1. Direct Upregulation of STAT3 by MicroRNA-551b-3p Deregulates Growth and Metastasis of Ovarian Cancer
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Pradeep Chaluvally-Raghavan, Kang Jin Jeong, Sunila Pradeep, Andreia Machado Silva, Shuangxing Yu, Wenbin Liu, Tyler Moss, Cristian Rodriguez-Aguayo, Dong Zhang, Prahlad Ram, Jinsong Liu, Yiling Lu, Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, George A. Calin, Anil K. Sood, and Gordon B. Mills
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Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Summary: 3q26.2 amplification in high-grade serous ovarian cancer leads to increased expression of mature microRNA miR551b-3p, which is associated with poor clinical outcome. Importantly, miR551b-3p contributes to resistance to apoptosis and increased survival and proliferation of cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. miR551b-3p upregulates STAT3 protein levels, and STAT3 is required for the effects of miR551b-3p on cell proliferation. Rather than decreasing levels of target mRNA as expected, we demonstrate that miR551b-3p binds a complementary sequence on the STAT3 promoter, recruiting RNA polymerase II and the TWIST1 transcription factor to activate STAT3 transcription, and thus directly upregulates STAT3 expression. Furthermore, anti-miR551b reduced STAT3 expression in ovarian cancer cells in vitro and in vivo and reduced ovarian cancer growth in vivo. Together, our data demonstrate a role for miR551b-3p in transcriptional activation. Thus, miR551b-3p represents a promising candidate biomarker and therapeutic target in ovarian cancer. : Chaluvally-Raghavan et al. find that miR551b-3p affects transcription of STAT3. The authors find that miR551b-3p binds to the STAT3 promoter and facilitates RNA polymerase II and TWIST1 transcription factor recruitment, which in turn activates STAT3 transcription.
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- 2016
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