PMID- 20484036 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100617 LR - 20230523 IS - 1538-7445 (Electronic) IS - 0008-5472 (Print) IS - 0008-5472 (Linking) VI - 70 IP - 11 DP - 2010 Jun 1 TI - Regulation of insulin-like growth factor-mammalian target of rapamycin signaling by microRNA in childhood adrenocortical tumors. PG - 4666-75 LID - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-3970 [doi] AB - MicroRNAs (miRNAs) act at the posttranscriptional level to control gene expression in virtually every biological process, including oncogenesis. Here, we report the identification of a set of miRNAs that are differentially regulated in childhood adrenocortical tumors (ACT), including miR-99a and miR-100. Functional analysis of these miRNAs in ACT cell lines showed that they coordinately regulate expression of the insulin-like growth factor-mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-raptor signaling pathway through binding sites in their 3'-untranslated regions. In these cells, the active Ser(2448)-phosphorylated form of mTOR is present only in mitotic cells in association with the mitotic spindle and midbody in the G(2)-M phases of the cell cycle. Pharmacologic inhibition of mTOR signaling by everolimus greatly reduces tumor cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Our results reveal a novel mechanism of regulation of mTOR signaling by miRNAs, and they lay the groundwork for clinical evaluation of drugs inhibiting the mTOR pathway for treatment of adrenocortical cancer. CI - Copyright 2010 AACR. FAU - Doghman, Mabrouka AU - Doghman M AD - Institut de Pharmacologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, 660 route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France. FAU - El Wakil, Abeer AU - El Wakil A FAU - Cardinaud, Bruno AU - Cardinaud B FAU - Thomas, Emilie AU - Thomas E FAU - Wang, Jinling AU - Wang J FAU - Zhao, Wei AU - Zhao W FAU - Peralta-Del Valle, Maria Helena C AU - Peralta-Del Valle MH FAU - Figueiredo, Bonald C AU - Figueiredo BC FAU - Zambetti, Gerard P AU - Zambetti GP FAU - Lalli, Enzo AU - Lalli E LA - eng GR - R01 GM083159/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 CA071907/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 CA071907-060006/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - GM083159/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - CA21765/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA021765/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100518 PL - United States TA - Cancer Res JT - Cancer research JID - 2984705R RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (Somatomedins) RN - 9HW64Q8G6G (Everolimus) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Adrenocortical Adenoma/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Adrenocortical Carcinoma/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Animals MH - Cell Growth Processes/physiology MH - Everolimus MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred NOD MH - Mice, SCID MH - MicroRNAs/genetics/*metabolism MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Sirolimus/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Somatomedins/*metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - Transplantation, Heterologous PMC - PMC2880211 MID - NIHMS192514 COIS- Conflict of interest: None declared. EDAT- 2010/05/21 06:00 MHDA- 2010/06/18 06:00 PMCR- 2011/06/01 CRDT- 2010/05/21 06:00 PHST- 2010/05/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/05/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/06/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 0008-5472.CAN-09-3970 [pii] AID - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-3970 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Res. 2010 Jun 1;70(11):4666-75. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-3970. Epub 2010 May 18.