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- Title
miR-296 regulation of a cell polarity-cell plasticity module controls tumor progression.
- Authors
Vaira, V; Faversani, A; Dohi, T; Montorsi, M; Augello, C; Gatti, S; Coggi, G; Altieri, D C; Bosari, S
- Abstract
The expression of small, non-coding RNA or microRNAs (miR), is frequently deregulated in human cancer, but how these pathways affect disease progression is still largely elusive. Here, we report on a miR, miR-296, which is progressively lost during tumor progression and correlates with metastatic disease in colorectal, breast, lung, gastric, parathyroid, liver and bile ducts cancers. Functionally, miR-296 controls a global cell motility gene signature in epithelial cells by transcriptionally repressing the cell polarity-cell plasticity module, Scribble (Scrib). In turn, loss of miR-296 causes aberrantly increased and mislocalized Scrib in human tumors, resulting in exaggerated random cell migration and tumor cell invasiveness. Re-expression of miR-296 in MDA-MB231 cells inhibits tumor growth in vivo. Finally, miR-296 or Scrib levels predict tumor relapse in hepatocellular carcinoma patients. These data identify miR-296 as a global repressor of tumorigenicity and uncover a previously unexplored exploitation of Scrib in tumor progression in humans.
- Publication
Oncogene, 2012, Vol 31, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
1476-5594
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/onc.2011.209