MicroRNAs and PIWI-interacting RNAs in oncology (Review)
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- Published online on: August 11, 2016 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.4996
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Abstract
Introduction
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been observed to be deregulated in numerous diseases, including cancer (1). One of the key mechanisms responsible for this miRNA deregulation is the dysfunctional miRNA biogenesis factor (2). In several human cancer types, the deregulated expression of miRNA machinery has been reported. For instance, approximately 60% of ovarian cancer patients show a decreased expression of Dicer and Drosha mRNAs and a low expression of Dicer is correlated with advanced tumor stage (3). Mutations of miRNA processing genes have been observed in human cancers, e.g., TARBP2 and exportin-5 in microsatellite unstable colon tumors (4,5), Dicer1 in pleuropulmonary blastomas (6) and Drosha in Wilms' tumors (7). In addition, the conditional deletion of Dicer1 led to an elevation in tumor development by alteration of the miRNA expression profile in mouse models (8).
Another mechanism underlying deregulated miRNA expression is due to the transcriptional deregulation of miRNA genes. An example is the increased expression of the oncogenic miR-17-92 cluster by c-Myc (9). In addition to c-Myc, p53 and HIF transcription factors are known to regulate the transcription of a number of miRNA genes (10). Epigenetic changes, such as DNA methylation and histone modifications, potentially affect the transcription of miRNA genes in cancer, e.g., hypermethylation of miR-337, miR-432, and miR-371 have been often observed in ovarian cancer (11). The epigenetic silencing of miR-15a, miR-16 and miR-29b by histone deacetylases was reported recently in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) (12).
Another main contributor of miRNA deregulation in cancer is the copy number abnormalities of miRNA genes. One classical example is the deletion of miR-16 and miR-15a at 13q14 in CLL patients, in which approximately 60% of the patients had deletions of these miRNA genes (13). Mutations present within the miRNA genes and RNA editing of the pri- or pre-miRNA transcripts may also affect their processing (14,15).
Functional roles of miRNAs in cancer
Cancer is a multistep complex disease, characterized by multiple hallmark traits, as suggested by Hanahan and Weinberg (16). These characteristics include sustaining proliferative signaling, evading growth suppressors, resisting cell death, enabling the stimulation of angiogenesis, invasion of tissue, metastasis, replicative immortality, deregulation of cellular metabolism, elevation in inflammation, instability in genome and immune compromises. In addition, the crosstalk between cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment is necessary to orchestrate these hallmarks (17). It is now clear that miRNAs are involved in all the hallmarks of the cancer phenotypes. miRNAs may therefore function as oncogenic or tumor suppressive miRNAs depending on cellular context.
Oncogenic miRNAs
The first identified oncogenic miRNAs belonged to the miR-17-92 cluster (9). Previous findings have shown the contribution of the deregulation of miR-17-92 in cancer through multiple pathways, such as metastasis and senescence (18,19). Notably, inhibition of this cluster in cervical cancer led to elevated oncogenic activity of E2F1, suggesting its tumor suppressive activity is dependent on cellular context. Another well-studied oncogenic miRNA is miR-21. This miRNA is highly expressed in breast cancer (20), lung cancer (21), glioblastoma (22), adrenocortical and testicular germ cell tumors (23,24). Functionally, miR-21 is known to regulate multiple tumor suppressor genes, such as PDCD4, PTEN and TPM1 (25).
miR-155 is processed from the non-coding RNA (ncRNA) B-cell integration cluster (BIC), which is highly expressed in activated B and T cells, and in monocytes/macrophages. This miRNA plays an important role in hematopoiesis and its increased expression is observed in hematological malignancies (26). In addition, high levels of miR-155 are present in solid tumors, such as breast, prostate, gastric, colon and lung cancers (27,28). miR-155 is also involved in the regulation of multiple targets involved in different cancer phenotypes, such as TP53INP1 in apoptosis (29), VHL in angiogenesis (30), and ELK3 in hypoxia (31).
Tumor suppressor miRNAs
The first characterized tumor suppressor miRNAs were miR-16 and miR-15a in B-cell CLL. These miRNAs were significantly downregulated in approximately 60% of CLL patients due to the deletion of the 13q14 region where these miRNAs reside (32). Deletion of this locus and a decreased expression of these miRNAs have been reported in other cancer types, such as lung (33) and prostate cancers (34). miR-15a/16 inhibit cell proliferation and tumor growth by targeting CCND1 and CCNE1 (35), and promote apoptosis by targeting the anti-apoptotic factor BCL2 (36).
Deregulation of miRNAs in adrenocortical tumors
Several miRNAs have been observed to be differentially expressed and recognized between malignant and benign adrenocortical tumors. miR-483-3p and miR-483-5p are consistently overexpressed in adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) (37). miR-483 resides within the intron of insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2), which is overexpressed in approximately 80% of ACC (23). It has been shown that under hypoxic condition, the expression of miR-210 was induced by HIF1a, which in turn leads to the suppression of MNT, which antagonizes the oncogenic function of MYC (38). Overexpression of miR-503 was correlated with short overall survival.
On the other hand, a decreased expression of miR-195 and miR-497 was consistently reported in several studies (37,39). The overexpression of miR-195 or miR-497 suppresses cell proliferation and induces cell death in ACC cells. Of note, miR-195 and miR-497 regulate TARBP2 and Dicer in ACC (40).
Deregulation of miRNAs in testicular germ cell tumors
A growing number of differentially expressed miRNAs have been identified in testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs). One of the first characterized oncogenic miRNAs in TGCTs was the miR-372-373 cluster, which is known to be involved in inducing oncogenic stress, which in turn allow cells to become malignant (41).
miR-199a expression is observed to be decreased in TGCTs, and its putative oncogenic target v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene family, protein B (MAFB) has been identified in TGCTs (42).
Biological roles of PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs)
In silkworm, the male phenotype is determined by the presence of two Z chromosomes, whereas the female phenotype is established by having Z and W chromosomes (43). The gender determining region of W chromosome expresses a piRNA precursor, which is processed into gender determining piRNA, termed fem piRNA. This piRNA specifically recognizes the masculinization (Masc) mRNA and degrades the transcript, suggesting its role in gender determination (43).
During late spermatogenesis, the majority of mRNAs are eliminated in the elongating spermatids; thus, mature sperms retain only few mRNAs (44). It has been recently shown that elimination of these mRNAs in the elongating spermatids requires the activity of MIWI-bound piRNAs, which recruits CAF1 deadenylase complex for their further turnover (44).
Maternal mRNA decay during maternal-to-zygotic transition
During maternal-to-zygotic transition, the majority of maternal mRNAs are degraded and replaced by zygotic mRNAs. It has been shown that, in Drosophila melanogaster, piRNAs mediate the elimination of maternal nanos mRNAs during this transition (45). The degradation of nanos mRNA by piRISC is mediated by a similar mechanism as that described above.
piRNAs in cancer
The functions of piRNAs and PIWI proteins have started to emerge in human cancers. The deregulated expression of PIWI proteins has been reported in several human tumors, including human seminoma (46), breast, liver, gastric and cervical cancers (47). An increased expression of HIWI is correlated with invasion in cervical cancer and poor prognosis in glioma patients (48).
In addition to the expression of PIWI proteins, deregulated expression of piRNAs has been reported in human cancers, including breast cancer (49), bladder cancer (50), multiple myeloma (51), endometrial cancer (52) and gastric cancer (53). The functional role of specific piRNAs in human cancer is poorly understood. Only piR-823 is currently known to regulate de novo DNA methylation and angiogenesis in multiple myeloma (51).
Conclusion
The abovementioned studies indicate that investigations focus on exploration of the importance of ncRNAs in cancer. These studies are likely to result in better treatment strategies based on these ncRNA interactions in future.
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