論文

査読有り
2018年12月1日

MiR-3140 suppresses tumor cell growth by targeting BRD4 via its coding sequence and downregulates the BRD4-NUT fusion oncoprotein

Scientific Reports
  • Erina Tonouchi
  • ,
  • Yasuyuki Gen
  • ,
  • Tomoki Muramatsu
  • ,
  • Hidekazu Hiramoto
  • ,
  • Kousuke Tanimoto
  • ,
  • Jun Inoue
  • ,
  • Johji Inazawa

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開始ページ
4482
終了ページ
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1038/s41598-018-22767-y
出版者・発行元
Nature Publishing Group

Bromodomain Containing 4 (BRD4) mediates transcriptional elongation of the oncogene MYC by binding to acetylated histones. BRD4 has been shown to play a critical role in tumorigenesis in several cancers, and the BRD4-NUT fusion gene is a driver of NUT midline carcinoma (NMC), a rare but highly lethal cancer. microRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous small non-coding RNAs that suppress target gene expression by binding to complementary mRNA sequences. Here, we show that miR-3140, which was identified as a novel tumor suppressive miRNA by function-based screening of a library containing 1090 miRNA mimics, directly suppressed BRD4 by binding to its coding sequence (CDS). miR-3140 concurrently downregulated BRD3 by bind to its CDS as well as CDK2 and EGFR by binding to their 3' untranslated regions. miR-3140 inhibited tumor cell growth in vitro in various cancer cell lines, including EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor-resistant cells. Interestingly, we found that miR-3140 downregulated the BRD4-NUT fusion protein and suppressed in vitro tumor cell growth in a NMC cell line, Ty-82 cells. Furthermore, administration of miR-3140 suppressed in vivo tumor growth in a xenograft mouse model. Our results suggest that miR-3140 is a candidate for the development of miRNA-based cancer therapeutics.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22767-y
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29540837
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1038/s41598-018-22767-y
  • ISSN : 2045-2322
  • PubMed ID : 29540837
  • SCOPUS ID : 85044208994

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