Micro-ribonucleic acid-155 is a direct target of Meis1, but not a driver in acute myeloid leukemia

Autor: Oleh Petriv, Jens Ruschmann, Edith Schneider, Lars Palmqvist, Kathrin Krowiorz, Anna Staffas, Erik Delsing Malmberg, Carl L. Hansen, Hartmut Döhner, Arefeh Rouhi, Florian Kuchenbauer, Martin Hirst, Arghavan Ashouri, Ping Xiang, Michael Heuser, Konstanze Döhner, Stella Yuan Wei, Lars Bullinger, Christina Miller, Linda Röhner, Nicole Pochert, R. Keith Humphries, Laleh S. Arabanian, Alireza Heravi-Moussavi, Christian Buske, Linda Fogelstrand
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Haematologica
ISSN: 1592-8721
0390-6078
Popis: Micro-ribonucleic acid-155 (miR-155) is one of the first described oncogenic miRNAs. Although multiple direct targets of miR-155 have been identified, it is not clear how it contributes to the pathogenesis of acute myeloid leukemia. We found miR-155 to be a direct target of Meis1 in murine Hoxa9/Meis1 induced acute myeloid leukemia. The additional overexpression of miR-155 accelerated the formation of acute myeloid leukemia in Hoxa9 as well as in Hoxa9/Meis1 cells in vivo. However, in the absence or following the removal of miR-155, leukemia onset and progression were unaffected. Although miR-155 accelerated growth and homing in addition to impairing differentiation, our data underscore the pathophysiological relevance of miR-155 as an accelerator rather than a driver of leukemogenesis. This further highlights the complexity of the oncogenic program of Meis1 to compensate for the loss of a potent oncogene such as miR-155. These findings are highly relevant to current and developing approaches for targeting miR-155 in acute myeloid leukemia.
Databáze: OpenAIRE