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Sustained expression of miR-26a promotes chromosomal instability and tumorigenesis through regulation of CHFR

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posted on 2023-06-09, 13:46 authored by Leandro CastellanoLeandro Castellano, Aleksandra Dabrowska, Loredana Pellegrino, Silvia Ottaviani, Paul Cathcart, Adam E Frampton, Jonathan Krell, Justin Stebbing
MicroRNA 26a (miR-26a) reduces cell viability in several cancers, indicating that miR-26a could be used as a therapeutic option in patients. We demonstrate that miR-26a not only inhibits G1-S cell cycle transition and promotes apoptosis, as previously described, but also regulates multiple cell cycle checkpoints. We show that sustained miR-26a over-expression in both breast cancer (BC) cell lines and mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) induces oversized cells containing either a single-large nucleus or two nuclei, indicating defects in mitosis and cytokinesis. Additionally, we demonstrate that miR-26a induces aneuploidy and centrosome defects and enhances tumorigenesis. Mechanistically, it acts by targeting G1-S transition genes as well as genes involved in mitosis and cytokinesis such as CHFR, LARP1 and YWHAE. Importantly, we show that only the re-expression of CHFR in miR-26a over-expressing cells partially rescues normal mitosis and impairs the tumorigenesis exerted by miR-26a, indicating that CHFR represents an important miR-26a target in the regulation of such phenotypes. We propose that miR-26a delivery might not be a viable therapeutic strategy due to the potential deleterious oncogenic activity of this miRNA.

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Journal

Nucleic Acids Research

ISSN

1362-4962

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Oxford University Press

Issue

8

Volume

45

Page range

4401-4412

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  • Biochemistry Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2018-06-15

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2018-06-15

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2018-06-15

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