Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 32, 60-479 Poznań, Poland.
Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
Neoplasia. 2019 Mar;21(3):294-310. doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2019.01.004. Epub 2019 Feb 11.
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive malignancy originating from T-cell precursors. The genetic landscape of T-ALL has been largely characterized by next-generation sequencing. Yet, the transcriptome of miRNAs (miRNome) of T-ALL has been less extensively studied. Using small RNA sequencing, we characterized the miRNome of 34 pediatric T-ALL samples, including the expression of isomiRs and the identification of candidate novel miRNAs (not previously annotated in miRBase). For the first time, we show that immunophenotypic subtypes of T-ALL present different miRNA expression profiles. To extend miRNome characteristics in T-ALL (to 82 T-ALL cases), we combined our small RNA-seq results with data available in Gene Expression Omnibus. We report on miRNAs most abundantly expressed in pediatric T-ALL and miRNAs differentially expressed in T-ALL versus normal mature T-lymphocytes and thymocytes, representing candidate oncogenic and tumor suppressor miRNAs. Using eight target prediction algorithms and pathway enrichment analysis, we identified differentially expressed miRNAs and their predicted targets implicated in processes (defined in Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) of potential importance in pathogenesis of T-ALL, including interleukin-6-mediated signaling, mTOR signaling, and regulation of apoptosis. We finally focused on hsa-mir-106a-363 cluster and functionally validated direct interactions of hsa-miR-20b-5p and hsa-miR-363-3p with 3' untranslated regions of their predicted targets (PTEN, SOS1, LATS2), overrepresented in regulation of apoptosis. hsa-mir-106a-363 is a paralogue of prototypic oncogenic hsa-mir-17-92 cluster with yet unestablished role in the pathogenesis of T-ALL. Our study provides a firm basis and data resource for functional analyses on the role of miRNA-mRNA interactions in T-ALL.
T 细胞急性淋巴细胞白血病(T-ALL)是一种起源于 T 细胞前体的侵袭性恶性肿瘤。T-ALL 的遗传景观已在很大程度上通过下一代测序进行了描述。然而,T-ALL 的 miRNA(miRNome)转录组研究较少。使用小 RNA 测序,我们对 34 个儿科 T-ALL 样本的 miRNome 进行了特征描述,包括同型 miRNA(isomiRs)的表达和候选新 miRNA(未在 miRBase 中注释)的鉴定。我们首次展示了 T-ALL 的免疫表型亚型呈现不同的 miRNA 表达谱。为了在 T-ALL 中扩展 miRNome 特征(扩展到 82 个 T-ALL 病例),我们将我们的小 RNA-seq 结果与 Gene Expression Omnibus 中的可用数据相结合。我们报告了在儿科 T-ALL 中最丰富表达的 miRNA 和在 T-ALL 与正常成熟 T 淋巴细胞和胸腺细胞之间差异表达的 miRNA,它们代表候选致癌和肿瘤抑制 miRNA。使用八个靶标预测算法和通路富集分析,我们确定了差异表达的 miRNA 及其预测靶标,这些靶标参与了 T-ALL 发病机制中潜在重要的过程(在基因本体论和京都基因与基因组百科全书),包括白细胞介素 6 介导的信号转导、mTOR 信号转导和细胞凋亡的调节。我们最后关注 hsa-mir-106a-363 簇,并通过功能验证直接验证了 hsa-miR-20b-5p 和 hsa-miR-363-3p 与它们预测靶标的 3'非翻译区的相互作用(PTEN、SOS1、LATS2),这些靶标在细胞凋亡的调节中过表达。hsa-mir-106a-363 是原致癌 hsa-mir-17-92 簇的旁系同源物,但其在 T-ALL 发病机制中的作用尚未确定。我们的研究为 miRNA-mRNA 相互作用在 T-ALL 中的作用的功能分析提供了坚实的基础和数据资源。
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