Hunter Stephanie, Nault Braydon, Ugwuagbo Kingsley Chukwunonso, Maiti Sujit, Majumder Mousumi
Department of Biology, Brandon University, 3rd Floor, John R. Brodie Science Centre, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada.
Cancers (Basel). 2019 Jul 4;11(7):938. doi: 10.3390/cancers11070938.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small endogenously produced RNAs, which regulate growth and development, and oncogenic miRNA regulate tumor growth and metastasis. Tumour-associated angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis are processes involving the release of growth factors from tumour cells into the microenvioronemnt to communicate with endothelial cells to induce vascular propagation. Here, we examined the roles of cyclo-oxygenase (COX)-2 induced miR526b and miR655 in tumour-associated angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis. Ectopic overexpression of miR526b and miR655 in poorly metastatic estrogen receptor (ER) positive MCF7 breast cancer cells resulted in upregulation of angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis markers vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA); VEGFC; VEGFD; COX-2; lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor-1 (LYVE1); and receptors , , and . Further, miRNA-high cell free conditioned media promoted migration and tube formation by human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), and upregulated and expression, showing paracrine stimulation of miRNA in the tumor microenvironment. The miRNA-induced migration and tube formation phenotypes were abrogated with antagonist or PI3K/Akt inhibitor treatments, confirming the involvement of the and PI3K/Akt pathway. Tumour supressor gene was found to be downregulated in miRNA high cells, confirming that it is a target of both miRNAs. inhibits hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF1α) and the PI3K/Akt pathway, and loss of regulation of these pathways through results in upregulation of VEGF expression. Moreover, in breast tumors, angiogenesis marker and lymphangiogenesis marker expression was found to be significantly higher compared with non-adjacent control, and expression of miR526b and miR655 was positively correlated with and expression in breast tumour samples. These findings further strengthen the role of miRNAs as breast cancer biomarkers and as a potential therapeutic target to abrogate miRNA-induced angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis in breast cancer.
微小RNA(miRNA)是内源性产生的小RNA,其调节生长和发育,而致癌性miRNA调节肿瘤生长和转移。肿瘤相关的血管生成和淋巴管生成是涉及肿瘤细胞向微环境释放生长因子以与内皮细胞通讯以诱导血管增殖的过程。在这里,我们研究了环氧化酶(COX)-2诱导的miR526b和miR655在肿瘤相关血管生成和淋巴管生成中的作用。在低转移性雌激素受体(ER)阳性MCF7乳腺癌细胞中异位过表达miR526b和miR655导致血管生成和淋巴管生成标志物血管内皮生长因子A(VEGFA)、VEGFC、VEGFD、COX-2、淋巴管内皮透明质酸受体-1(LYVE1)以及受体 、 和 的上调。此外,miRNA高表达的无细胞条件培养基促进人脐静脉内皮细胞(HUVEC)的迁移和管腔形成,并上调 和 的表达,显示肿瘤微环境中miRNA的旁分泌刺激作用。用 拮抗剂或PI3K/Akt抑制剂处理可消除miRNA诱导产生的迁移和管腔形成表型,证实了 和PI3K/Akt信号通路的参与。在miRNA高表达细胞中发现肿瘤抑制基因 下调,证实其是两种miRNA的靶标。 抑制缺氧诱导因子-1(HIF1α)和PI3K/Akt信号通路,通过 导致这些信号通路调控缺失会引起VEGF表达上调。此外,在乳腺肿瘤中,与非相邻对照相比,血管生成标志物 和淋巴管生成标志物 的表达显著更高,并且miR526b和miR655的表达与乳腺肿瘤样本中的 和 表达呈正相关。这些发现进一步强化了miRNA作为乳腺癌生物标志物的作用,以及 作为消除miRNA诱导的乳腺癌血管生成和淋巴管生成的潜在治疗靶点的作用。