MicroRNA-21(miR-21) is frequently up-regulated in cancer and the majority of its reported targets are tumor suppressors.Through functional suppression,miR-21 is implicated in practically every walk of oncogenic life:t...MicroRNA-21(miR-21) is frequently up-regulated in cancer and the majority of its reported targets are tumor suppressors.Through functional suppression,miR-21 is implicated in practically every walk of oncogenic life:the promotion of cell proliferation,invasion and metastasis,genome instability and mutation,inflammation,replicative immortalization,abnormal metabolism,angiogenesis,and evading apoptosis,immune destruction,and growth suppressors.In particular,miR-21 is strongly involved in apoptosis.In this article,we reviewed the experimentally validated targets of miR-21 and found that two thirds are linked to intrinsic and/or extrinsic pathways of cellular apoptosis.This suggests that miR-21 is an oncogene which plays a key role in resisting programmed cell death in cancer cells and that targeting apoptosis is a viable therapeutic option against cancers expressing miR-21.展开更多
MicroRNAs （miRNAs）, which are small noncoding RNA molecules, play important roles in the post-transcriptional regulation process. The microRNA-21 gene （miR-21） has been reported to be highly expressed in various s...MicroRNAs （miRNAs）, which are small noncoding RNA molecules, play important roles in the post-transcriptional regulation process. The microRNA-21 gene （miR-21） has been reported to be highly expressed in various solid tumors, including breast cancer. Bone morphogenetic protein-6 （BMP-6） has been identified as an inhibitor of breast cancer epithelial-mesenchymal transition （EMT） through rescuing E-cadherin expression. We initiated experi- ments to identify the relationships between miR-21 and BMP-6 in breast cancer progression. Real-time PCR analysis showed that miR-21 expression was very high in MDA-MB-231 cells that expressed little BMP-6. A reverse correla- tion between BMP-6 and miR-21 was also determined in breast cancer tissue samples. Moreover, BMP-6 inhibited miR-21 transcription in MDA-MB-231 cells. In order to investigate how BMP-6 inhibited the miR-21 promoter （miPPR-21）, we constructed a series of miPPR-21 reporters. Luciferase assay results indicated that BMP-6 inhibited miPPR-21 activity through the E2-box and AP-l-binding sites. We also demonstrated that both δEF1 and TPA in- duced miR-21 expression. Using site-directed mutation and CHIP assay, we found that δEF1 induced miPPR-21 ac- tivity by binding to the E2-box on miPPR-21. Moreover, TPA triggered miPPR-21 activity through the AP-I binding sites. BMP-6 treatment significantly reduced the binding of these factors to miPPR-21 by decreasing the expression of δEF1 and c-Fos/c-Jun. We also demonstrated that BMP-6-induced downregulation of miR-21 modified the activ- ity of PDCD4 3＇UTR and inhibited MDA-MB-231 cell invasion. δEF1 overexpression and TPA induction blocked this inhibitory effect of BMP-6. In conclusion, BMP-6-induced inhibition of miR-21 suggests that BMP-6 may function as an anti-metastasis factor by a mechanism involving transcriptional repression of miR-21 in breast cancer.展开更多
MicroRNAs are short regulatory RNAs that negatively modulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level, and are deeply involved in the pathogenesis of several types of cancers. To investigate whether specific ...MicroRNAs are short regulatory RNAs that negatively modulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level, and are deeply involved in the pathogenesis of several types of cancers. To investigate whether specific miRNAs and their target genes participate in the molecular pathogenesis of laryngeal carcinoma, oligonucleotide microarrays were used to assess the differential expression profiles of microRNAs and mRNAs in laryngeal carcinoma tissues compared with normal tissues. The oncogeuic miRNA, microRNA-21 （miR-21）, was found to he npregulated in laryngeal carcinoma tissues. Knockdown of miR-21 by specific antisense oligonucleotides inhibited the proliferation potential of HEp-2 cells, whereas overexpression of miR-21 elevated growth activity of the cells, as detected by the colony formation assay. The cell number reduction caused by miR-21 inhibition was due to the loss of control of the G1-S phase transition, instead of a noticeable increase in apoptosis. Subsequently, a new target gene of miR- 21, BTG2, was found to be downregulated in laryngeal carcinoma tissues. BTG2 is known to act as a pan-cell cycle regulator and tumor suppressor. These findings indicate that aberrant expression of miR-21 may contribute to the malignant phenotype of laryngeal carcinoma by maintaining a low level of BTG2. The identification of the oneogenic miR-21 and its target gene, BTG2, in laryngeal carcinoma is potentially valuable for cancer diagnosis and therapy.展开更多
Objective： MicroRNA-21 （miR-21） has been shown to be a key regulator of carcinogenesis. There were few reports about the comparison of serum miR-21 with conventional tumor markers. This study aimed to explore the d...Objective： MicroRNA-21 （miR-21） has been shown to be a key regulator of carcinogenesis. There were few reports about the comparison of serum miR-21 with conventional tumor markers. This study aimed to explore the diagnostic value of circulating miR-21 as a tumor marker in breast cancer （BC） and compare it with CA15 3 and carcinoembryonic antigen （CEA）. Methods： Circulating miR-16 and miR-21 were amplified and quantitatively detected by real-time PCR in 89 BC patients and 55 healthy controls. The levels of CA153 and CEA were measured through assays. Then the sensitivity in diagnosis of BC was compared among miR-21, CA153 and CEA. Results： The level of serum miR-21 was significantly higher in BC patients than controls （P〈0.001）. The sensitivity and specificity of miR-21 were 87.6% and 87.3%, respectively, whereas the sensitivities of CEA and CA153 were only 22.47% and 15.73%. Con^lusions： Compared with CEA and CA153, serum miR-21 has a higher sensitivity in diagnosis of BC. Although not correlated with the status of ER, PR and clinical stages, serum miR-21 may be a potential diagnostic indicator for BC, especially for the early stage.展开更多
Acute kidney injury(AKI),associated with significant mor-bidity and mortality,is widely known to involve epithelial apoptosis,excessive inflammation,and fibrosis in re-sponse to ischemia or reperfusion injury,which re...Acute kidney injury(AKI),associated with significant mor-bidity and mortality,is widely known to involve epithelial apoptosis,excessive inflammation,and fibrosis in re-sponse to ischemia or reperfusion injury,which results in either chronic pathological changes or death.Therefore,it is imperative that investigations are conducted in order to fi nd effective,early diagnoses,and therapeutic targets needed to help prevent and treat AKI.However,the mech-anisms modulating the pathogenesis of AKI still remain largely undetermined.MicroRNAs(miRNAs),small non-coding RNA molecules,play an important role in several fundamental biological and pathological processes by a post transcriptional regulatory function of gene expres-sion.MicroRNA-21(miR-21)is a recently identifi ed,typi-cal miRNA that is functional as a regulator known to be involved in apoptosis as well as inflammatory and fi brotic signaling pathways in AKI.As a result,miR-21 is now considered a novel biomarker when diagnosing and treat-ing AKI.This article reviews the correlative literature and research progress regarding the roles of miR-21 in AKI.展开更多
目的:探讨血浆微小核糖核酸-200b(miRNA-200b)及微小核糖核酸-21(miRNA-21)在上皮性卵巢癌(EOC)中的表达及其临床意义。方法:采用RT-PCR检测162例EOC患者、120例上皮性卵巢良性肿瘤患者(良性组)和108例健康女性(对照组)血浆miRNA-200b、...目的:探讨血浆微小核糖核酸-200b(miRNA-200b)及微小核糖核酸-21(miRNA-21)在上皮性卵巢癌(EOC)中的表达及其临床意义。方法:采用RT-PCR检测162例EOC患者、120例上皮性卵巢良性肿瘤患者(良性组)和108例健康女性(对照组)血浆miRNA-200b、miRNA-21及CA125表达水平,分析miRNA-200b及miRNA-21表达水平与EOC临床病理特征的关系。应用ROC曲线评价miRNA-200b、miRNA-21及CA125对EOC诊断的灵敏度和特异度,多元Logistic回归模型分析三项指标与EOC的关系。Pearson相关分析EOC患者血浆miRNA-200b与miRNA-21、CA125的相关性。结果:EOC组血浆miRNA-200b、miRNA-21及CA125表达水平均明显高于良性组和对照组[miRNA-200b(2^(-ΔΔCt)):3.52±1.03 vs 1.26±0.37和1.15±0.34;miRNA-21(2^(-ΔΔCt)):2.32±0.45 vs 1.18±0.32和1.04±0.28;CA125(U/ml):78.64±30.57 vs 26.27±11.36和21.53±9.45,均P<0.01]。血浆miRNA-200b、miRNA-21、CA125及三项联合诊断EOC的AUC(95%CI)分别为0.896(0.834~0.958)、0.792(0.731~0.847)、0.908(0.841~0.973)、0.947(0.883~0.995),其最佳截值分别为2.08、1.46、52.84 U/ml。Logistic回归分析显示,血浆miRNA-200b、miRNA-21及CA125水平升高是EOC发生的独立危险因素[OR(95%CI)=2.518(1.563~3.547),OR(95%CI)=1.724(1.103~2.528),OR(95%CI)=2.316(1.347~3.419)]。EOC患者血浆miRNA-200b与CA125的相关性最好(r=0.702,P<0.01)。结论:血浆miRNA-200b及miRNA-21可作为早期诊断EOC的分子标志物,其诊断效能与CA125相当,三项联合应用有望提高EOC早期诊断的准确性。展开更多
基金supported by the Diabetes and Obesity Center funded by NCRR/NIH(P20RR024489)the Center for Environmental Genomics and Integrated Biology fundedby NIEHS/NIH(P30ES014443)+1 种基金the Scientist Development Grant from American Heart Association(0830288N)a R01 grant from National Institutes of Health(CA138688)
文摘MicroRNA-21(miR-21) is frequently up-regulated in cancer and the majority of its reported targets are tumor suppressors.Through functional suppression,miR-21 is implicated in practically every walk of oncogenic life:the promotion of cell proliferation,invasion and metastasis,genome instability and mutation,inflammation,replicative immortalization,abnormal metabolism,angiogenesis,and evading apoptosis,immune destruction,and growth suppressors.In particular,miR-21 is strongly involved in apoptosis.In this article,we reviewed the experimentally validated targets of miR-21 and found that two thirds are linked to intrinsic and/or extrinsic pathways of cellular apoptosis.This suggests that miR-21 is an oncogene which plays a key role in resisting programmed cell death in cancer cells and that targeting apoptosis is a viable therapeutic option against cancers expressing miR-21.
文摘MicroRNAs （miRNAs）, which are small noncoding RNA molecules, play important roles in the post-transcriptional regulation process. The microRNA-21 gene （miR-21） has been reported to be highly expressed in various solid tumors, including breast cancer. Bone morphogenetic protein-6 （BMP-6） has been identified as an inhibitor of breast cancer epithelial-mesenchymal transition （EMT） through rescuing E-cadherin expression. We initiated experi- ments to identify the relationships between miR-21 and BMP-6 in breast cancer progression. Real-time PCR analysis showed that miR-21 expression was very high in MDA-MB-231 cells that expressed little BMP-6. A reverse correla- tion between BMP-6 and miR-21 was also determined in breast cancer tissue samples. Moreover, BMP-6 inhibited miR-21 transcription in MDA-MB-231 cells. In order to investigate how BMP-6 inhibited the miR-21 promoter （miPPR-21）, we constructed a series of miPPR-21 reporters. Luciferase assay results indicated that BMP-6 inhibited miPPR-21 activity through the E2-box and AP-l-binding sites. We also demonstrated that both δEF1 and TPA in- duced miR-21 expression. Using site-directed mutation and CHIP assay, we found that δEF1 induced miPPR-21 ac- tivity by binding to the E2-box on miPPR-21. Moreover, TPA triggered miPPR-21 activity through the AP-I binding sites. BMP-6 treatment significantly reduced the binding of these factors to miPPR-21 by decreasing the expression of δEF1 and c-Fos/c-Jun. We also demonstrated that BMP-6-induced downregulation of miR-21 modified the activ- ity of PDCD4 3＇UTR and inhibited MDA-MB-231 cell invasion. δEF1 overexpression and TPA induction blocked this inhibitory effect of BMP-6. In conclusion, BMP-6-induced inhibition of miR-21 suggests that BMP-6 may function as an anti-metastasis factor by a mechanism involving transcriptional repression of miR-21 in breast cancer.
基金Acknowledgments This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 30873017） and the Key Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjing （No. 08JCZDJC23300）. We thank Tianjin First Center Hospital for providing human laryngeal tissue samples. We also thank the College of Public Health of Tianjin Medical University for the technical assistance in fluorescent detection. The ArrayExpress accession numbers of miRNA microarray design and cDNA microarray design are A-MEXP-1506 and A-MEXP-1511. The ArrayExpress accession numbers of miRNA microarray experiment and eDNA microarray experiment are E-MEXP-2039 and E-MEXP-2056.
文摘MicroRNAs are short regulatory RNAs that negatively modulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level, and are deeply involved in the pathogenesis of several types of cancers. To investigate whether specific miRNAs and their target genes participate in the molecular pathogenesis of laryngeal carcinoma, oligonucleotide microarrays were used to assess the differential expression profiles of microRNAs and mRNAs in laryngeal carcinoma tissues compared with normal tissues. The oncogeuic miRNA, microRNA-21 （miR-21）, was found to he npregulated in laryngeal carcinoma tissues. Knockdown of miR-21 by specific antisense oligonucleotides inhibited the proliferation potential of HEp-2 cells, whereas overexpression of miR-21 elevated growth activity of the cells, as detected by the colony formation assay. The cell number reduction caused by miR-21 inhibition was due to the loss of control of the G1-S phase transition, instead of a noticeable increase in apoptosis. Subsequently, a new target gene of miR- 21, BTG2, was found to be downregulated in laryngeal carcinoma tissues. BTG2 is known to act as a pan-cell cycle regulator and tumor suppressor. These findings indicate that aberrant expression of miR-21 may contribute to the malignant phenotype of laryngeal carcinoma by maintaining a low level of BTG2. The identification of the oneogenic miR-21 and its target gene, BTG2, in laryngeal carcinoma is potentially valuable for cancer diagnosis and therapy.
基金supported by National High-Tech Research and Development(863)Program of China(No.2012AA02A504)
文摘Objective： MicroRNA-21 （miR-21） has been shown to be a key regulator of carcinogenesis. There were few reports about the comparison of serum miR-21 with conventional tumor markers. This study aimed to explore the diagnostic value of circulating miR-21 as a tumor marker in breast cancer （BC） and compare it with CA15 3 and carcinoembryonic antigen （CEA）. Methods： Circulating miR-16 and miR-21 were amplified and quantitatively detected by real-time PCR in 89 BC patients and 55 healthy controls. The levels of CA153 and CEA were measured through assays. Then the sensitivity in diagnosis of BC was compared among miR-21, CA153 and CEA. Results： The level of serum miR-21 was significantly higher in BC patients than controls （P〈0.001）. The sensitivity and specificity of miR-21 were 87.6% and 87.3%, respectively, whereas the sensitivities of CEA and CA153 were only 22.47% and 15.73%. Con^lusions： Compared with CEA and CA153, serum miR-21 has a higher sensitivity in diagnosis of BC. Although not correlated with the status of ER, PR and clinical stages, serum miR-21 may be a potential diagnostic indicator for BC, especially for the early stage.
文摘Acute kidney injury(AKI),associated with significant mor-bidity and mortality,is widely known to involve epithelial apoptosis,excessive inflammation,and fibrosis in re-sponse to ischemia or reperfusion injury,which results in either chronic pathological changes or death.Therefore,it is imperative that investigations are conducted in order to fi nd effective,early diagnoses,and therapeutic targets needed to help prevent and treat AKI.However,the mech-anisms modulating the pathogenesis of AKI still remain largely undetermined.MicroRNAs(miRNAs),small non-coding RNA molecules,play an important role in several fundamental biological and pathological processes by a post transcriptional regulatory function of gene expres-sion.MicroRNA-21(miR-21)is a recently identifi ed,typi-cal miRNA that is functional as a regulator known to be involved in apoptosis as well as inflammatory and fi brotic signaling pathways in AKI.As a result,miR-21 is now considered a novel biomarker when diagnosing and treat-ing AKI.This article reviews the correlative literature and research progress regarding the roles of miR-21 in AKI.
文摘目的:探讨血浆微小核糖核酸-200b(miRNA-200b)及微小核糖核酸-21(miRNA-21)在上皮性卵巢癌(EOC)中的表达及其临床意义。方法:采用RT-PCR检测162例EOC患者、120例上皮性卵巢良性肿瘤患者(良性组)和108例健康女性(对照组)血浆miRNA-200b、miRNA-21及CA125表达水平,分析miRNA-200b及miRNA-21表达水平与EOC临床病理特征的关系。应用ROC曲线评价miRNA-200b、miRNA-21及CA125对EOC诊断的灵敏度和特异度,多元Logistic回归模型分析三项指标与EOC的关系。Pearson相关分析EOC患者血浆miRNA-200b与miRNA-21、CA125的相关性。结果:EOC组血浆miRNA-200b、miRNA-21及CA125表达水平均明显高于良性组和对照组[miRNA-200b(2^(-ΔΔCt)):3.52±1.03 vs 1.26±0.37和1.15±0.34;miRNA-21(2^(-ΔΔCt)):2.32±0.45 vs 1.18±0.32和1.04±0.28;CA125(U/ml):78.64±30.57 vs 26.27±11.36和21.53±9.45,均P<0.01]。血浆miRNA-200b、miRNA-21、CA125及三项联合诊断EOC的AUC(95%CI)分别为0.896(0.834~0.958)、0.792(0.731~0.847)、0.908(0.841~0.973)、0.947(0.883~0.995),其最佳截值分别为2.08、1.46、52.84 U/ml。Logistic回归分析显示,血浆miRNA-200b、miRNA-21及CA125水平升高是EOC发生的独立危险因素[OR(95%CI)=2.518(1.563~3.547),OR(95%CI)=1.724(1.103~2.528),OR(95%CI)=2.316(1.347~3.419)]。EOC患者血浆miRNA-200b与CA125的相关性最好(r=0.702,P<0.01)。结论:血浆miRNA-200b及miRNA-21可作为早期诊断EOC的分子标志物,其诊断效能与CA125相当,三项联合应用有望提高EOC早期诊断的准确性。
