Exosomal hsa-miR199a-3p promotes proliferation and metastasis in neuroblastoma
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ABSTRACT: To elucidate whether exosomal hsa-miR199a-3p plays a role in neuroblastoma tumorigenesis, a miRNA-seq analysis on plasma exosomal miRNA from neuroblastoma patients and normal controls.
Project description:Meningiomas are common intracranial tumors in adults. Abnormal miRNA expression plays a role in their pathogenesis. Change in miRNA expression level can be caused by impaired epigenetic regulation of miRNA-encoding genes. We found genomic region covering MIR193B gene as DNA hypermethylated in meningiomas based on analysis of genome-wide methylation (HM450k Illumina arrays). Hypermethylation of MIR193B was as also confirmed by bisulfite pyrosequencing. Both hsa-miR-193b-3p and hsa-miR-193b-5p are downregulated in meningiomas as found with qRT-PCR. Lower expression of hsa-miR-193b-3p and higher MIR193b methylation was observed in WHO GII/GIII as compared to GI meningiomas. 3’UTR of CCND1 mRNA was identified as target of hsa-miR-193b-3p as further validated with luciferase reporter assay in IOMM-Lee meningioma cells. IOMM-Lee cells transfected with hsa-miR-193b-3p mimic showed decreased cyclin D1 level and lower cell viability and proliferation, confirming suppressive nature of this miRNA. Cyclin D1 protein expression (immunoreactivity) was higher in atypical than in benign meningiomas, accordingly to observation of lower hsa-miR-193b-3p level in GII tumors. The commonly observed hypermethylation of MIR193B in meningiomas apparently contributes to downregulation of hsa-miR-193b-3p. Since hsa-miR-193b-3p regulates proliferation of meningioma cells through negative regulation of cyclin D1 expression, it seems to be an important tumor suppressor in meningiomas.
Project description:Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common pediatric extra-cranial solid tumor with heterogeneous characteristics, and the prognosis of patients with high-risk NB is usually poor. Discovery of novel biomarkers for early detection and investigation of the underlying mechanisms governing invasion and metastasis of NB are urgently needed. Recently, exosomal microRNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to play vital regulatory or communication roles in the process of various types of cancers. However, the roles and mechanisms of exosomal miRNAs in NB remain unknown. Thus, the present study aims to investigate the detailed functions of tumor-derived exosomal miRNAs in progression and migration of NB in vivo and in vitro. By examining different exosomal miRNA expression profiles in the plasma of NB patients, we identified that the expression of hsa-miR199a-3p from exosomes was significantly upregulated, which was correlated with the severity of NB patients. Furthermore, we confirmed that exosomal hsa-miR199a-3p could facilitate proliferation and migration of NB via regulating NEDD4 expression. In summary, our data, for the first time, revealed that exosomal hsa-miR199a-3p could promote tumor proliferation and migration via decreasing NEDD4 expression in NB, suggesting that exosomal hsa-miR199a-3p may be applicated as a fast, easy, and non-invasive detection biomarker and contribute to the development of novel therapeutic strategies for NB in the future.
Project description:To identify the relevant targets of the selected miRNAs, we assessed global transcriptome changes by deep-sequencing total neonatal mouse cardiomyocyte RNA after transfection with hsa-miR-590-3p or hsa-miR-199a-3p Four condition experiment; one replicate per condition; mouse neonatal cardiomyocytes transfected with cel-miR-67, hsa-miR-590-3p and hsa-miR-199a-3p; samples collected 72 hours after transfection
Project description:We report the application of transcriptome sequencing for investigating of the hsa-miR-371a-5p and hsa-miR-518a-3p regulated genes. JAR, JEG-3 and BeWo choriocarcinoma cells were transfected with hsa-miR-371a-5p or hsa-miR-518a-3p inhibitors or control inhibitors. Totally, 237, 132 and 277 genes with > 2 folds change and adjusted P < 0.05 were upregulated in JAR, JEG-3 and BeWo cells respectively after hsa-miR-371a-5p knockdown. Meanwhile, 229, 269 and 191 genes were upregulated in JAR, JEG-3 and BeWo cells respectively after hsa-miR-518a-3p knockdown. The top upregulated genes included many oncogenes or oncogenesis associated ones. Enrichment analysis showed hsa-miR-371a-5p and hsa-miR-518a-3p regulated diverse pathways related to tumorigenesis and metastasis. Our results would be helpful for the searching of early molecular biomarkers and therapeutic targets for gestational trophoblastic neoplasia.
Project description:We have employed whole genome microarray to identify changes in gene expression in MDA-MB-231 cells transfected with hsa-miR-205-5p and hsa-miR-214-3p compared to scrambled miRNA precursors at 72 hours after transfection.
Project description:To identify the relevant targets of the selected miRNAs, we assessed global transcriptome changes by deep-sequencing total neonatal mouse cardiomyocyte RNA after transfection with hsa-miR-590-3p or hsa-miR-199a-3p
Project description:miRNAs are small noncoding RNA molecules that play an important role in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Length and/or sequence variants of the same miRNA are termed isomiRs. While most isomiRs are functionally redundant compared to their canonical counterparts, so-called 5âisomiRs exhibit a shifted 5â end and therefore a shifted seed sequence resulting in a different target spectrum. However, not much is known about the functional relevance of these isoforms. Analysis of miRNA-seq data from breast cancer cell lines identified six pairs of highly expressed miRNAs and associated 5âisomiRs. Among them, hsa-miR-140-3p was of particular interest because its 5âisomiR showed higher expression compared to the canonical miRNA annotated in miRbase. This miRNA has previously been shown to control stemness of breast cancer cells. MiRNAseq data of breast cancer patients (TCGA dataset) showed that both the canonical hsa-miR-140-3p and its 5âisomiR-140-3p were highly expressed in patients compared to normal breast tissue. In the current work, we present the functional characterization of 5âisomiR-140-3p and the cellular phenotypes associated with its overexpression in MCF10A and MDA-MB-231 cell lines in comparison to the canonical hsa-miR-140-3p. Contrary to the effect of the canonical hsa miR 140-3p, overexpression of the 5âisomiR-140-3p led to a decrease in cell viability. The latter observation was supported by cell cycle analysis, where the 5âisomiR-140-3p but not the hsa-miR-140-3p caused cell cycle arrest in G0/G1-phase. Additionally, 5âismoiR-140-3p overexpression was found to cause a decrease in cell migration in MCF10A cells. We identified three novel direct target genes of the 5â isomiR-140-3p; COL4A1, ITGA6 and MARCKSL1. Finally, we have shown that knocking down these genes partially phenocopied the effects of the 5âisomiR-140-4p overexpression, where COL4A1 and ITGA6 knockdown led to reduced cell viability and cell cycle arrest, while MARCKSL1 knockdown resulted in a decrease in the migratory potential of cells. In summary, this work presents evidence that there is a functional synergy between the canonical hsa-miR-140-3p and the newly identified 5âisomiR-140-3p in suppressing growth and progression of breast cancer by simultaneously targeting genes related to differentiation, proliferation, and migration. With this array, we aimed to address the question which genes are regulated by either of the two forms of the miRNA. Samples were measured in one biological replicate of cells transfected with mimic-ctrl1 and mimic-ctrl2 (Dharmacon) as control samples and two biological replicates of cells transfected with hsa-miR-140-3p and 5'isomiR-140-3p (Exiqon) in 30nM concentration using Lipofectamin 2000 as transfection reagent.
Project description:Objective: The expression pattern of exosomal miRNAs derived from parathyroid tumor is still unknown. In the present work, we aimed to examine the differences on microRNA (miRNA) expression, present in serum exosomes, by comparing parathyroid carcinoma (PC) and parathyroid adenoma (PA). Methods: MiRNA expression profile of serum exosomes, derived from 4 PC patients and 4 PA patients, were analyzed by next-generation sequencing technology. The differential expressions of target miRNAs were further verified in both serum exosomes and tissues of PC/PA patients by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Lastly, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were plotted to investigate the efficiency of target exosomal miRNAs in distinguishing PC patients from PA controls. Results: Multiple differentially expressed miRNAs of serum exosomes were screened out by sequencing. Based on this screening, hsa-miR-146b-5p (p=0.0846), hsa-miR-27a-5p (p=0.0412), hsa-miR-93-5p (p=0.73), hsa-miR-381-3p (p=0.1239) and hsa-miR-134-5p (p=0.0694) were up-regulated in the serum exosomes of PC patients. These results were validated by qPCR, where the trend on differential miRNA expression was consistent with the sequencing results. Specifically, the expression of exosomal hsa-miR-27a-5p was able to clearly distinguish PC patients from PA controls, and related analysis indicated that the area under the ROC curve was 0.8594 (p=0.0157). Conclusion: Here we present, for the first time, the miRNA expression profile of serum exosomes derived from PC patients. Based on this result, we presently suggest that the exosomal hsa-miR-27a-5p may serve as a putative tumor marker for preoperative identification of PC and PA subjects.
Project description:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of hsa-miR-363-3p on global gene expression in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). For this purpose we selected DND-41 T-ALL cell line characterized by high expression of this miRNA. The cells were transduced either with miRZip pGreenPuro scrambled vector (System Biosciences) or miRZip anti-hsa-miR-363-3p vector, each variant in three biological replicates. All 6 libraries were sequenced on Illumina NovaSeq6000 platform, in 2x150 mode, with a coverage of 60M paired reads/sample.