Integrated analyses identify a master microRNA regulatory network for the mesenchymal subtype in serous ovarian cancer

Cancer Cell. 2013 Feb 11;23(2):186-99. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.12.020.

Abstract

Integrated genomic analyses revealed a miRNA-regulatory network that further defined a robust integrated mesenchymal subtype associated with poor overall survival in 459 cases of serous ovarian cancer (OvCa) from The Cancer Genome Atlas and 560 cases from independent cohorts. Eight key miRNAs, including miR-506, miR-141, and miR-200a, were predicted to regulate 89% of the targets in this network. Follow-up functional experiments illustrate that miR-506 augmented E-cadherin expression, inhibited cell migration and invasion, and prevented TGFβ-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition by targeting SNAI2, a transcriptional repressor of E-cadherin. In human OvCa, miR-506 expression was correlated with decreased SNAI2 and VIM, elevated E-cadherin, and beneficial prognosis. Nanoparticle delivery of miR-506 in orthotopic OvCa mouse models led to E-cadherin induction and reduced tumor growth.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics*
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cadherins / genetics
  • Cadherins / metabolism
  • Cell Movement
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / genetics*
  • Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / mortality
  • Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / pathology
  • Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition / genetics*
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic*
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Mesoderm / metabolism
  • Mesoderm / pathology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Nude
  • MicroRNAs / genetics*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Grading
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / mortality
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
  • Prognosis
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Snail Family Transcription Factors
  • Survival Rate
  • Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta / genetics
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta / metabolism
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • Vimentin / genetics
  • Vimentin / metabolism

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Cadherins
  • MicroRNAs
  • RNA, Messenger
  • SNAI2 protein, human
  • Snai2 protein, mouse
  • Snail Family Transcription Factors
  • Transcription Factors
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta
  • Vimentin