MicroRNA-155 regulates casein kinase 1 gamma 2: a potential pathogenetic role in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Autor: Erica B. Bhavsar, Tuo Zhang, Richard R. Furman, Paul Hakimpour, N Papavasiliou, Zhengming Chen, J K Davidson-Moncada, Piali Mukherjee, Wayne Tam
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Blood Cancer Journal
ISSN: 2044-5385
Popis: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia of adults in Western countries. There are approximately 19 000 new cases diagnosed in the United States in 2016 (https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/clyl.html). MicroRNAs (miRs) have been implicated as one of the key contributors in the pathogenesis of CLL. One of these miRNAs is miR-155, which is probably the best-characterized miRNA involved in B-cell maturation and function. MiR-155 has a critical role in normal immune function,1 including innate response, regulation of the germinal center response and formation of class-switched plasma cells and negative regulation of activation-induced cytidine deaminase. However, miR-155 is also an oncogenic miRNA overexpression of miR-155 in mice or its precursor BIC in chickens led to the development of lymphomas. Furthermore, abnormal expression of miR-155 has been observed in a number of lymphoid malignancies, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, classical Hodgkin lymphoma, primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma and CLL.2 In various studies, miR-155 has been found consistently overexpressed in CLL cells compared with normal B cells. Although there does not appear to be definitive correlations between miR-155 expression levels and individual CLL prognostic factors, high pretreatment levels of miR-155 in CLL cells or in plasma have been demonstrated to be associated with shorter need-for-treatment interval and failure to achieve complete response, respectively.3, 4 The association of adverse clinical outcome in CLL with high miR-155 levels appears to be linked to the capacity of miR-155 to enhance the sensitivity of CLL cells to B-cell receptor ligation.5 Thus it is likely that miR-155 has important roles in the pathobiology of CLL.
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