Jin Hua, Luo Song, Wang Yun, Liu Chang, Piao Zhenghao, Xu Meng, Guan Wei, Li Qing, Zou Hua, Tan Qun-You, Yang Zhen-Zhou, Wang Yan, Wang Dong, Xu Cheng-Xiong
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Daping Hospital and Research Institute of Surgery, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.
Department of Orthopaedics, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China.
Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2017 Sep 15;8:111-122. doi: 10.1016/j.omtn.2017.06.008. Epub 2017 Jun 15.
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) play an important role in osteosarcoma (OS) metastasis and recurrence, and both Wnt/β-catenin and Notch signaling are essential for the development of the biological traits of CSCs. However, the mechanism that underlies the simultaneous hyperactivation of both Wnt/β-catenin and Notch signaling in OS remains unclear. Here, we report that expression of miR-135b correlates with the overall and recurrence-free survival of OS patients, and that miR-135b has an activating effect on both Wnt/β-catenin and Notch signaling. The overexpression of miR-135b simultaneously targets multiple negative regulators of the Wnt/β-catenin and Notch signaling pathways, including glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta (GSK3β), casein kinase 1a (CK1α), and ten-eleven translocation 3 (TET3). Therefore, upregulated miR-135b promotes CSC traits, lung metastasis, and tumor recurrence in OS. Notably, antagonizing miR-135b potently inhibits OS lung metastasis, cancer cell stemness, CSC-induced tumor formation, and recurrence in xenograft animal models. These findings suggest that miR-135b mediates the constitutive activation of Wnt/β-catenin and Notch signaling, and that the inhibition of miR-135b is a novel strategy to inhibit tumor metastasis and prevent CSC-induced recurrence in OS.
癌症干细胞(CSCs)在骨肉瘤(OS)转移和复发中起重要作用,Wnt/β-连环蛋白和Notch信号通路对于CSCs生物学特性的发展均至关重要。然而,OS中Wnt/β-连环蛋白和Notch信号通路同时过度激活的潜在机制仍不清楚。在此,我们报告miR-135b的表达与OS患者的总生存期和无复发生存期相关,并且miR-135b对Wnt/β-连环蛋白和Notch信号通路均具有激活作用。miR-135b的过表达同时靶向Wnt/β-连环蛋白和Notch信号通路的多个负调节因子,包括糖原合酶激酶-3β(GSK3β)、酪蛋白激酶1α(CK1α)和十一-易位3(TET3)。因此,上调的miR-135b促进OS中的CSC特性、肺转移和肿瘤复发。值得注意的是,在异种移植动物模型中,拮抗miR-135b可有效抑制OS肺转移、癌细胞干性、CSC诱导的肿瘤形成和复发。这些发现表明,miR-135b介导Wnt/β-连环蛋白和Notch信号通路的组成性激活,并且抑制miR-135b是抑制肿瘤转移和预防OS中CSC诱导的复发的一种新策略。