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Ali Amin Asnafi Elahe Khodadi Neda Golchin Arash Alghasi Yousef Tavakolifar Najmaldin Saki 《生物学前沿》2017,12(1):63-70
Background
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) occurs owing to the defective maturation, increased proliferation, and lack of differentiation of lymphoid cells. Evaluation of the expression levels of microRNAs (miRNAs) could help in the prognosis and improve the clinical outcome of ALL patients. Given the role of miR-21, miR-150, and miR-451 as oncogenes and tumor suppressors in lymphocytes, this study explored the relation between the expression levels of these miRNAs and the clinical outcomes of ALL patients.Methods
cDNA synthesis and RT-PCR were performed for peripheral blood samples from 41 patients with ALL, as well as for U937 and Jurkat cell lines to examine the expression of miR-451, miR-150, and miR-21 after miRNA purification. We also performed an epidemiological analysis in which Mann–Whitney and Chi-square tests were used to investigate the relationship between the expression of miRNAs and other clinical and laboratory data. Binary logistic regression models were used to estimate the odds ratio in univariate and multivariate analyses for clinical outcomes.Results
miR-21 and miR-150 expression was found to be decreased, while miR-451 expression showed no difference compared to the control group. There was a significant relationship between miR-451 expression and hemoglobin (Hb) levels, as well as between miR-150 expression and clinical outcomes of ALL patients.Conclusion
Increased expression of miR-451 decreased the Hb levels; reduced expression of miR-150 was associated with increased relapse rate in patients. Age, increased WBC, and decreased Hb levels were associated with increased relapse rates in ALL patients. Therefore, miR-150 could be used as a biomarker to determine the clinical outcome of ALL patients.2.
Background
Latent reservoirs of HIV-1 provide a major challenge to its cure. There are increasing reports of interplay between HIV-1 replication and host miRNAs. Several host miRNAs, which potentially target the nef-3′LTR region of HIV-1 RNA, including miR-29a, are proposed to promote latency.Findings
We used two established cellular models of HIV-1 latency – the U1 monocytic and J1.1 CD4+ T cell lines to show an inverse relationship between HIV-1 replication and miR-29a levels, which was mediated by the HIV-1 Nef protein. Using a miR-29a responsive luciferase reporter plasmid, an expression plasmid and an anti-miR29a LNA, we further demonstrate increased miR-29a levels during latency and reduced levels following active HIV replication. Finally, we show that miR-29a levels in the PBMCs and plasma of HIV infected persons also correlate inversely with latency and active viral replication.Conclusions
The levels of miR-29a correlate inversely with active HIV-1 replication in cell culture models and in HIV infected persons. This links miR-29a to viral latency and suggests another approach to activate and destroy latent HIV-1 reservoirs.3.
Background
Neural stem cells (NSCs) are able to differentiate into neurons and astroglia. miRNAs have been demonstrated to be involved in NSC self-renewal, proliferation and differentiation. However, the exact role of miR-124 in the development of NSCs and its underlying mechanism remain to be explored.Methods
Primary NSCs were isolated from embryos of Wistar rats. Immunocytochemistry was used to stain purified NSCs. miR-124, Delta-like 4 (DLL4), ki-67, Nestin, β-tubulin III, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), HES1, HEY2, and cyclin D1 (CCND1) expressions were detected by qRT-PCR and western blot. The interaction between miR-124 and DLL4 was confirmed by luciferase reporter assay. Cell proliferation was assessed by MTT assay.Results
NSCs could self-proliferate and differentiate into neurons and astrocyte. miR-124 was up-regulated and DLL4 was down-regulated during NSC differentiation. DLL4 was identified as a target of miR-124 in NSCs. Ectopic expression of miR-124 or knockdown of DLL4 promoted the proliferation and the formation of NSCs to neurospheres. Moreover, miR-124 overexpression or DLL4 down-regulation improved β-tubulin III expression but decreased GFAP expression in NSCs. Furthermore, enforced expression of DLL4 partially reversed the effects of miR-124 on NSCs proliferation and differentiation. Elevated expression of miR-124 suppressed the expressions of HES1, HEY2, and CCND1 in NSCs, while these effects were attenuated following the enhancement of DLL4 expression.Conclusion
miR-124 promoted proliferation and differentiation of NSCs through inactivating Notch pathway.4.
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Objective
To investigate the roles of miR-34a in progression and chemoresistance of glioma cells.Results
Quantitative real-time PCR analysis showed that miR-34a level was lower, but PD-L1 expression level was higher in glioma tissue specimens compared with normal brain tissues and their expression levels were negatively correlated. Ectopic expression of miR-34a inhibited glioma cell proliferation, promoted cell cycle arrest in G1/S phase and cell apoptosis. Additionally, miR-34a/PD-L1 axis was again confirmed and co-expression of PD-L1 with miR-34a mimics attenuated the effects of miR-34a on cell proliferation and apoptosis in glioma cells. Importantly, PD-L1 overexpression resulted in chemoresistance in glioma cells, this effect was attenuated by miR-34a overexpression.Conclusions
miR-34a inhibits glioma cells progression and chemoresistance via targeting PD-L1.7.
Yubing Wu Jingnan Zhang Shizhen Hou Ziming Cheng Maoxi Yuan 《Biotechnology letters》2017,39(12):1827-1834
Objective
To evaluate the role and the molecular mechanism of miR-30d in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Results
qRT-PCR was used to detect miR-30d expression in NSCLC tissues and cell lines. miR-30d was frequently down-regulated in NSCLC and its expression was associated with clinicopathological features of NSCLCC patients. Over-expression of miR-30d notably inhibited cell migration and invasion in NSCLC cell lines. miR-30d could negatively regulate Nuclear factor I B (NFIB) by directly targeting its 3′-UTR, which was confirmed by luciferase assay. NFIB also reversed miR-30d-mediated suppression on the migration and invasion in NSCLC cell lines.Conclusion
miR-30d suppressed cell migration and invasion by directly targeting NFIB in NSCLC, and NFIB could partially abrogated the inhibition of biological functions by miR-30d.8.
Objectives
To study the roles and mechanisms of HuR in cancer stem cell maintenance of lung cancer.Results
HuR expression was increased in tumor spheres of lung cancer cells. Knockdown of HuR suppressed spheroid formation and size, inhibited the expression of stemness-related marker, Oct4, Nanog and ALDH in lung cancer cells. Importantly, HuR and CDK3 expressions were increased in lung cancer tissues compared with normal adjacent tissues, and positively correlated. Mechanistically, HuR directly bound to CDK3, and increased CDK3 mRNA stability and expression. Additionally, miR-873 or miR-125a-3p attenuated the promotion of HuR on CDK3 expression and lung cancer stemness. Furthermore, HuR facilitated lung cancer stemness dependent on CDK3 expression. miR-873 or miR-125a-3p level was negatively correlated with HuR and CDK3 expression levels in lung cancer tissues.Conclusions
HuR facilitates lung cancer stemness via regulating miR-873/CDK3 and miR-125a-3p/CDK3 axis.9.
Objectives
To investigate the roles of miR-149 in the progression of human osteosarcoma (OS).Results
miR-149 level was upregulated in tissues from OS patients more than in normal subjects. Cell proliferation and apoptosis assays revealed that miR-149 increased cell proliferation and inhibited cell apoptosis in OS cell line (MG63). An increase of Bcl-2 gene expression and a decrease of cleaved-caspase-3, and cleaved-PARP expression were observed in MG63 cells with transfection of miR-149. Additionally, bone morphogenetic protein 9 (BMP9) was identified as a target of miR-149 in MG63 cells, and BMP9 expression was negatively correlated with miR149 level in OS clinical samples. Co-overexpression of BMP9 with miR-149 in MG63 cells prohibited miR-149-mediated promotive effects on OS progression. Importantly, overexpression of miR-149 conferred chemoresistance in MG63 cells.Conclusions
miR-149 promotes OS progression via targeting BMP9.10.
Objectives
To investigate the roles of miR-215 in high-grade glioma and to clarify the regulation of retinoblastoma 1 (RB1) by miR-215.Results
miR-215 is frequently up-regulated in high-grade glioma tissues. Increased miR-215 expression is significantly associated with World Health Organization grade (P < 0.01) tumor size (P < 0.05) and poor prognosis (P < 0.01). Over-expression of miR-215 promoted cell proliferation and knockdown of miR-215 inhibited cell proliferation in vitro. RB1 was identified as a direct and functional target of miR-215. RB1 is generally down-regulated in glioma tissues and its expression inversely correlated with miR-215, which is up-regulated in high-grade glioma tissues, and its expression was negatively correlated with miR-215.Conclusions
The new miR-215/RB1 axis provides new insights into the molecular mechanism and treatment for glioma.11.
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To clarify the potential biological function of miR-93 and its related molecular mechanism underlying metastasis in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Results
miR-93 was significantly up-regulated in HCC tissues and was associated with poor 5-year overall survival in HCC patients. Transwell assays showed that over-expression of miR-93 increased HCC cell migration and invasion in vitro. Programmed cell death 4 (PDCD4) was a target gene of miR-93 and miR-93 could down-regulate the expression of PDCD4 by directly targeting its 3′-UTR. The re-expression of PDCD4 could attenuate the HCC cell invasion and migration induced by miR-93, while the knockdown of PDCD4 would promote HCC cell migration and invasion via the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) pathway.Conclusions
miR-93 provides new insight into the molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis and progression in HCC and offer a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of HCC patients.12.
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To investigate whether miR-1260b can regulate migration and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by targeting RGS22.Results
miR-1260b was up-regulated in HCC tissues compared with their corresponding non-cancerous tissues. Over-expression of miR-1260b increased migration and invasion of HepG2 and SMMC-7721 cells associated with HCC. Regulator of G-protein signaling 22 (RGS22) was identified as a directly target of miR-1260b and was inhibited by miR-1260b. Knockdown of RGS22 increased proliferation of HCC cells.Conclusions
The new identified miR-1260b/RGS22 axis provides useful therapeutic methods for treatment of HCC deepening on our understanding of underlying mechanisms of HCC tumorigenesis.13.
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Hailong Chen Ke Lv Zhongquan Dai Guohua Ji Tingmei Wang Yanli Wang Yongliang Zhang Guanghan Kan Yinghui Li Lina Qu 《Biotechnology letters》2016,38(12):2071-2080
Objective
To investigate the expression of memory-related antioxidant genes and miRNAs under simulated weightlessness and the regulation of mechano growth factor (MGF) E domain, the peptide preventing nerve damage.Results
Igf-iea and mgf mRNA levels, expression of antioxidant genes sod1 and sod2 and levels of miR-134 and miR-125b-3p increased in rat hippocampus after 14 days tail suspension to simulate weightlessness which was inhibited with intramuscular injection of E domain peptide. Therefore, administration of MGF E domain peptide could reverse increased expressions of memory-related igf-iea, mgf, sod1, sod2, miR-134 and miR-125b-3p in rat hippocampus under simulated weightlessness.Conclusions
MGF may regulate the redox state and miRNA-targeted NR-CREB signaling, and intramuscular injection may be the alternative administration because of its safety, convenience and ability to pass through the blood brain barrier.15.
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To explore the roles of miR-130b-3p and miR-301b-3p which may regulate Rb1-inducible coiled-coil 1 (Rb1cc1) expression during myogenic differentiation of chicken primary myoblasts.Results
After 4 days of myogenic differentiation, myotubes appeared and after 6 days the cells fused to each other and expression of MyHC could be detected by immunofluorescence staining. TargetScan and RNAhybrid 2.2 showed miR-130b-3p and miR-301b-3p were well complementary with the target site of Rb1cc1 3′-untranslated region (3′-UTR). Using the dual-luciferase assay, we found miR-130b-3p and miR-301b-3p could inhibit Rb1cc1 expression by binding to its 3′-UTR. Real-time PCR showed Rb1cc1 mRNA expression level was almost reciprocal to that of miR-130b-3p or miR-301b-3p during myogenic differentiation. Furthermore, over-expression of miR-130b-3p or miR-301b-3p down-regulated the expression levels of Rb1cc1, myoblast determination protein, myogenin and myosin heavy chain.Conclusions
miR-130b-3p or miR-301b-3p negatively regulate Rb1cc1 expression to affect myogenic differentiation.16.
Mingwei He Haiyan Sun Jinlei Pang Xiangfei Guo Yansong Huo Xianhong Wu Yaguang Liu Jun Ma 《BMC anesthesiology》2018,18(1):197
Background
Although the neuroprotective role of propofol has been identified recently, the regulatory mechanism associated with microRNAs (miRNAs/miRs) in neuronal cells remains to be poorly understood. We aimed to explore the regulatory mechanism of propofol in hypoxia-injured rat pheochromocytoma (PC-12) cells.Methods
PC-12 cells were exposed to hypoxia, and cell viability and apoptosis were assessed by CCK-8 assay and flow cytometry assay/Western blot analysis, respectively. Effects of propofol on hypoxia-injured cells were measured, and the expression of miR-153 was determined by stem-loop RT-PCR. After that, whether propofol affected PC-12 cells under hypoxia via miR-153 was verified, and the downstream protein of miR-153 as well as the involved signaling cascade was finally explored.Results
Hypoxia-induced decrease of cell viability and increase of apoptosis were attenuated by propofol. Then, we found hypoxia exposure up-regulated miR-153 expression, and the level of miR-153 was further elevated by propofol in hypoxia-injured PC-12 cells. Following experiments showed miR-153 inhibition reversed the effects of propofol on hypoxia-treated PC-12 cells. Afterwards, we found BTG3 expression was negatively regulated by miR-153 expression, and BTG3 overexpression inhibited the mTOR pathway and AMPK activation. Besides, hypoxia inhibited the mTOR pathway and AMPK, and these inhibitory effects could be attenuated by propofol.Conclusion
Propofol protected hypoxia-injured PC-12 cells through miR-153-mediataed down-regulation of BTG3. BTG3 could inhibit the mTOR pathway and AMPK activation.17.
L. Ouboussad L. Hunt E. M. A. Hensor J. L. Nam N. A. Barnes P. Emery M. F. McDermott M. H. Buch 《Arthritis research & therapy》2017,19(1):288
Background
Individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) demonstrate systemic autoimmunity in the form of anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPA). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are implicated in established RA. This study aimed to (1) compare miRNA expression between healthy individuals and those at risk of and those that develop RA, (2) evaluate the change in expression of miRNA from “at-risk” to early RA and (3) explore whether these miRNAs could inform a signature predictive of progression from “at-risk” to RA.Methods
We performed global profiling of 754 miRNAs per patient on a matched serum sample cohort of 12 anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP)?+?“at-risk” individuals that progressed to RA. Each individual had a serum sample from baseline and at time of detection of synovitis, forming the matched element. Healthy controls were also studied. miRNAs with a fold difference/fold change of four in expression level met our primary criterion for selection as candidate miRNAs. Validation of the miRNAs of interest was conducted using custom miRNA array cards on matched samples (baseline and follow up) in 24 CCP+ individuals; 12 RA progressors and 12 RA non-progressors.Results
We report on the first study to use matched serum samples and a comprehensive miRNA array approach to identify in particular, three miRNAs (miR-22, miR-486-3p, and miR-382) associated with progression from systemic autoimmunity to RA inflammation. MiR-22 demonstrated significant fold difference between progressors and non-progressors indicating a potential biomarker role for at-risk individuals.Conclusions
This first study using a cohort with matched serum samples provides important mechanistic insights in the transition from systemic autoimmunity to inflammatory disease for future investigation, and with further evaluation, might also serve as a predictive biomarker.18.
Biao Zhong Shang Guo Wei Zhang Chi Zhang Yukai Wang Changqing Zhang 《BMC medical genomics》2017,10(1):64
Background
MiRNAs are frequently abnormally expressed in the progression of human osteosarcoma. Phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) is one of the tumor suppressors in various types of human cancer. In the present study, we detected how hsa-miR-30a-3p regulated PTEN and further tested the role of hsa-miR-30a-3p in the cell proliferation of osteosarcoma cells.Methods
The levels of miR-30a were determined by real time PCR. The expression of PTEN was tested by western blotting analysis. Cell distribution of PTEN was observed with confocal laser scanning microscope. Cell viability was determined by MTT assay.Results
The expression of miR-30a and PTEN was obviously decreased in MG-63, 143B and Saos-2 cells compared with primary osteoblasts. TargetScan analysis data showed miR-30a might bind with position 30-57 of 3’UTR of PTEN. Transfection with miR-30a-3p increased the level of PTEN in MG-63 cells, while transfection with miR-30a-3p inhibitor significantly decreased the expression of PTEN in osteosarcoma cells. Transfection with miR-30a-3p significantly inhibited cell proliferation of osteosarcoma cells, while miR-30a inhibitor obviously promoted cell viability of MG63 cells and Saos-2 cells. Inhibition of PTEN eliminated the proliferation inhibitory effect of miR-30a-3p.Conclusion
Thus, all these findings revealed the anti-tumor effects of miR-30a in human osteosarcoma cells, which could be mediated by regulating the level of PTEN.19.
Background
The HER3 receptor functions as a major cause of drug resistance in cancer treatment. It is believed that therapeutic targeting of HER3 is required to improve patient outcomes. It is not clear whether a novel strategy with two functional cooperative miRNAs would effectively inhibit erbB3 expression and potentiate the anti-proliferative/anti-survival effects of a HER2-targeted therapy (trastuzumab) and chemotherapy (paclitaxel) on HER2-overexpressing breast cancer cells.Results
Combination of miR-125a and miR-205, as compared to either miRNA alone, potently inhibited expression of HER3 in HER2-overexpressing breast cancer BT474 cells. Co-expression of the two miRNAs not only reduced the levels of phosphorylated erbB3 (P-erbB3), Akt (P-Akt), and Src (P-Src), it also inhibited cell proliferation and increased cells at G1 phase. A multi-miRNA lentiviral vector - the cluster of miR-125a and miR-205 - was constructed to simultaneously express the two miRNAs in HER2-overexpressing breast cancer cells. Concurrent expression of miR-125a and miR-205 via the miRNA cluster transfection significantly enhanced trastuzumab-mediated growth inhibition and cell cycle G1 arrest in BT474 cells and markedly increased paclitaxel-induced apoptosis in another HER2-overexpressing breast cancer cell line HCC1954.Conclusions
Here, we showed that functional cooperative miRNAs effectively suppressed erbB3 expression. This novel approach targeting of HER3 was able to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of trastuzumab and paclitaxel against HER2-overexpressing breast cancer.20.