Objective: To explore the possible misexpression of the microRNA miR-196b in colorectal cancer (CRC) and its role in controlling the expression of GATA6, a putative target gene crucial to intestinal cell homeostasis and tumorigenesis. Design: The expression of miR-196b was analysed by qRT-PCR in surgical resection samples from a cohort of sporadic colon cancer patients. Manipulations of miR-196b expression were performed to demonstrate its inhibition of GATA6 protein levels. Results: We found that miR-196b is significantly upregulated in pre-treatment surgical resection samples from a cohort of sporadic colon cancer patients. The upregulation of miR-196b correlates with less severe clinicopathological characteristics, such as early tumor stage and absence of lymph node metastases. We show that in CRC cells, miR-196b targets the mRNA of GATA6, a transcription factor involved in the homeostasis and differentiation of intestinal epithelial cells, and a positive regulator of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. We moreover found that the increase of miR-196b correlates with a reduced GATA6 protein expression in colon cancer patients. Conclusion: Our results establish miR-196b as a post-transcriptional inhibitor of GATA6 in CRC cells, implicating miR-196b function in gene regulatory pathways crucial to intestinal cell homeostasis and tumorigenesis. Our results furthermore suggest a role of miR-196b expression in CRC, as an antagonist of GATA6 function in tumor cells, thus providing the basis for a potential targeting strategy for the treatment of CRC.

The miR-196b miRNA inhibits the GATA6 intestinal transcription factor and is upregulated in colon cancer patients / Fantini, Sebastian; Salsi, Valentina; Reggiani, Luca; Maiorana, Antonino; Zappavigna, Vincenzo. - In: ONCOTARGET. - ISSN 1949-2553. - 8:3(2017), pp. 4747-4759. [10.18632/oncotarget.13580]

The miR-196b miRNA inhibits the GATA6 intestinal transcription factor and is upregulated in colon cancer patients

FANTINI, Sebastian;SALSI, Valentina;Reggiani, Luca;MAIORANA, Antonino;ZAPPAVIGNA, Vincenzo
2017

Abstract

Objective: To explore the possible misexpression of the microRNA miR-196b in colorectal cancer (CRC) and its role in controlling the expression of GATA6, a putative target gene crucial to intestinal cell homeostasis and tumorigenesis. Design: The expression of miR-196b was analysed by qRT-PCR in surgical resection samples from a cohort of sporadic colon cancer patients. Manipulations of miR-196b expression were performed to demonstrate its inhibition of GATA6 protein levels. Results: We found that miR-196b is significantly upregulated in pre-treatment surgical resection samples from a cohort of sporadic colon cancer patients. The upregulation of miR-196b correlates with less severe clinicopathological characteristics, such as early tumor stage and absence of lymph node metastases. We show that in CRC cells, miR-196b targets the mRNA of GATA6, a transcription factor involved in the homeostasis and differentiation of intestinal epithelial cells, and a positive regulator of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. We moreover found that the increase of miR-196b correlates with a reduced GATA6 protein expression in colon cancer patients. Conclusion: Our results establish miR-196b as a post-transcriptional inhibitor of GATA6 in CRC cells, implicating miR-196b function in gene regulatory pathways crucial to intestinal cell homeostasis and tumorigenesis. Our results furthermore suggest a role of miR-196b expression in CRC, as an antagonist of GATA6 function in tumor cells, thus providing the basis for a potential targeting strategy for the treatment of CRC.
2017
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3
4747
4759
The miR-196b miRNA inhibits the GATA6 intestinal transcription factor and is upregulated in colon cancer patients / Fantini, Sebastian; Salsi, Valentina; Reggiani, Luca; Maiorana, Antonino; Zappavigna, Vincenzo. - In: ONCOTARGET. - ISSN 1949-2553. - 8:3(2017), pp. 4747-4759. [10.18632/oncotarget.13580]
Fantini, Sebastian; Salsi, Valentina; Reggiani, Luca; Maiorana, Antonino; Zappavigna, Vincenzo
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