Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel.
J Cell Sci. 2013 Jul 1;126(Pt 13):2867-76. doi: 10.1242/jcs.123414. Epub 2013 Apr 19.
Fyn, a member of the Src family kinases (SFKs), has a pivotal role in cell adhesion, proliferation, migration and survival, and its overexpression is associated with several types of cancer. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a major role in post-transcriptional repression of protein expression. In light of the significant functions of Fyn, together with studies demonstrating miR-125a as a tumor-suppressing miRNA that is downregulated in several cancer cell types and on our bioinformatics studies presented here, we chose to examine the post-transcription regulation of Fyn by miR-125a-3p in the HEK 293T cell line. We show that Fyn expression can be dramatically reduced by elevated levels of miR-125a-3p. Following this reduction, the activity of proteins downstream of Fyn, such as FAK, paxillin and Akt (proteins known to be overexpressed in various tumors), is also reduced. On a broader level, we show that miR-125a-3p causes an arrest of the cell cycle at the G2/M stage and decreases cell viability and migration, probably in a Fyn-directed manner. The results are reinforced by control experiments conducted using Fyn siRNA and anti-miR-125a-3p, as well as by the fact that numerous cancer cell lines show a significant downregulation of Fyn after mir-125a-3p overexpression. Collectively, we conclude that miR-125a-3p has an important role in the regulation of Fyn expression and of its signaling pathway, which implies that it has a therapeutic potential in overexpressed Fyn-related diseases.
Fyn 是Src 家族激酶(SFKs)的成员,在细胞黏附、增殖、迁移和存活中起着关键作用,其过表达与多种类型的癌症有关。microRNAs(miRNAs)在蛋白质表达的转录后抑制中起着重要作用。鉴于 Fyn 的重要功能,以及研究表明 miR-125a 是一种肿瘤抑制 miRNA,在几种癌细胞类型中下调,并且我们在这里提出了生物信息学研究,我们选择研究 miR-125a-3p 在 HEK 293T 细胞系中对 Fyn 的转录后调节。我们表明,miR-125a-3p 水平的升高可显著降低 Fyn 的表达。在这种减少之后,Fyn 下游的蛋白质(如 FAK、paxillin 和 Akt)的活性也降低,这些蛋白质已知在各种肿瘤中过度表达。更广泛地说,我们表明 miR-125a-3p 导致细胞周期在 G2/M 期停滞,并降低细胞活力和迁移,可能是通过 Fyn 定向的方式。使用 Fyn siRNA 和抗 miR-125a-3p 进行的对照实验以及许多癌细胞系在 miR-125a-3p 过表达后 Fyn 表达显著下调的事实加强了这些结果。总之,我们得出结论,miR-125a-3p 在 Fyn 表达及其信号通路的调节中起着重要作用,这意味着它在过表达 Fyn 相关疾病的治疗中有潜在的作用。
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