Unknown

Dataset Information

0

MiR-34a repression of SIRT1 regulates apoptosis.


ABSTRACT: MicroRNA 34a (miR-34a) is a tumor suppressor gene, but how it regulates cell proliferation is not completely understood. We now show that the microRNA miR-34a regulates silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1) expression. MiR-34a inhibits SIRT1 expression through a miR-34a-binding site within the 3' UTR of SIRT1. MiR-34 inhibition of SIRT1 leads to an increase in acetylated p53 and expression of p21 and PUMA, transcriptional targets of p53 that regulate the cell cycle and apoptosis, respectively. Furthermore, miR-34 suppression of SIRT1 ultimately leads to apoptosis in WT human colon cancer cells but not in human colon cancer cells lacking p53. Finally, miR-34a itself is a transcriptional target of p53, suggesting a positive feedback loop between p53 and miR-34a. Thus, miR-34a functions as a tumor suppressor, in part, through a SIRT1-p53 pathway.

SUBMITTER: Yamakuchi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2533205 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

altmetric image

Publications

miR-34a repression of SIRT1 regulates apoptosis.

Yamakuchi Munekazu M   Ferlito Marcella M   Lowenstein Charles J CJ  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080828 36


MicroRNA 34a (miR-34a) is a tumor suppressor gene, but how it regulates cell proliferation is not completely understood. We now show that the microRNA miR-34a regulates silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1) expression. MiR-34a inhibits SIRT1 expression through a miR-34a-binding site within the 3' UTR of SIRT1. MiR-34 inhibition of SIRT1 leads to an increase in acetylated p53 and expression of p21 and PUMA, transcriptional targets of p53 that regulate the cell cycle and apoptosis, respectively.  ...[more]

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC5960750 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8797636 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8435422 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4724467 | biostudies-other
| S-EPMC3153928 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5605522 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5493669 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC9360842 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4008794 | biostudies-other
| S-EPMC4936740 | biostudies-literature