MicroRNAs, non-coding regulators of gene expression, are likely to function as important downstream effectors of many transcription factors including MYB. Optimal levels of MYB are required for transformation/maintenance of BCR-ABL-expressing cells. We investigated whether MYB silencing modulates microRNA expression in Philadelphia-positive (Ph + ) leukemia cells and if MYB-regulated microRNAs are important for the “MYB addiction” of these cells. Thirty-five microRNAs were modulated by MYB silencing in lymphoid and erythro-myeloid chronic myeloid leukemia-blast crisis BV173 and K562 cells; 15 of these were concordantly modulated in both lines. We focused on the miR-17-92 cluster because of its oncogenic role in tumors and found that: i) it is a direct MYB target; ii) it partially rescued the impaired proliferation and enhanced apoptosis of MYB-silenced BV173 cells. Moreover, we identified FRZB, a Wnt/β-catenin pathway inhibitor, as a novel target of the miR-17-92 cluster. High expression of MYB in blast cells from 2 Ph + leukemia patients correlated positively with the miR-17-92 cluster and inversely with FRZB. This expression pattern was also observed in a microarray dataset of 122 Ph + acute lymphoblastic leukemias. In vivo experiments in NOD scid gamma mice injected with BV173 cells confirmed that FRZB functions as a Wnt/β-catenin inhibitor even as they failed to demonstrate that this pathway is important for BV173-dependent leukemogenesis. These studies illustrate the global effects of MYB expression on the microRNAs profile of Ph + cells and supports the concept that the “MYB addiction” of these cells is, in part, caused by modulation of microRNA-regulated pathways affecting cell proliferation and survival.
Transcriptional activation of the miR-17-92 cluster is involved in the growth-promoting effects of MYB in human Ph-positive leukemia cells / Spagnuolo, M.; Regazzo, G.; De Dominici, M.; Sacconi, A.; Pelosi, A.; Korita, E.; Marchesi, F.; Pisani, F.; Magenta, A.; Lulli, V.; Cordone, I.; Mengarelli, A.; Strano, S.; Blandino, G.; Rizzo, M. G.; Calabretta, B.. - In: HAEMATOLOGICA. - ISSN 0390-6078. - 104:1(2019), pp. 82-92. [10.3324/haematol.2018.191213]
Transcriptional activation of the miR-17-92 cluster is involved in the growth-promoting effects of MYB in human Ph-positive leukemia cells
Calabretta B.
2019
Abstract
MicroRNAs, non-coding regulators of gene expression, are likely to function as important downstream effectors of many transcription factors including MYB. Optimal levels of MYB are required for transformation/maintenance of BCR-ABL-expressing cells. We investigated whether MYB silencing modulates microRNA expression in Philadelphia-positive (Ph + ) leukemia cells and if MYB-regulated microRNAs are important for the “MYB addiction” of these cells. Thirty-five microRNAs were modulated by MYB silencing in lymphoid and erythro-myeloid chronic myeloid leukemia-blast crisis BV173 and K562 cells; 15 of these were concordantly modulated in both lines. We focused on the miR-17-92 cluster because of its oncogenic role in tumors and found that: i) it is a direct MYB target; ii) it partially rescued the impaired proliferation and enhanced apoptosis of MYB-silenced BV173 cells. Moreover, we identified FRZB, a Wnt/β-catenin pathway inhibitor, as a novel target of the miR-17-92 cluster. High expression of MYB in blast cells from 2 Ph + leukemia patients correlated positively with the miR-17-92 cluster and inversely with FRZB. This expression pattern was also observed in a microarray dataset of 122 Ph + acute lymphoblastic leukemias. In vivo experiments in NOD scid gamma mice injected with BV173 cells confirmed that FRZB functions as a Wnt/β-catenin inhibitor even as they failed to demonstrate that this pathway is important for BV173-dependent leukemogenesis. These studies illustrate the global effects of MYB expression on the microRNAs profile of Ph + cells and supports the concept that the “MYB addiction” of these cells is, in part, caused by modulation of microRNA-regulated pathways affecting cell proliferation and survival.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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