Induction of morphological and functional differentiation of human neuroblastoma cells by miR-124 |
| |
Authors: | Samaneh Sharif Mohammad Hossein Ghahremani Masoud Soleimani |
| |
Affiliation: | 1.Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine,Tehran University of Medical Sciences,Tehran,Iran;2.Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy,Tehran University of Medical Sciences,Tehran,Iran;3.Department of Hematology,Tarbiat Modares University,Tehran,Iran;4.Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering,Stem Cell Technology Research Center,Tehran,Iran |
| |
Abstract: | Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumour in children, and differentiation is considered its most appropriate therapy. In this work, we studied effects of miR-124 overexpression on differentiation in M17 cell line as a model of neuroblastoma cancer. Influence of miR-124 overexpression on differentiation in M17 cells was studied. M17 cells were infected with lentivirus that contained miR-124 precursor sequence and followed for 2 weeks to differentiate. Ectopic expression of miR-124 in M17 cells changed the shape of spherical undifferentiated cells to cells with extended neurites that formed neuronal networks. Overexpression of MiR-124 respectively increased the expression level of markers of β-Tubulin III, MAP2, SYN, NF-M and Nestin by 16-, 5-, 4-, 2.3- and 2-folds at the messenger RNA level. MiR-124 overexpression also increased the protein levels of β-Tubulin III and MAP2. Moreover, exogenous expression of miR-124 significantly increased the intracellular calcium in differentiated M17 cells. Since miR-124 is naturally expressed in neuronal cells and is downregulated in neuroblastoma cancer cells, differentiation with this type of microRNA can be a novel treatment for neuroblastoma cancer. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|