title: MicroRNA-296-5p Promotes Invasiveness through Downregulation of Nerve Growth Factor Receptor and Caspase-8.
abstract: Glioblastomas (GBM) are very difficult to treat and their aggressiveness is one of the main reasons for this as well as for the frequent recurrences. MicroRNAs post-transcriptionally regulate their target genes through interaction between their seed sequence and 3'UTR of the target mRNAs. We previously reported that miR-296-3p is regulated by neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) and enhances the invasiveness of GBM cells via SOCS2/STAT3. In this study, we investigated whether miR-296-5p, which originates from the same precursor miRNA as miR-296-3p, can increase the invasiveness of GBM cells. It was observed that miR-296-5p potentiated the invasion of various GBM cells including LN229, T98G, and U87MG. Through bioinformatics approaches, two genes were identified as miR-296-5p targets: caspase-8 (CASP8) and nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR). From results obtained from Ago2 immunoprecipitation and luciferase assays, we found that miR-296-5p downregulates CASP8 and NGFR through direct interaction between seed sequence of the miRNA and 3'UTR of the target mRNA. Knockdown of CASP8 or NGFR also increased the invasive ability of GBM cells, indicating that CASP8 and NGFR are involved in potentiation of invasiveness by miR-296-5p. Consistent with our findings, CASP8 was downregulated in brain metastatic lung cancer cells, which have a high level of miR-296-5p, compared to parental cells, suggesting that miR-296-5p may be generally associated with the acquisition of invasiveness. Collectively, our results implicate miR-296-5p as a potential cause of invasiveness in cancer and suggest it as a promising therapeutic target for GBM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06351, Korea.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06351, Korea.
authors.forename: Chang Hoon
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06351, Korea.
authors.forename: Hye Ree
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06351, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Hee
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06351, Korea.|Research Institute for Future Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul 06351, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyeon Ho
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D053181:Caspase 8 / Q000235:genetics*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D015536:Down-Regulation; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D055785:Gene Knockdown Techniques; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; C549871:MIRN296 microRNA, human; D035683:MicroRNAs; C484065:NGFR protein, human; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor; C505530:CASP8 protein, human; D053181:Caspase 8
keywords: caspase-8; glioblastoma; invasiveness; miR-296-5p; nerve growth factor receptor