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- Title
microRNA-451a regulates colorectal cancer proliferation in response to radiation.
- Authors
Ruhl, Rebecca; Rana, Shushan; Kelley, Katherine; Espinosa-Diez, Cristina; Hudson, Clayton; Lanciault, Christian; Thomas, Charles R.; Liana Tsikitis, V.; Anand, Sudarshan; Thomas, Charles R Jr
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-related death. The biologic response of CRC to standard of care adjuvant therapies such as chemotherapy and radiation are poorly understood. MicroRNAs (miRs) have been shown to affect CRC progression and metastasis. Therefore, we hypothesized that specific miRs modulate CRC response to chemoradiation.<bold>Methods: </bold>In this study, we used miR expression profiling and discovered a set of microRNAs upregulated rapidly in response to either a single 2 Gy dose fraction or a 10 Gy dose of γ-radiation in mouse colorectal carcinoma models. We used gain and loss-of-function studies in 2D and 3Dcell proliferation assays and colony formation assays to understand the role of the top miR candidate from our profiling. We used Student's T-tests for simple comparisons and two-factor ANOVA for evaluating significance.<bold>Results: </bold>The most upregulated candidate at early time points in our signature, miR-451a inhibited tumor cell proliferation and attenuated surviving fraction in longer-term cultures. Conversely, inhibition of miR-451a increased proliferation, tumorsphere formation, and surviving fraction of tumor cells. Using a bioinformatics approach, we identified four genes, CAB39, EMSY, MEX3C, and EREG, as targets of miR-451a. Transfection of miR-451a decreased both mRNA and protein levels of these targets. Importantly, we found miR-451a expression was high and CAB39, EMSY levels were low in a small subset of rectal cancer patients who had a partial response to chemoradiation when compared to patients that had no response. Finally, analysis of a TCGA colorectal cancer dataset revealed that CAB39 and EMSY are upregulated at the protein level in a significant number of CRC patients. Higher levels of CAB39 and EMSY correlated with poorer overall survival.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Taken together, our data indicates miR-451a is induced by radiation and may influence colorectal carcinoma proliferation via CAB39 and EMSY pathways.
- Subjects
MICRORNA; CELL proliferation; COLON cancer patients; COLON cancer treatment; CANCER-related mortality; PROTEIN metabolism; RNA metabolism; ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM-binding proteins; CARRIER proteins; CELL physiology; CELLS; CELLULAR signal transduction; COLON tumors; GENES; PHENOMENOLOGY; MICE; PROTEINS; RECTUM tumors; RESEARCH funding; SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry); ACQUISITION of data; NUCLEAR proteins; GENE expression profiling; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of radiation; TUMOR treatment
- Publication
BMC Cancer, 2018, Vol 18, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2407
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12885-018-4370-1