PMID- 23814265 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140502 LR - 20220410 IS - 1523-5866 (Electronic) IS - 1522-8517 (Print) IS - 1522-8517 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 10 DP - 2013 Oct TI - MiR-145 functions as a tumor-suppressive RNA by targeting Sox9 and adducin 3 in human glioma cells. PG - 1302-16 LID - 10.1093/neuonc/not090 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are increasingly being recognized as being involved in cancer development and progression in gliomas. METHODS: Using a model cell system developed in our lab to study glioma progression comprising human neuroglial culture (HNGC)-1 and HNGC-2 cells, we report here that miR-145 is one of the miRNAs significantly downregulated during malignant transformation in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). In a study using tumor samples derived from various glioma grades, we show that expression of miR-145 is decreased in a graded manner, with GBM patients showing lowest expression relative to lower-grade gliomas (P < .05) and normal brain tissues (P < .0001). Functional studies involving ectopic expression of miR-145 in glioma cells had a negative impact on cell proliferation and tumor development, as well as invasion and induced apoptosis, providing further support to the concept that inactivation of miR-145 is important for glioma disease pathogenesis. More notably, these growth-suppressive effects of miR-145 are mediated through its target proteins Sox9 and the cell adhesion-associated molecule adducin 3 (ADD3). RESULTS: Inhibiting Sox9 and ADD3 rescued effects of miR-145 loss. Interestingly, miR-145 loss in glioma cells led to overexpression of molecules involved in cell proliferation, like cyclin D1, c-myc, and N-myc, as well as enhanced expression of cell adhesion- and invasion-related molecules N-cadherin and E-cadherin, an effect which was again restored upon miR-145 overexpression in glioma cells. The miR-145 promoter was methylated at its cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) islands in the glioma cell lines studied. CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrates that miR-145 has a tumor-suppressive function in glioblastoma in that it reduces proliferation, adhesion, and invasion of glioblastoma cells, apparently by suppressing the activity of oncogenic proteins Sox9 and ADD3. Reduced levels of miR-145 may lead to neoplastic transformation and malignant progression in glioma due to unregulated activity of these proteins. FAU - Rani, Sandhya B AU - Rani SB AD - Corresponding Author: Anjali Shiras, MSc, PhD, Scientist-F, National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), NCCS Complex, University of Pune Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, Maharashtra, India. anjalishiras@nccs.res.in; anjalishiras@gmail.com. FAU - Rathod, Sachin Shivaji AU - Rathod SS FAU - Karthik, Shanmuganandam AU - Karthik S FAU - Kaur, Navjot AU - Kaur N FAU - Muzumdar, Dattatraya AU - Muzumdar D FAU - Shiras, Anjali S AU - Shiras AS LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130628 PL - England TA - Neuro Oncol JT - Neuro-oncology JID - 100887420 RN - 0 (ADD3 protein, human) RN - 0 (Calmodulin-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (MIRN145 microRNA, human) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (SOX9 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (SOX9 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis MH - Blotting, Western MH - Brain Neoplasms/*genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Calmodulin-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Adhesion MH - Cell Cycle MH - Cell Movement MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Glioma/*genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred NOD MH - Mice, SCID MH - MicroRNAs/*genetics MH - Neoplastic Stem Cells/metabolism/pathology MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - SOX9 Transcription Factor/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC3779040 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Sox9 OT - adducin 3 OT - glioma stem cells OT - invasion OT - neoplastic transformation OT - promoter methylation EDAT- 2013/07/03 06:00 MHDA- 2014/05/03 06:00 PMCR- 2014/10/01 CRDT- 2013/07/02 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/07/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/05/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - not090 [pii] AID - 10.1093/neuonc/not090 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuro Oncol. 2013 Oct;15(10):1302-16. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/not090. Epub 2013 Jun 28.