Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
Mol Cancer Res. 2018 Apr;16(4):696-706. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-17-0655. Epub 2018 Feb 16.
The cross-talk between epigenetics and miRNA expression plays an important role in human tumorigenesis. Herein, the regulation and role of miR-196b-5p in gastric cancer was investigated. qRT-PCR demonstrated that miR-196b-5p is significantly overexpressed in human gastric cancer tissues ( < 0.01). In addition, it was determined that HOXA10, a homeobox family member and host gene for miR-196b-5p, is overexpressed and positively correlated with miR-196b-5p expression levels ( < 0.001). Quantitative pyrosequencing methylation analysis demonstrated significantly lower levels of DNA methylation at the HOXA10 promoter in gastric cancer, as compared with nonneoplastic gastric mucosa specimens. 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine treatment confirmed that demethylation of HOXA10 promoter induces the expression of HOXA10 and miR-196b-5p in gastric cancer cell model systems. Using the Tff1 knockout mouse model of gastric neoplasia, hypomethylation and overexpression of HOXA10 and miR-196b-5p in gastric tumors was observed, as compared with normal gastric mucosa from Tff1 wild-type mice. Mechanistically, reconstitution of TFF1 in human gastric cancer cells led to an increased HOXA10 promoter methylation with reduced expression of HOXA10 and miR-196b-5p. Functionally, miR-196b-5p reconstitution promoted human gastric cancer cell proliferation and invasion In summary, the current data demonstrate overexpression of miR-196b-5p in gastric cancer and suggest that TFF1 plays an important role in suppressing the expression of miR-196b-5p by mediating DNA methylation of the HOXA10 promoter. Loss of TFF1 expression may promote proliferation and invasion of gastric cancer cells through induction of promoter hypomethylation and expression of the HOXA10/miR-196b-5p axis. This study indicates that loss of TFF1 promotes the aberrant overexpression of HOXA10 and miR-196b-5p by demethylation of the HOXA10 promoter, which provides a new perspective of TFF1/HOXA10/miR-196b-5p functions in human gastric cancer. .
表观遗传学和 miRNA 表达的串扰在人类肿瘤发生中发挥重要作用。本文研究了 miR-196b-5p 在胃癌中的调控和作用。qRT-PCR 显示 miR-196b-5p 在人胃癌组织中显著过表达(<0.01)。此外,确定同源盒家族成员 HOXA10 和 miR-196b-5p 的宿主基因,过表达并与 miR-196b-5p 表达水平呈正相关(<0.001)。定量焦磷酸测序甲基化分析显示,与非肿瘤性胃黏膜标本相比,胃癌中 HOXA10 启动子的 DNA 甲基化水平显著降低。5-Aza-2'-脱氧胞苷处理证实,HOXA10 启动子的去甲基化诱导胃癌细胞模型系统中 HOXA10 和 miR-196b-5p 的表达。使用 Tff1 敲除小鼠胃癌模型,与 Tff1 野生型小鼠的正常胃黏膜相比,在胃肿瘤中观察到 HOXA10 和 miR-196b-5p 的低甲基化和过表达。在机制上,TFF1 在人胃癌细胞中的重建导致 HOXA10 启动子甲基化增加,HOXA10 和 miR-196b-5p 的表达减少。功能上,miR-196b-5p 的重建促进了人胃癌细胞的增殖和侵袭。总之,本研究表明 miR-196b-5p 在胃癌中过表达,并提示 TFF1 通过介导 HOXA10 启动子的 DNA 甲基化在抑制 miR-196b-5p 的表达中发挥重要作用。TFF1 表达的缺失可能通过诱导启动子低甲基化和 HOXA10/miR-196b-5p 轴的表达促进胃癌细胞的增殖和侵袭。本研究表明,TFF1 的缺失通过 HOXA10 启动子的去甲基化促进 HOXA10 和 miR-196b-5p 的异常过表达,为 TFF1/HOXA10/miR-196b-5p 在人类胃癌中的功能提供了一个新的视角。