title: Identification and functional screening of microRNAs highly deregulated in colorectal cancer.
abstract: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) constitute a robust regulatory network with post-transcriptional regulatory efficiency for almost one half of human coding genes, including oncogenes and tumour suppressors. We determined the expression profile of 667 miRNAs in colorectal cancer (CRC) tissues and paired non-tumoural tissues and identified 42 differentially expressed miRNAs. We chose miR-215, miR-375, miR-378, miR-422a and miR-135b for further validation on an independent cohort of 125 clinically characterized CRC patients and for in vitro analyses. MiR-215, miR-375, miR-378 and miR-422a were significantly decreased, whereas miR-135b was increased in CRC tumour tissues. Levels of miR-215 and miR-422a correlated with clinical stage. MiR-135b was associated with higher pre-operative serum levels of CEA and CA19-9. In vitro analyses showed that ectopic expression of miR-215 decreases viability and migration, increases apoptosis and promotes cell cycle arrest in DLD-1 and HCT-116 colon cancer cell lines. Similarly, overexpression of miR-375 and inhibition of miR-135b led to decreased viability. Finally, restoration of miR-378, miR-422a and miR-375 inhibited G1/S transition. These findings indicate that miR-378, miR-375, miR-422a and miR-215 play an important role in CRC as tumour suppressors, whereas miR-135b functions as an oncogene; both groups of miRNA contribute to CRC pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Comprehensive Cancer Care, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute (MMCI), Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Faltejskova
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Svoboda
authors.forename: Klara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Srutova
authors.forename: Jitka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mlcochova
authors.forename: Andrej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Besse
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nekvindova
authors.forename: Lenka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Radova
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fabian
authors.forename: Katerina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Slaba
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: Rostislav
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vyzula
authors.forename: Ondrej
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Slaby
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics; D059447:Cell Cycle Checkpoints / Q000235:genetics; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000235:genetics; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: C544965:MIRN135 microRNA, human; C553667:MIRN215 microRNA, human; C540933:MIRN375 microRNA, human; C526012:MIRN378 microRNA, human; C574206:MIRN422 microRNA, human; D035683:MicroRNAs