Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion, Ministry of Education, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Department of Oral Maxillofacial-Head and Neck Oncology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
J Hematol Oncol. 2020 Feb 7;13(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s13045-019-0841-3.
MicroRNA-612 (miR-612) has been proven to suppress EMT, stemness, and tumor metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) via PI3K/AKT2 and Sp1/Nanog signaling. However, its biological roles on HCC progression are far from elucidated.
We found direct downstream target of miR-612, hadha by RNA immunoprecipitation and sequencing. To explore its biological characteristic, potential molecular mechanism, and clinical relevance in HCC patients, we performed several in-vitro and in-vivo models, as well as human tissue chip.
Ectopic expression of miR-612 could partially reverse the level of HADHA, then suppress function of pseudopods, and diminish metastatic and invasive potential of HCC by lipid reprogramming. In detail, miR-612 might reduce invadopodia formation via HADHA-mediated cell membrane cholesterol alteration and accompanied with the inhibition of Wnt/β-catenin regulated EMT occurrence. Our results showed that the maximum oxygen consumption rates (OCR) of HCCLM3 and HCCLM3 cells were decreased nearly by 40% and 60% of their counterparts (p < 0.05). The levels of acetyl CoA were significantly decreased, about 1/3 (p > 0.05) or 1/2 (p < 0.05) of their controls, in exogenous miR-612 or hadha-shRNA transfected HCCLM3 cell lines. Besides, overexpression of hadha cell lines had a high expression level of total cholesterol, especially 27-hydroxycholesterol (p < 0.005). SREBP2 protein expression level as well as its downstream targets, HMGCS1, HMGCR, MVD, SQLE were all deregulated by HADHA. Meanwhile, the ATP levels were reduced to 1/2 and 1/4 in HCCLM3 (p < 0.05) and HCCLM3 (p < 0.01) respectively. Moreover, patients with low miR-612 levels and high HADHA levels had a poor prognosis with shorter overall survival.
miR-612 can suppress the formation of invadopodia, EMT, and HCC metastasis and by HADHA-mediated lipid programming, which may provide a new insight of miR-612 on tumor metastasis and progression.
MicroRNA-612(miR-612)已被证明通过 PI3K/AKT2 和 Sp1/Nanog 信号通路抑制肝癌(HCC)的 EMT、干性和肿瘤转移。然而,其在 HCC 进展中的生物学作用仍远未阐明。
我们通过 RNA 免疫沉淀和测序发现 miR-612 的直接下游靶标 HADHA。为了探讨其在 HCC 患者中的生物学特征、潜在分子机制和临床相关性,我们进行了多种体内外模型以及人类组织芯片实验。
外源性表达 miR-612 可部分逆转 HADHA 水平,然后通过脂质重编程抑制 HCC 的伪足形成,降低其转移和侵袭潜能。具体而言,miR-612 可能通过 HADHA 介导的细胞膜胆固醇改变减少侵袭伪足的形成,并伴随着 Wnt/β-catenin 调控的 EMT 发生的抑制。我们的结果表明,HCCLM3 和 HCCLM3 细胞的最大耗氧量(OCR)分别降低了近 40%和 60%(p<0.05)。外源性 miR-612 或 hadha-shRNA 转染 HCCLM3 细胞系中乙酰辅酶 A 的水平显著降低,约为对照的 1/3(p>0.05)或 1/2(p<0.05)。此外,HADHA 过表达细胞系的总胆固醇,尤其是 27-羟胆固醇水平(p<0.005)升高。SREBP2 蛋白表达水平及其下游靶标 HMGCS1、HMGCR、MVD、SQLE 均被 HADHA 调控。同时,HCCLM3(p<0.05)和 HCCLM3(p<0.01)中的 ATP 水平分别降低至 1/2 和 1/4。此外,miR-612 水平低且 HADHA 水平高的患者总体生存率较差,预后不良。
miR-612 可通过 HADHA 介导的脂质编程抑制侵袭伪足、EMT 和 HCC 转移的形成,这可能为 miR-612 对肿瘤转移和进展提供新的见解。