Targeting oncogenic microRNAs from the miR-371~373 and miR-302/367 clusters in malignant germ cell tumours causes growth inhibition through cell cycle disruption.

Autor: Bailey S; Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK.; Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK., Ferraresso M; Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK., Alonso-Crisostomo L; Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK., Ward D; Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK., Smith S; Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK., Nicholson JC; Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.; Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK., Saini H; EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK., Enright AJ; Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK., Scarpini CG; Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK., Coleman N; Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK. nc109@cam.a.cuk.; Department of Histopathology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK. nc109@cam.a.cuk., Murray MJ; Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK. mjm16@cam.ac.uk.; Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK. mjm16@cam.ac.uk.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: British journal of cancer [Br J Cancer] 2023 Oct; Vol. 129 (9), pp. 1451-1461. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 03.
DOI: 10.1038/s41416-023-02453-1
Abstrakt: Background: MiR-371~373 and miR-302/367 cluster over-expression occurs in all malignant germ cell tumours (GCTs), regardless of age (paediatric/adult), site (gonadal/extragonadal), or subtype [seminoma, yolk sac tumour (YST), embryonal carcinoma (EC)]. Six of eight microRNAs from these clusters contain the seed sequence 'AAGUGC', determining mRNA targeting. Here we sought to identify the significance of these observations by targeting these microRNAs functionally.
Methods: We targeted miR-371~373 and/or miR-302/367 clusters in malignant GCT cell lines, using CRISPR-Cas9, gapmer primary miR-302/367 transcript inhibition, and peptide nucleic acid (PNA) or locked nucleic acid (LNA)-DNA inhibition targeting miR-302a-d-3p, and undertook relevant functional assays.
Results: MiR-302/367 cluster microRNAs made the largest contribution to AAGUGC seed abundance in malignant GCT cells, regardless of subtype (seminoma/YST/EC). Following the unsuccessful use of CRISPR-Cas9, gapmer, and PNA systems, LNA-DNA-based targeting resulted in growth inhibition in seminoma and YST cells. This was associated with the de-repression of multiple mRNAs targeted by AAGUGC seed-containing microRNAs, with pathway analysis confirming predominant disruption of Rho-GTPase signalling, vesicle organisation/transport, and cell cycle regulation, findings corroborated in clinical samples. Further LNA-DNA inhibitor studies confirmed direct cell cycle effects, with an increase of cells in G0/G1-phase and a decrease in S-phase.
Conclusion: Targeting of specific miR-371~373 and miR-302/367 microRNAs in malignant GCTs demonstrated their functional significance, with growth inhibition mediated through cell cycle disruption.
(© 2023. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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