Thakur Shilpa, Brenner Charles
Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Oncotarget. 2017 Aug 19;8(43):74755-74766. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.20364. eCollection 2017 Sep 26.
KRAS activation drives DNA methylation and silencing of specific tumor suppressor genes (TSGs). We previously showed that the ERK pathway induces transcriptional repression of TET1, which results in conversion of TSG promoters from a hydroxymethylated, active state to a hypermethylated and silenced state. Here we identified miR-29b as a KRAS-induced molecule that represses TET1 expression. In KRAS-transformed cells, ectopic miR-29b inhibition restores expression of TET1, thereby reactivating TSGs by reducing methylation and restoring hydroxymethylation. Mining gene expression data of lung cancer cell lines identified additional TSGs suppressed by KRAS signaling whose expression was restored by inhibition of miR-29b and re-expression of TET1. Because KRAS changes TSG promoters from hydroxymethylated to hypermethylated with miR-29b-dependent silencing of TET1, we demonstrate a model in which DNMT1 is present on target promoters prior to KRAS transformation. In addition, we propose miR-29b as a potential circulating biomarker and target for rational treatment of specific malignancies.
KRAS激活驱动特定肿瘤抑制基因(TSGs)的DNA甲基化和沉默。我们之前表明,ERK途径诱导TET1的转录抑制,这导致TSG启动子从羟甲基化的活性状态转变为高甲基化和沉默状态。在这里,我们鉴定出miR-29b是一种KRAS诱导的分子,它抑制TET1的表达。在KRAS转化的细胞中,异位抑制miR-29b可恢复TET1的表达,从而通过减少甲基化和恢复羟甲基化来重新激活TSGs。挖掘肺癌细胞系的基因表达数据,发现了其他受KRAS信号抑制的TSGs,其表达通过抑制miR-29b和重新表达TET1得以恢复。由于KRAS通过miR-29b依赖的TET1沉默使TSG启动子从羟甲基化转变为高甲基化,我们证明了一种模型,其中DNMT1在KRAS转化之前就存在于靶启动子上。此外,我们提出miR-29b作为一种潜在的循环生物标志物和针对特定恶性肿瘤合理治疗的靶点。