Project description:To metastasize, a tumor cell must acquire abilities such as the capacity to colonize new tissue and evade immune surveillance. Recent evidence suggests that microRNAs can promote the evolution of malignant behaviors by regulating multiple targets simultaneously. We performed a microRNA analysis of human melanoma, an aggressively invasive cancer, and found that miR-30b/30d upregulation correlates with stage, metastatic potential of primary tumors, shorter time to recurrence and reduced overall survival. Ectopic expression of miR-30b/30d promoted the metastatic behavior of melanoma cells by directly targeting the GalNAc transferase GALNT7, resulted in increased synthesis of the immunosuppressive cytokine IL-10, and reduced immune cell activation and recruitment. These data point to a key role of miR-30b/30d and GalNAc transferases in metastasis, by simultaneously promoting cellular invasion and immune suppression. MicroRNAs are emerging as key contributors to tumor metastasis because of their ability to regulate multiple targets, and thereby alter several functions, simultaneously. We found a miRNA cluster that promotes metastasis by concurrently enhancing invasive capabilities of melanoma cells and suppressing immune surveillance mechanisms, allowing the tumor cells to migrate and invade foreign tissue. Both these effects of miR-30b/30d are mediated by direct suppression of GalNAc transferases. Aberrant glycosylation has previously been connected to tumor progression, but the underlying molecular mechanisms and their impact on specific cellular pathways are poorly understood. Our work places the control of glycosylation as a novel molecular link between tumor cell migration and immune evasion, two processes that act synergistically during metastasis. 2 different melanoma cell line, 2 biological duplicates for each cell line Differentially expressed genes (mRNAs) in response to miRNA over-expression
Project description:To metastasize, a tumor cell must acquire abilities such as the capacity to colonize new tissue and evade immune surveillance. Recent evidence suggests that microRNAs can promote the evolution of malignant behaviors by regulating multiple targets simultaneously. We performed a microRNA analysis of human melanoma, an aggressively invasive cancer, and found that miR-30b/30d upregulation correlates with stage, metastatic potential of primary tumors, shorter time to recurrence and reduced overall survival. Ectopic expression of miR-30b/30d promoted the metastatic behavior of melanoma cells by directly targeting the GalNAc transferase GALNT7, resulted in increased synthesis of the immunosuppressive cytokine IL-10, and reduced immune cell activation and recruitment. These data point to a key role of miR-30b/30d and GalNAc transferases in metastasis, by simultaneously promoting cellular invasion and immune suppression. MicroRNAs are emerging as key contributors to tumor metastasis because of their ability to regulate multiple targets, and thereby alter several functions, simultaneously. We found a miRNA cluster that promotes metastasis by concurrently enhancing invasive capabilities of melanoma cells and suppressing immune surveillance mechanisms, allowing the tumor cells to migrate and invade foreign tissue. Both these effects of miR-30b/30d are mediated by direct suppression of GalNAc transferases. Aberrant glycosylation has previously been connected to tumor progression, but the underlying molecular mechanisms and their impact on specific cellular pathways are poorly understood. Our work places the control of glycosylation as a novel molecular link between tumor cell migration and immune evasion, two processes that act synergistically during metastasis.
Project description:Immunosuppression plays a crucial role in the development of cancer which remains a major cause of mortality in kidney transplant recipients. Cancer Exosomes (Exos) are extracellular vesicles described as modulators of tumor invasion and metastasis. This paper describes the effect of RAPA and CsA, two immunosuppressive drugs with different oncogenic proprieties, in Exos of colorectal cancer (CRC) cell lines. RAPA induces an increased Exos production and an overexpression of miR-6127, miR-6746-5p, and miR-6787-5p in Exos from a metastatic cell line. These miRNAs produce a significant down-regulation of epigenetic genes involved in cell cycle, chromatin and DNA regulation pre-metastatic niche. Our results describe a potential mechanism by RAPA in modulating pre-metastatic niche in post-transplant metastatic CRC through these exosomal miRNAs.
Project description:Immunosuppression plays a crucial role in the development of cancer which remains a major cause of mortality in kidney transplant recipients. Cancer Exosomes (Exos) are extracellular vesicles described as modulators of tumor invasion and metastasis. This paper describes the effect of RAPA and CsA, two immunosuppressive drugs with different oncogenic proprieties, in Exos of colorectal cancer (CRC) cell lines. RAPA induces an increased Exos production and an overexpression of miR-6127, miR-6746-5p, and miR-6787-5p in Exos from a metastatic cell line. These miRNAs produce a significant down-regulation of epigenetic genes involved in cell cycle, chromatin and DNA regulation pre-metastatic niche. Our results describe a potential mechanism by RAPA in modulating pre-metastatic niche in post-transplant metastatic CRC through these exosomal miRNAs.
Project description:miRNAs are related with the initiation and development of prostate cancer. We discover the miR-195 and miR-30 can be as a biomarker of prognosis of prostate cancer in clinical patients. miRNA functions through affecting the mRNA degradation by binding the mRNA 3’UTR. So we test the change of transcriptional profile of miR-195 and miR-30d cell line respectively to further study the function of miR-195 and miR-30d. To study the function of miR-195 and miR-30d in prostate cancer, we setup the over-expression cell line of the miR-195 and miR-30d respectively in prostate cancer cell(LNCap and DU145), then study the change of transcriptional profile in cell line by microarray experiment (Affymetrix PrimeView human gene expression).
Project description:miRNAs are related with the initiation and development of prostate cancer. We discover the miR-195 and miR-30 can be as a biomarker of prognosis of prostate cancer in clinical patients. miRNA functions through affecting the mRNA degradation by binding the mRNA 3âUTR. So we test the change of transcriptional profile of miR-195 and miR-30d cell line respectively to further study the function of miR-195 and miR-30d. To study the function of miR-195 and miR-30d in prostate cancer, we setup the over-expression cell line of the miR-195 and miR-30d respectively in prostate cancer cell(LNCap and DU145), then study the change of transcriptional profile in cell line by microarray experiment (Affymetrix PrimeView human gene expression). We order the over-expression plasmid of vector, miR-195 and miR-30d from System Biosciences company (Cat No: Scramble Vector PMIRH000PA-1 as Control, miR-195 PMIRH195PA-1, miR-30d PMIRH30dPA-1), and packaged the virus and construct the stable cell line (LNCaP_Control, LNCaP_mir195, LNCaP_mir30d,DU145_Control, DU145_mir195, DU145_mir30d,). We test the transcriptional profile in cell line by microarray experiment (Affymetrix PrimeView human gene expression).
Project description:Accumulation of genetic and epigenetic changes alters regulation of a web of interconnected genes including miRNAs, which confer hallmark capabilities and characteristic cancer features. In this study, the miRNA and mRNA expression profiles of 126 non-small cell lung cancer specimens were analyzed, with special attention given to the diversity of lung adenocarcinomas. Of those, 76 adenocarcinomas were classified into two major subtypes, developing lung-like and adult lung-like, based on their distinctive miRNA expression profiles resembling those of either developing or adult lungs, respectively. A systems biology-based approach using a Bayesian network and nonparametric regression was employed to estimate the gene regulatory circuitry functioning in patient tumors in order to identify subnetworks enriched for genes with differential expression between the two major subtypes. miR-30d and miR-195, identified as hub genes in such subnetworks, had lower levels of expression in the developing lung-like subtype, while introduction of miR-30d or miR-195 into the lung cancer cell lines evoked shifts of mRNA expression profiles towards the adult lung-like subtype. Conversely, the influence of miR-30d and miR-195 was significantly different between the developing lung- and adult lung-like subtypes in our analysis of the patient dataset. In addition, RRM2, a child gene of the miR-30d-centered subnetwork, was found to be a direct target of miR-30d. Together, our findings reveal the existence of two miRNA expression profile-defined lung adenocarcinoma subtypes with distinctive clinicopathologic features and also suggest the usefulness of a systems biology-based approach to gain insight into the altered regulatory circuitry involved in cancer development. Microarray analysis using a Whole Human Genome 4 x 44K Microarray G4112F (Agilent) was conducted to examine changes in expression of 400 genes in SiGN network by transfection of Pre-miR-30d, Pre-miR-195 or Pre-miR-NC#2 (Ambion) in SK-LC-7 cells, which were then harvested at 72 hours after transfection.
Project description:The regulation of gene expression in cells, including by microRNAs (miRNAs), is a dynamic process. Current methods for identifying microRNA targets by combining sequence, miRNA and mRNA expression data do not adequately utilize the temporal information and thus miss important miRNAs and their targets. We developed a new method, mirDREM, that uses probabilistic modeling to reconstruct dynamic regulatory networks which explain how temporal gene expression is jointly regulated by microRNAs and transcription factors (TFs). We used mirDREM to study the regulation of postnatal lung development in mice. The reconstructed network for this process identified several known miRNAs and TFs and provided novel predictions about additional miRNAs and the specific developmental phases they regulate. Microarray data of Mouse Lung Epithelial cells MLE-12 after transfection with inhibitors for miR-30a, miR-30d, miR-23b and miR-125 and with precursors for miR-337, miR-466a, miR466d and miR-476c. The results provide a general insight into the gene expression profile which was modulated by the inhibition or overexpression of these microRNAs. We experimentally validated several predictions and show that miR-30d, miR-30a, and miR-467c are new regulators of proliferation in lung cells. Our analysis establishes new links between identified miRNAs and lung diseases, supporting recent evidence that such diseases may represent reversal of lung differentiation. We first analyzed the endogenous expression of miR-30a, miR-30d, miR-23b, miR-125, miR-337, miR-466a, miR466d and miR-476c in MLE-12 cells. Then, we transfected the MLE-12 cells with inhibitors ( miR-30a, miR-30d, miR-23b and miR-125) for the highly expressed and precursos for those that were almost undetectable (miR-337, miR-466a, miR466d and miR-476c). RNA level of the 8 microRNAs was verify by qRT-PCR in order to validate the transfection efficiency. Finally, 0.5ug of total RNA was used to performe the gene expression microarrays for each condition
Project description:Extracellular pH (pHe) is lower in many tumors than in the corresponding normal tissue. Acidic tumor microenvironment has been shown to facilitate epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) and tumor metastasis, while the mechanisms underlying tumor acidic microenvironment-induced tumor cell metastasis remain undefined. Here, we aimed to investigate the tumor metastasis and the EMT by acidic microenvironment and to explore their mechanisms and clinical significance in lung cancer. Results showed that acidic pHe remarkably enhanced invasion ability of lung cells accompanying with increased mesenchymal and decreased epithelial markers. Moreover, acidic pHe triggered the inhibition of microRNA-7 (miR-7) expression and activation of TGF-β2/SMAD signaling. Mechanistic studies showed that TGF-β2 is a direct potential target gene of miR-7, and acidity-induced metastasis could be abolished by treatment with a TGFβRI inhibitor, anti-TGF-β2 antibody and miR-7 mimic, respectively. The clinical samples further revealed that miR-7 was decreased in lung tissues and antagonistically correlated with TGF-β2 expression, associating with overall survival and metastasis. In conclusion, our study indicated that acidic pHe showed enhanced invasive potential, and enhanced potential to develop experimental metastases by a novel mechanism involving tumor acidic microenvironment-induced regulation of miR-7/TGF-β2/SMAD axis. Our findings suggest that the possibility that pHe of the primary tumor may be an important prognostic parameter for lung cancer patients merit clinical investigation. Moreover, miR-7 may serve as prognostic molecular marker and a novel therapeutic target for lung cancer.
Project description:miR-30d has been identified in this study as a novel onco-miRNA downstream of mutant p53. Here we report the microarray data obtained in MDA-MB-231 in which miR-30d levels and function were stably inhibited by a decoy construct (dy_30d)