P, Yuan W, Li Y, Fan X, Wan Y, Li F, Zhuang J, Jiang Z, Wu X, Wang Y. miR-590-5p targets RMND5A and promotes migration in pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell lines. Oncol Lett 2021; 22:532. [PMID: 34079591 PMCID: PMC8156640 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2021.12793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Required for meiotic nuclear division 5 homolog A (RMND5A) functions as an E3 ubiquitin ligase. To date, few studies have investigated the role of RMND5A in cancer. In the present study, the expression levels of RMND5A in multiple types of cancer were analyzed using the Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis platform. The results revealed that RMND5A was highly expressed and associated with overall survival in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD). A wound-healing assay revealed that RMND5A overexpression significantly increased cell migration in the PAAD cell lines AsPC-1 and PANC-1. In silico analysis predicted that RMND5A was a potential target of microRNA(miR)-590-5p. Further in vitro experiments demonstrated that overexpression of miR-590-5p downregulated the expression levels of RMND5A and decreased the migratory ability of the AsPC-1 and PANC-1 cell lines. In addition, overexpression of miR-590-5p attenuated the promoting effects of RMND5A on the migration of AsPC-1 and PANC-1 cells. The results of the present study may further elucidate the mechanisms underlying PAAD progression and provide novel targets for the treatment of PAAD.
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- Sixing Chen
- The Center for Heart Development, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, P.R. China
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- The Center for Heart Development, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, P.R. China
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- The Center for Heart Development, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, P.R. China
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- The Center for Heart Development, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, P.R. China
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- Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510100, P.R. China
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- The Center for Heart Development, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, P.R. China
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- The Center for Heart Development, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, P.R. China
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- The Center for Heart Development, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, P.R. China
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- The Center for Heart Development, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, P.R. China
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- The Center for Heart Development, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, P.R. China
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- Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510100, P.R. China
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- The Center for Heart Development, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, P.R. China
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- The Center for Heart Development, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, P.R. China
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- The Center for Heart Development, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, P.R. China
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Chong ZX, Yeap SK, Ho WY. Transfection types, methods and strategies: a technical review. PeerJ 2021; 9:e11165. [PMID: 33976969 PMCID: PMC8067914 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Transfection is a modern and powerful method used to insert foreign nucleic acids into eukaryotic cells. The ability to modify host cells' genetic content enables the broad application of this process in studying normal cellular processes, disease molecular mechanism and gene therapeutic effect. In this review, we summarized and compared the findings from various reported literature on the characteristics, strengths, and limitations of various transfection methods, type of transfected nucleic acids, transfection controls and approaches to assess transfection efficiency. With the vast choices of approaches available, we hope that this review will help researchers, especially those new to the field, in their decision making over the transfection protocol or strategy appropriate for their experimental aims.
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- Zhi Xiong Chong
- School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia
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- China-ASEAN College of Marine Sciences, Xiamen University Malaysia, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia
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Leseva MN, Binder AM, Ponsonby AL, Vuillermin P, Saffery R, Michels KB. Differential gene expression and limited epigenetic dysregulation at the materno-fetal interface in preeclampsia. Hum Mol Genet 2020; 29:335-350. [PMID: 31868881 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddz287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Despite the many advances made in the diagnosis and management of preeclampsia, this syndrome remains a leading cause of maternal mortality and life-long morbidity, as well as adverse fetal outcomes. Successful prediction and therapeutic intervention require an improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms, which underlie preeclampsia pathophysiology. We have used an integrated approach to discover placental genetic and epigenetic markers of preeclampsia and validated our findings in an independent cohort of women. We observed the microRNA, MIR138, to be upregulated in singleton preeclamptic placentas; however, this appears to be a female infant sex-specific effect. We did not identify any significant differentially methylated positions (DMPs) in singleton pregnancies, indicating that DNA methylation changes in mild forms of the disease are likely limited. However, we identified infant sex-specific preeclampsia-associated differentially methylated regions among singletons. Disease-associated DMPs were more obvious in a limited sampling of twin pregnancies. Interestingly, 2 out of the 10 most significant changes in methylation over larger regions overlap between singletons and twins and correspond to NAPRT1 and ZNF417.
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- Milena N Leseva
- Institute for Prevention and Cancer Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79110, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Discovery Theme, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.,Cell Biology Theme, The Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Cell Biology Theme, The Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.,School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia.,Child Health Research Unit, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
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- Cell Biology Theme, The Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Institute for Prevention and Cancer Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79110, Germany.,Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Miao J, Regenstein JM, Xu D, Zhou D, Li H, Zhang H, Li C, Qiu J, Chen X. The roles of microRNA in human cervical cancer. Arch Biochem Biophys 2020; 690:108480. [PMID: 32681832 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2020.108480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Revised: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Although a potentially preventable disease, cervical cancer (CC) is the second most commonly diagnosed gynaecological cancer with at least 530,000 new cases annually, and the prognosis with CC is still poor. Studies suggest that aberrant expression of microRNA (miRNA) contributes to the progression of CC. As a group of small non-coding RNA with 18-25 nucleotides, miRNA regulate about one-third of all human genes. They function by repressing translation or inducing mRNA cleavage or degradation, including genes involved in diverse and important cellular processes, including cell cycling, proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Results showed that misexpression of miRNA is closely related to the onset and progression of CC. This review will provide an overview of the function of miRNA in CC and the mechanisms involved in cervical carcinogenesis.
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- Jingnan Miao
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Haikou, Hainan, 570100, China; School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, 570100, China
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853-7201, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, 570100, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, 570100, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, 570100, China
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- Department of Food Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150010, China
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- Gastrointestinal Surgical Ward, Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Haikou, Hainan, 570100, China; School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, 570100, China; Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R & D on Tropical Herbs, Haikou, Hainan, 570100, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Haikou, Hainan, 570100, China; School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, 570100, China; Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R & D on Tropical Herbs, Haikou, Hainan, 570100, China
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Down-regulation of microRNA-138 improves immunologic function via negatively targeting p53 by regulating liver macrophage in mice with acute liver failure. Biosci Rep 2019; 39:BSR20190763. [PMID: 31152110 PMCID: PMC6639459 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20190763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 05/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been frequently identified as key mediators in almost all developmental and pathological processes, including those in the liver. The present study was conducted with aims of investigating the role of microRNA-138 (miR-138) in acute liver failure (ALF) via a mechanism involving p53 and liver macrophage in a mouse model. The ALF mouse model was established using C57BL/6 male mice via tail vein injection of Concanamycin A (Con A) solution. The relationship between miR-138 and p53 was tested. The mononuclear macrophages were infected with mimic and inhibitor of miR-138 in order to identify roles of miR-138 in p53 and levels of inflammatory factors. Reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), Western blot analysis and ELISA were conducted in order to determine the levels of miR-138, inflammatory factors, and p53 during ALF. The results showed an increase in the levels of miR-138 and inflammatory factors in ALF mice induced by the ConA as time progressed and reached the peak at 12 h following treatment with ConA, while it was on the contrary when it came to the level of p53. Dual-luciferase reporter gene assay revealed that p53 was a target gene of miR-138. Furthermore, the results from the in vitro transfection experiments in primary macrophages of ALF mouse showed that miR-138 down-regulated p53 and enhanced levels of inflammatory factors; thus, improving immune function in ALF mice. In conclusion, by negatively targeting p53, the decreased miR-138 improves immunologic function by regulating liver macrophage in mouse models of ALF.
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Chen J, Xu Y, Wang X, Liu D, Yang F, Zhu X, Lu Y, Xing W. Rapid and efficient isolation and detection of extracellular vesicles from plasma for lung cancer diagnosis. LAB ON A CHIP 2019; 19:432-443. [PMID: 30604797 DOI: 10.1039/c8lc01193a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-derived nanoscale vesicles that provide promising biomarkers for the non-invasive diagnosis of cancer because they carry important cancer-related DNA, RNA and protein biomarkers. However, the clinical application of EVs is limited by tedious and non-standardized isolation methods that require bulky instrumentation. Here, we propose an easy-to-operate, simple dielectrophoretic (DEP) method for EV isolation with higher recovery efficiency (>83%) and higher purity than ultracentrifugation (UC). The DEP chip reduces the isolation procedure from 8 h to 30 min. To facilitate subsequent analysis, our DEP chip achieved integration of EV isolation and in situ lysis of EVs for the first time. Our chip also achieved on-chip siRNA delivery to EVs isolated by DEP. We found that EVs isolated from the plasma of lung cancer patients contained higher levels of miR-21, miR-191 and miR-192 compared to those from healthy people. With on-chip detection, EGFR in EVs could distinguish lung cancer patients from healthy people. Overall, this study provides an efficient and practical approach to the isolation and detection of EVs, which could be used for the early diagnosis of lung cancer.
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- Junge Chen
- School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Salemi LM, Maitland MER, McTavish CJ, Schild-Poulter C. Cell signalling pathway regulation by RanBPM: molecular insights and disease implications. Open Biol 2018; 7:rsob.170081. [PMID: 28659384 PMCID: PMC5493780 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.170081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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RanBPM (Ran-binding protein M, also called RanBP9) is an evolutionarily conserved, ubiquitous protein which localizes to both nucleus and cytoplasm. RanBPM has been implicated in the regulation of a number of signalling pathways to regulate several cellular processes such as apoptosis, cell adhesion, migration as well as transcription, and plays a critical role during development. In addition, RanBPM has been shown to regulate pathways implicated in cancer and Alzheimer's disease, implying that RanBPM has important functions in both normal and pathological development. While its functions in these processes are still poorly understood, RanBPM has been identified as a component of a large complex, termed the CTLH (C-terminal to LisH) complex. The yeast homologue of this complex functions as an E3 ubiquitin ligase that targets enzymes of the gluconeogenesis pathway. While the CTLH complex E3 ubiquitin ligase activity and substrates still remain to be characterized, the high level of conservation between the complexes in yeast and mammals infers that the CTLH complex could also serve to promote the degradation of specific substrates through ubiquitination, therefore suggesting the possibility that RanBPM's various functions may be mediated through the activity of the CTLH complex.
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- Louisa M Salemi
- Robarts Research Institute, Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street North, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7
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- Robarts Research Institute, Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street North, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7
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- Robarts Research Institute, Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street North, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7
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- Robarts Research Institute, Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street North, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7
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Li S, Sun Y, Zhong L, Xiao Z, Yang M, Chen M, Wang C, Xie X, Chen X. The suppression of ox-LDL-induced inflammatory cytokine release and apoptosis of HCAECs by long non-coding RNA-MALAT1 via regulating microRNA-155/SOCS1 pathway. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2018; 28:1175-1187. [PMID: 30314869 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2018.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease. Accumulating evidence suggests that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and microRNAs have emerged as critical regulators of atherosclerosis; however, whether they have crosstalk on this issue remains elusive. Here, we investigated the potential associations between lncRNA-MALAT1 and miR-155 on the regulation of atherosclerosis. METHODS Quantitative real-time PCR was employed to assess the expression of MALAT1, IL-6 and IL-8. ELISA was performed to measure the secretion of IL-6 and IL-8. MTT assay was used to determine the proliferation of Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells (HCAECs). Flow cytometry was used to measure the cell apoptosis. Western blot was used to assess the expression of apoptosis-related proteins and the phosphorylation of STAT1 and STAT3. RESULTS We found that the pro-inflammatory cytokine release and the apoptosis of HCAECs were elevated upon ox-LDL treatment, while MALAT1 expression was also up regulated. Knocking down of MALAT1 boosted ox-LDL-induced cytokine release and apoptosis of HCAECs. The binding site of miR-155 in MALAT1 sequence was confirmed by dual luciferase assay. Furthermore, miR-155 inhibition significantly repressed ox-LDL mediated inflammation and apoptosis of HCAECs via SOCS1. At last, we found that MALAT1 could suppress the inflammatory cytokine release and cell apoptosis via sponging miR-155 to increase SOCS1 level, which in turn restrained JAK-STAT pathway. CONCLUSION In summary, this study revealed the mechanisms by which MALAT1 worked as a putative atherosclerosis suppressor via miR-155 and SOCS1. Therefore, modulation of MALAT1/miR-155/SOCS1 axis might alleviate the inflammation persisted in atherosclerosis.
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- S Li
- Department of Geriatrics, Third Hospital of Changsha, Changsha 410015, PR China; Department of Cardiovascular, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410015, PR China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Third Hospital of Changsha, Changsha 410015, PR China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Third Hospital of Changsha, Changsha 410015, PR China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410015, PR China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410015, PR China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410015, PR China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Third Hospital of Changsha, Changsha 410015, PR China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410015, PR China
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410015, PR China.
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Inhibition of microRNA-138 enhances bone formation in multiple myeloma bone marrow niche. Leukemia 2018; 32:1739-1750. [PMID: 29925904 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-018-0161-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2017] [Revised: 02/25/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Myeloma bone disease is a devastating complication of multiple myeloma (MM) and is caused by dysregulation of bone remodeling processes in the bone marrow microenvironment. Previous studies showed that microRNA-138 (miR-138) is a negative regulator of osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) and that inhibiting its function enhances bone formation in vitro. In this study, we explored the role of miR-138 in myeloma bone disease and evaluated the potential of systemically delivered locked nucleic acid (LNA)-modified anti-miR-138 oligonucleotides in suppressing myeloma bone disease. We showed that expression of miR-138 was significantly increased in MSCs from MM patients (MM-MSCs) and myeloma cells compared to those from healthy subjects. Furthermore, inhibition of miR-138 resulted in enhanced osteogenic differentiation of MM-MSCs in vitro and increased the number of endosteal osteoblastic lineage cells (OBCs) and bone formation rate in mouse models of myeloma bone disease. RNA sequencing of the OBCs identified TRPS1 and SULF2 as potential miR-138 targets that were de-repressed in anti-miR-138-treated mice. In summary, these data indicate that inhibition of miR-138 enhances bone formation in MM and that pharmacological inhibition of miR-138 could represent a new therapeutic strategy for treatment of myeloma bone disease.
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Wei C, Ren L, Li K, Lu Z. The regulation of survival and differentiation of neural stem cells by miR-124 via modulating PAX3. Neurosci Lett 2018; 683:19-26. [PMID: 29864453 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.05.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Revised: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have crucial functions in the regulation of proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs). MiR-124 has been reported to be implicated in neurogenesis. However, the precise function and mechanism of miR-124 still need further verification. In this study, we identified paired box 3 (PAX3) as a potential target of miR-124 using bioinformatics approaches. Next, we found PAX3 had reversed expression pattern with miR-124 as well as TUBB3 and GFAP. Dual-luciferase assay showed that miR-124 could bind to the 3'-UTR of PAX3 mRNA and restrain its expression. It was demonstrated that overexpression and knocking down of miR-124 in NSCs could promote the survival and suppress the apoptosis of NSCs. Meanwhile, miR-124 enhanced the expression of TUBB3 and GFAP via impairing PAX3 expression. Mechanistic study revealed that augmented Akt-GSK3β signaling pathway was the driving-force for the regulatory functions of miR-124 in NSCs. In summary, this study for the first time uncovered that miR-124 could suppress PAX3 expression, which in turn regulated the differentiation of NSCs.
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- Chunxia Wei
- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, PR China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, PR China.
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Patrão AS, Dias F, Teixeira AL, Maurício J, Medeiros R. XPO5 genetic polymorphisms in cancer risk and prognosis. Pharmacogenomics 2018; 19:799-808. [DOI: 10.2217/pgs-2018-0018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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miRNAs are small noncoding RNA molecules that have a very important role in gene expression regulation and, therefore, in cell homeostasis. SNPs in certain miRNA-related genes have been shown to influence cancer risk and prognosis. miRNA cellular processing is complex and involves multiple proteins. XPO5 is a key factor in this process as it is responsible for the nuclear export of the precursor pre-miRNA to the cytoplasm, where it will be further processed to its final miRNA conformation in order to be loaded to RNA inducing silencing complex to exert its regulatory effect. SNPs in miRNA machinery related genes have previously been shown to influence carcinogenesis, but the role of XPO5 SNPs in its expression and function is not yet fully understood. In our review, we elaborate comprehensively on the role of XPO5 and how polymorphisms have been shown to influence cancer risk and prognosis to date.
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- Ana Sofia Patrão
- Medical Oncology Department of the Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO-Porto), Porto, Portugal
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- Molecular Oncology and Viral Pathology Group, IPO-Porto Research Center (CI-IPOP), Porto, Portugal
- ICBAS, Abel Salazar Institute for the Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Molecular Oncology and Viral Pathology Group, IPO-Porto Research Center (CI-IPOP), Porto, Portugal
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- Medical Oncology Department of the Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO-Porto), Porto, Portugal
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- Molecular Oncology and Viral Pathology Group, IPO-Porto Research Center (CI-IPOP), Porto, Portugal
- FMUP, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Research Department, LPCC- Portuguese League Against Cancer (NRNorte), Porto, Portugal
- CEBIMED, Faculty of Health Sciences, Fernando Pessoa University, Porto, Portugal
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Wu K, He J, Pu W, Peng Y. The Role of Exportin-5 in MicroRNA Biogenesis and Cancer. GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS 2018; 16:120-126. [PMID: 29723684 PMCID: PMC6112314 DOI: 10.1016/j.gpb.2017.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Revised: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are conserved small non-coding RNAs that play an important role in the regulation of gene expression and participate in a variety of biological processes. The biogenesis of miRNAs is tightly controlled at multiple steps, such as transcription of miRNA genes, processing by Drosha and Dicer, and transportation of precursor miRNAs (pre-miRNAs) from the nucleus to the cytoplasm by exportin-5 (XPO5). Given the critical role of nuclear export of pre-miRNAs in miRNA biogenesis, any alterations of XPO5, resulting from either genetic mutation, epigenetic change, abnormal expression level or posttranslational modification, could affect miRNA expression and thus have profound effects on tumorigenesis. Importantly, XPO5 phosphorylation by ERK kinase and its cis/trans isomerization by the prolyl isomerase Pin1 impair XPO5′s nucleo-to-cytoplasmic transport ability of pre-miRNAs, leading to downregulation of mature miRNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma. In this review, we focus on how XPO5 transports pre-miRNAs in the cells and summarize the dysregulation of XPO5 in human tumors.
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- Ke Wu
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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An alternative microRNA-mediated post-transcriptional regulation of GADD45A by p53 in human non-small-cell lung cancer cells. Sci Rep 2017; 7:7153. [PMID: 28769054 PMCID: PMC5541050 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07332-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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GADD45A (growth arrest and DNA damage inducible alpha), a stress response gene induced by genotoxic and nongenotoxic stresses, is implicated in various key processes, including the control of cell cycle checkpoints and DNA repair. The expression of GADD45A is directly regulated by numerous transcription factors, with p53 being the most representative. Moreover, post-transcriptional regulation also plays a role in GADD45A expression. However, little is known about the regulatory effects of microRNAs (miRNAs) on GADD45A expression. As a potential tumour suppressor, miR-138 has pleiotropic biological functions in various cancers. We have previously reported p53-mediated activation of miR-138 in human non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells. In this study, we found that miR-138 specifically targeted AGO2, which affects the stability and maturation of miR-130b. Decreased expression of miR-130b promoted the expression of GADD45A and resulted in the G2/M phase arrest and proliferation inhibition in human NSCLC cells. Our results suggested that p53 could alternatively upregulate GADD45A in human NSCLC cells through a post-transcriptional pathway in which miR-138 is involved.
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Sha HH, Wang DD, Chen D, Liu SW, Wang Z, Yan DL, Dong SC, Feng JF. MiR-138: A promising therapeutic target for cancer. Tumour Biol 2017; 39:1010428317697575. [PMID: 28378633 DOI: 10.1177/1010428317697575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs are small noncoding RNAs which regulate gene expressions at post-transcriptional level by binding to the 3'-untranslated region of target messenger RNAs. Growing evidences highlight their pivotal roles in various biological processes of human cancers. Among them, miR-138, generating from two primary transcripts, pri-miR-138-1 and pri-miR-138-2, expresses aberrantly in different cancers and is extensively studied in cancer network. Importantly, studies have shown that miR-138 acts as a tumor suppressor by targeting many target genes, which are related to proliferation, apoptosis, invasion, and migration. Additionally, some researches also discover that miR-138 can sensitize tumors to chemotherapies. In this review, we summarize the expression of miR-138 on regulatory mechanisms and tumor biological processes, which will establish molecular basis on the usage of miR-138 in clinical applications in the future.
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- Huan-Huan Sha
- 1 Department of Chemotherapy, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- 2 The First Clinical School of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- 3 Research Center of Clinical Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- 1 Department of Chemotherapy, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- 2 The First Clinical School of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- 1 Department of Chemotherapy, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- 1 Department of Chemotherapy, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- 1 Department of Chemotherapy, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Shiu TY, Shih YL, Feng AC, Lin HH, Huang SM, Huang TY, Hsieh CB, Chang WK, Hsieh TY. HCV core inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma cell replicative senescence through downregulating microRNA-138 expression. J Mol Med (Berl) 2017; 95:629-639. [PMID: 28258280 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-017-1518-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Revised: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCV core protein is considered as a positive regulator of telomerase activity. In this study, we focused on the deregulated microRNA-138 (miR-138) in HCV-associated HCC. Differential expression of miR-138 was determined by TaqMan quantitative real-time PCR. The target gene of miR-138 was verified by luciferase reporter assay, quantitative real-time PCR, and Western blotting. Moreover, three assays based on telomerase activity, cell proliferation, and senescence-associated β-galactosidase activity were performed. The correlation analysis revealed a significantly negative correlation between miR-138 and telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) mRNA expression in HCC. Further, we showed that mature HCV core protein of 173 amino acids, but not full-length form of 191 amino acids, suppressed miR-138 expression. TERT was verified as a direct target of miR-138 in HCC cells. Furthermore, TERT-targeting miR-138 supplementation can prevent HCV core protein from repressing HCC cell replicative senescence. Collectively, HCV core protein can enhance TERT protein expression through downregulating TERT-targeting miR-138 expression, which in turn inhibits HCC cell replicative senescence. This study may further help our understanding on the pathogenic mechanisms of HCV core protein in HCV-associated HCC development. KEY MESSAGE: miR-138 is downregulated in HCV-associated HCC. Mature HCV core protein plays a pathogenic role in suppressing miR-138 expression. Telomerase reverse transcriptase represents a direct target of miR-138 in HCC cells. miR-138 promotes HCC cell senescence, suggesting potential for HCC treatment.
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- Tzu-Yue Shiu
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department and Graduate Institute of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Chang JTH, Wang F, Chapin W, Huang RS. Identification of MicroRNAs as Breast Cancer Prognosis Markers through the Cancer Genome Atlas. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0168284. [PMID: 27959953 PMCID: PMC5154569 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Breast cancer is the second-most common cancer and second-leading cause of cancer mortality in American women. The dysregulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) plays a key role in almost all cancers, including breast cancer. We comprehensively analyzed miRNA expression, global gene expression, and patient survival from the Cancer Genomes Atlas (TCGA) to identify clinically relevant miRNAs and their potential gene targets in breast tumors. In our analysis, we found that increased expression of 12 mature miRNAs-hsa-miR-320a, hsa-miR-361-5p, hsa-miR-103a-3p, hsa-miR-21-5p, hsa-miR-374b-5p, hsa-miR-140-3p, hsa-miR-25-3p, hsa-miR-651-5p, hsa-miR-200c-3p, hsa-miR-30a-5p, hsa-miR-30c-5p, and hsa-let-7i-5p -each predicted improved breast cancer survival. Of the 12 miRNAs, miR-320a, miR-361-5p, miR-21-5p, miR-103a-3p were selected for further analysis. By correlating global gene expression with miRNA expression and then employing miRNA target prediction analysis, we suggest that the four miRNAs may exert protective phenotypes by targeting breast oncogenes that contribute to patient survival. We propose that miR-320a targets the survival-associated genes RAD51, RRP1B, and TDG; miR-361-5p targets ARCN1; and miR-21-5p targets MSH2, RMND5A, STAG2, and UBE2D3. The results of our stringent bioinformatics approach for identifying clinically relevant miRNAs and their targets indicate that miR-320a, miR-361-5p, and miR-21-5p may contribute to breast cancer survival.
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- Jeremy T-H. Chang
- Biological Sciences Collegiate Division, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Hong SK, Kim KH, Song EJ, Kim EE. Structural Basis for the Interaction between the IUS-SPRY Domain of RanBPM and DDX-4 in Germ Cell Development. J Mol Biol 2016; 428:4330-4344. [PMID: 27622290 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Revised: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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RanBPM and RanBP10 are non-canonical members of the Ran binding protein family that lack the Ran binding domain and do not associate with Ran GTPase in vivo. Rather, they have been shown to be scaffolding proteins that are important for a variety of cellular processes, and both of these proteins contain a SPRY domain, which has been implicated in mediating protein-protein interactions with a variety of targets including the DEAD-box containing ATP-dependent RNA helicase (DDX-4). In this study, we have determined the crystal structures of the SPIa and the ryanodine receptor domain and of approximately 70 upstream residues (immediate upstream to SPRY motif) of both RanBPM and RanBP10. They are almost identical, composed of a β-sandwich fold with a set of two helices on each side located at the edge of the sheets. A unique shallow binding surface is formed by highly conserved loops on the surface of the β-sheet with two aspartates on one end, a positive patch on the opposite end, and a tryptophan lining at the bottom of the surface. The 20-mer peptide (residues 228-247) of human DDX-4, an ATP-dependent RNA helicase known to regulate germ cell development, binds to this surface with a KD of ~13μM. The crystal structure of the peptide complex and the mutagenesis studies elucidate how RanBPM can recognize its interaction partners to function in gametogenesis.
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- Seung Kon Hong
- Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seongbuk-gu Hwarang-ro 14-gil 5, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seongbuk-gu Hwarang-ro 14-gil 5, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Molecular Recognition Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seongbuk-gu Hwarang-ro 14-gil 5, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seongbuk-gu Hwarang-ro 14-gil 5, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.
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Zhou N, Fei D, Zong S, Zhang M, Yue Y. MicroRNA-138 inhibits proliferation, migration and invasion through targeting hTERT in cervical cancer. Oncol Lett 2016; 12:3633-3639. [PMID: 27900047 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2016.5038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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A growing body of evidence suggests that microRNA-138 (miR-138) functions as a tumor suppressor, and is involved in tumor initiation, development and metastasis in certain types of human cancers. However, the function and underlying molecular mechanism of miR-138 in cervical cancer remains unclear. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the clinical significance of miR-138 expression in cervical cancer, and to evaluate its role and underlying mechanisms in cervical cancer. The present study indicated that miR-138 expression was significantly downregulated in cervical cancer tissues and cell lines, and that the low miR-138 expression was negatively associated with advanced FIGO stage and lymph node metastasis (P<0.01). Functional analyses indicated that the overexpression of miR-138 in cervical cancer cells inhibited cell proliferation, migration and invasion, induced cell apoptosis in vitro, and suppressed tumor growth in a nude mice model. Luciferase reporter assays confirmed that human telomerase reverse transcriptase was a novel target gene of miR-138. The findings of the present study suggested that miR-138 could be a potential candidate for cervical cancer therapeutics.
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- Na Zhou
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130033, P.R. China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China
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Li J, Xia W, Su X, Qin X, Chen Y, Li S, Dong J, Ding H, Li H, Huang A, Ge X, Hou L, Wang C, Sun L, Bai C, Shen X, Fang T, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Zhang H, Shao N. Species-specific mutual regulation of p53 and miR-138 between human, rat and mouse. Sci Rep 2016; 6:26187. [PMID: 27183959 PMCID: PMC4869026 DOI: 10.1038/srep26187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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In recent years, p53 was identified to regulate the expression of many miRNAs and was also regulated by miRNAs. In this paper, we found that miR-138 showed a pronounced increase after p53 activation in human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells, which is mediated by p53 binding sites in the promoter region of its host gene, but this did not happen with rat and mouse cells. More interestingly, we found that p53 could be also regulated by miR-138 in mouse and rat cells, but not in the human NSCLC cells. Our results suggest the existence of species-specific differences of the regulations of miRNA against its targets and the regulations of miRNA itself by other proteins.
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- Jie Li
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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- Otorhinolaryngological department, Haidian Section of Peking University third Hospital, Beijing 100080, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, General Hospital of Fuzhou, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
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Hussein HAM, Walker LR, Akula SM. KSHV gB associated RGD interactions promote attachment of cells by inhibiting the potential migratory signals induced by the disintegrin-like domain. BMC Cancer 2016; 16:148. [PMID: 26912031 PMCID: PMC4766674 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-2173-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 02/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) glycoprotein B (gB) is not only expressed on the envelope of mature virions but also on the surfaces of cells undergoing lytic replication. Among herpesviruses, KSHV gB is the only glycoprotein known to possess the RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp) binding integrin domain critical to mediating cell attachment. Recent studies described gB to also possess a disintegrin-like domain (DLD) said to interact with non-RGD binding integrins. We wanted to decipher the roles of two individually distinct integrin binding domains (RGD versus DLD) within KSHV gB in regulating attachment of cells over cell migration. Methods We established HeLa cells expressing recombinant full length gB, gB lacking a functional RGD (gBΔR), and gB lacking a functionally intact DLD (gBΔD) on their cell surfaces. These cells were tested in wound healing assay, Transwell migration assay, and adhesion assay to monitor the ability of the RGD and DLD integrin recognition motifs in gB to mediate migration and attachment of cells. We also used soluble forms of the respective gB recombinant proteins to analyze and confirm their effect on migration and attachment of cells. The results from the above studies were authenticated by the use of imaging, and standard biochemical approaches as Western blotting and RNA silencing using small interfering RNA. Results The present report provides the following novel findings: (i) gB does not induce cell migration; (ii) RGD domain in KSHV gB is the switch that inhibits the ability of DLD to induce cellular migration thus promoting attachment of cells. Conclusions Independently, RGD interactions mediate attachment of cells while DLD interactions regulate migration of cells. However, when both RGD and DLD are functionally present in the same protein, gB, the RGD interaction-induced attachment of cells overshadows the ability of DLD mediated signaling to induce migration of cells. Furthering our understanding of the molecular mechanism of integrin engagement with RGD and DLD motifs within gB could identify promising new therapeutic avenues and research areas to explore. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12885-016-2173-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Hosni A M Hussein
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA.
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MicroRNA Processing and Human Cancer. J Clin Med 2015; 4:1651-67. [PMID: 26308063 PMCID: PMC4555082 DOI: 10.3390/jcm4081651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs of 20 to 25 nucleotides that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally mainly by binding to a specific sequence of the 3′ end of the untranslated region (3′UTR) of target genes. Since the first report on the clinical relevance of miRNAs in cancer, many miRNAs have been demonstrated to act as oncogenes, whereas others function as tumor suppressors. Furthermore, global miRNA dysregulation, due to alterations in miRNA processing factors, has been observed in a large variety of human cancer types. As previous studies have shown, the sequential miRNA processing can be divided into three steps: processing by RNAse in the nucleus; transportation by Exportin-5 (XPO5) from the nucleus; and processing by the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) in the cytoplasm. Alteration in miRNA processing genes, by genomic mutations, aberrant expression or other means, could significantly affect cancer initiation, progression and metastasis. In this review, we focus on the biogenesis of miRNAs with emphasis on the potential of miRNA processing factors in human cancers.
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The progress in understanding and treatment of diabetic retinopathy. Prog Retin Eye Res 2015; 51:156-86. [PMID: 26297071 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2015.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 633] [Impact Index Per Article: 70.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Revised: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Diabetic retinopathy is the most frequently occurring complication of diabetes mellitus and remains a leading cause of vision loss globally. Its aetiology and pathology have been extensively studied for half a century, yet there are disappointingly few therapeutic options. Although some new treatments have been introduced for diabetic macular oedema (DMO) (e.g. intravitreal vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors ('anti-VEGFs') and new steroids), up to 50% of patients fail to respond. Furthermore, for people with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), laser photocoagulation remains a mainstay therapy, even though it is an inherently destructive procedure. This review summarises the clinical features of diabetic retinopathy and its risk factors. It describes details of retinal pathology and how advances in our understanding of pathogenesis have led to identification of new therapeutic targets. We emphasise that although there have been significant advances, there is still a pressing need for a better understanding basic mechanisms enable development of reliable and robust means to identify patients at highest risk, and to intervene effectively before vision loss occurs.
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Jenkins AJ, Joglekar MV, Hardikar AA, Keech AC, O'Neal DN, Januszewski AS. Biomarkers in Diabetic Retinopathy. Rev Diabet Stud 2015; 12:159-95. [PMID: 26676667 DOI: 10.1900/rds.2015.12.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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There is a global diabetes epidemic correlating with an increase in obesity. This coincidence may lead to a rise in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes. There is also an as yet unexplained increase in the incidence of type 1 diabetes, which is not related to adiposity. Whilst improved diabetes care has substantially improved diabetes outcomes, the disease remains a common cause of working age adult-onset blindness. Diabetic retinopathy is the most frequently occurring complication of diabetes; it is greatly feared by many diabetes patients. There are multiple risk factors and markers for the onset and progression of diabetic retinopathy, yet residual risk remains. Screening for diabetic retinopathy is recommended to facilitate early detection and treatment. Common biomarkers of diabetic retinopathy and its risk in clinical practice today relate to the visualization of the retinal vasculature and measures of glycemia, lipids, blood pressure, body weight, smoking, and pregnancy status. Greater knowledge of novel biomarkers and mediators of diabetic retinopathy, such as those related to inflammation and angiogenesis, has contributed to the development of additional therapeutics, in particular for late-stage retinopathy, including intra-ocular corticosteroids and intravitreal vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors ('anti-VEGFs') agents. Unfortunately, in spite of a range of treatments (including laser photocoagulation, intraocular steroids, and anti-VEGF agents, and more recently oral fenofibrate, a PPAR-alpha agonist lipid-lowering drug), many patients with diabetic retinopathy do not respond well to current therapeutics. Therefore, more effective treatments for diabetic retinopathy are necessary. New analytical techniques, in particular those related to molecular markers, are accelerating progress in diabetic retinopathy research. Given the increasing incidence and prevalence of diabetes, and the limited capacity of healthcare systems to screen and treat diabetic retinopathy, there is need to reliably identify and triage people with diabetes. Biomarkers may facilitate a better understanding of diabetic retinopathy, and contribute to the development of novel treatments and new clinical strategies to prevent vision loss in people with diabetes. This article reviews key aspects related to biomarker research, and focuses on some specific biomarkers relevant to diabetic retinopathy.
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- Alicia J Jenkins
- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia
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- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia
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- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia
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- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia
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Pfirrmann T, Villavicencio-Lorini P, Subudhi AK, Menssen R, Wolf DH, Hollemann T. RMND5 from Xenopus laevis is an E3 ubiquitin-ligase and functions in early embryonic forebrain development. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0120342. [PMID: 25793641 PMCID: PMC4368662 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae the Gid-complex functions as an ubiquitin-ligase complex that regulates the metabolic switch between glycolysis and gluconeogenesis. In higher organisms six conserved Gid proteins form the CTLH protein-complex with unknown function. Here we show that Rmnd5, the Gid2 orthologue from Xenopus laevis, is an ubiquitin-ligase embedded in a high molecular weight complex. Expression of rmnd5 is strongest in neuronal ectoderm, prospective brain, eyes and ciliated cells of the skin and its suppression results in malformations of the fore- and midbrain. We therefore suggest that Xenopus laevis Rmnd5, as a subunit of the CTLH complex, is a ubiquitin-ligase targeting an unknown factor for polyubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation for proper fore- and midbrain development.
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- Thorsten Pfirrmann
- Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Halle, Germany
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- Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Halle, Germany
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- University of Stuttgart, Institute of Biochemistry, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- University of Stuttgart, Institute of Biochemistry, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Halle, Germany
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Miao W, Bao TH, Han JH, Yin M, Yan Y, Wang WW, Zhu YH. Voluntary exercise prior to traumatic brain injury alters miRNA expression in the injured mouse cerebral cortex. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 48:433-9. [PMID: 25760028 PMCID: PMC4445667 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20144012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 12/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) may be important mediators of the profound molecular and cellular
changes that occur after traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, the changes and
possible roles of miRNAs induced by voluntary exercise prior to TBI are still not
known. In this report, the microarray method was used to demonstrate alterations in
miRNA expression levels in the cerebral cortex of TBI mice that were pretrained on a
running wheel (RW). Voluntary RW exercise prior to TBI: i) significantly decreased
the mortality rate and improved the recovery of the righting reflex in TBI mice, and
ii) differentially changed the levels of several miRNAs, upregulating some and
downregulating others. Furthermore, we revealed global upregulation of miR-21,
miR-92a, and miR-874 and downregulation of miR-138, let-7c, and miR-124 expression
among the sham-non-runner, TBI-non-runner, and TBI-runner groups. Quantitative
reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction data (RT-qPCR) indicated good
consistency with the microarray results. Our microarray-based analysis of miRNA
expression in mice cerebral cortex after TBI revealed that some miRNAs such as
miR-21, miR-92a, miR-874, miR-138, let-7c, and miR-124 could be involved in the
prevention and protection afforded by voluntary exercise in a TBI model.
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- W Miao
- Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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Bicker S, Lackinger M, Weiß K, Schratt G. MicroRNA-132, -134, and -138: a microRNA troika rules in neuronal dendrites. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:3987-4005. [PMID: 25008044 PMCID: PMC11113804 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1671-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Revised: 06/11/2014] [Accepted: 06/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Dendritic mRNA transport and local translation in the postsynaptic compartment play an important role in synaptic plasticity, learning and memory. Local protein synthesis at the synapse has to be precisely orchestrated by a plethora of factors including RNA binding proteins as well as microRNAs, an extensive class of small non-coding RNAs. By binding to complementary sequences in target mRNAs, microRNAs fine-tune protein synthesis and thereby represent critical regulators of gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. Research over the last years identified an entire network of dendritic microRNAs that fulfills an essential role in synapse development and physiology. Recent studies provide evidence that these small regulatory molecules are highly regulated themselves, at the level of expression as well as function. The importance of microRNAs for correct function of the nervous system is reflected by an increasing number of studies linking dysregulation of microRNA pathways to neurological disorders. By focusing on three extensively studied examples (miR-132, miR-134, miR-138), this review will attempt to illustrate the complex regulatory roles of dendritic microRNAs at the synapse and their implications for pathological conditions.
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- Silvia Bicker
- Biochemical-Pharmacological Center (BPC) Marburg, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Biochemical-Pharmacological Center (BPC) Marburg, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Biochemical-Pharmacological Center (BPC) Marburg, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Biochemical-Pharmacological Center (BPC) Marburg, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Needhamsen M, White RB, Giles KM, Dunlop SA, Thomas MG. Regulation of Human PAX6 Expression by miR-7. Evol Bioinform Online 2014; 10:107-13. [PMID: 25089088 PMCID: PMC4116382 DOI: 10.4137/ebo.s13739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Revised: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The paired box gene 6 (PAX6) is a powerful mediator of eye and brain organogenesis whose spatiotemporal expression is exquisitely controlled by multiple mechanisms, including post-transcriptional regulation by microRNAs (miRNAs). In the present study, we use bioinformatic predictions to identify three candidate microRNA-7 (miR-7) target sites in the human PAX6 3′ untranslated region (3′-UTR) and demonstrate that two of them are functionally active in a human cell line. Furthermore, transient transfection of cells with synthetic miR-7 inhibits PAX6 protein expression but does not alter levels of PAX6 mRNA, suggesting that miR-7 induces translational repression of PAX6. Finally, a comparison of PAX6 3′-UTRs across species reveals that one of the functional miR-7 target sites is conserved, whereas the second functional target site is found only in primates. Thus, the interaction between PAX6 and miR-7 appears to be highly conserved; however, the precise number of sites through which this interaction occurs may have expanded throughout evolution.
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- Maria Needhamsen
- Parkinson's Centre (ParkC), School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia. ; Experimental and Regenerative Neurosciences (EaRN), School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Parkinson's Centre (ParkC), School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia. ; Experimental and Regenerative Neurosciences (EaRN), School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia. ; School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Experimental and Regenerative Neurosciences (EaRN), School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Parkinson's Centre (ParkC), School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia. ; Experimental and Regenerative Neurosciences (EaRN), School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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Qian BJ, You L, Shang FF, Liu J, Dai P, Lin N, He M, Liu R, Zhang Y, Xu Y, Zhang YH, Wang TH. Vimentin Regulates Neuroplasticity in Transected Spinal Cord Rats Associated with micRNA138. Mol Neurobiol 2014; 51:437-47. [DOI: 10.1007/s12035-014-8745-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Jain S, Rana V, Shrinet J, Sharma A, Tridibes A, Sunil S, Bhatnagar RK. Blood feeding and Plasmodium infection alters the miRNome of Anopheles stephensi. PLoS One 2014; 9:e98402. [PMID: 24866389 PMCID: PMC4035286 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Blood feeding is an integral process required for physiological functions and propagation of the malaria vector Anopheles. During blood feeding, presence of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium in the blood induces several host effector molecules including microRNAs which play important roles in the development and maturation of the parasite within the mosquito. The present study was undertaken to elucidate the dynamic expression of miRNAs during gonotrophic cycle and parasite development in Anopheles stephensi. Using next generation sequencing technology, we identified 126 miRNAs of which 17 were novel miRNAs. The miRNAs were further validated by northern hybridization and cloning. Blood feeding and parasitized blood feeding in the mosquitoes revealed regulation of 13 and 16 miRNAs respectively. Expression profiling of these miRNAs revealed that significant miRNAs were down-regulated upon parasitized blood feeding with a repertoire of miRNAs showing stage specific up-regulation. Expression profiles of significantly modulated miRNAs were further validated by real time PCR. Target prediction of regulated miRNAs revealed overlapping targeting by different miRNAs. These targets included several metabolic pathways including metabolic, redox homeostasis and protein processing machinery components. Our analysis revealed tight regulation of specific miRNAs post blood feeding and parasite infection in An. stephensi. Such regulated expression suggests possible role of these miRNAs during gonotrophic cycle in mosquito. Another set of miRNAs were also significantly regulated at 42 h and 5 days post infection indicating parasite stage-specific role of host miRNAs. This study will result in better understanding of the role of miRNAs during gonotrophic cycle and parasite development in mosquito and can probably facilitate in devising novel malaria control strategies at vector level.
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- Shanu Jain
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Malaria Research, Dwarka, New Delhi, India
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
- * E-mail: (RKB); (SS)
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
- * E-mail: (RKB); (SS)
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