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1 Division of Molecular Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan; Departments of 2 Anatomic and Molecular Diagnostic Pathology and 3 Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan; 4 Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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70 nucleotide pre-miRNA with a characteristic hairpin structure from the longer nascent transcripts (pri-miRNA) and the following Dicer-mediated processing into mature forms (2, 3, 4, 5)
. Although thus far over 300 miRNA genes have been discovered in various organisms (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
, including humans, their precise physiological functions are largely unknown except for a handful of miRNAs (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
, and their potential pathological involvement including oncogenesis is yet to be explored. The Caenorhabditis elegans let-7miRNA is to date the best-studied example along with lin-4 of the same worm (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) , both of which were initially identified by genetic analysis of the developmental timing defects of mutants. The let-7 miRNA, which starts to be expressed during the late developmental stage, acts as a post-transcriptional repressor of lin-41, hbl-1/lin-57 and perhaps other genes that contain sequences imprecisely complementary to the miRNA in their 3' untranslated regions. The expression levels of the human let-7 gene have been shown to vary among various adult tissues, lung being one of the tissues with most abundant expression of let-7 (18) .
In this study, we show for the first time that expression levels of let-7 are frequently reduced in lung cancers both in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, lung cancer patients with reduced let-7 expression were found to have significantly worse prognosis after potentially curative resection, and this prognostic impact of reduced let-7 expression appears to be independent of disease stage in multivariate COX regression analysis. In addition, we show that overexpression of let-7 inhibits growth of lung cancer cells in vitro.
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Preparation of Cell Line and Tissue Samples.
All of the human NSCLC cell lines analyzed were cultured with 5% (v/v) FCS-containing RPMI 1640 at 37°C with 5% CO2. BEAS-2B and HPL1D (19)
cells were cultured with 1% (v/v) FCS-containing Hams F-12 supplemented with bovine insulin (5 µg/ml), human transferrin (5 µg/ml), 107 M hydrocortisone, 2 x 1010 M triiode thyronine, penicillin (100 IU/ml), and streptomycin (100 µg/ml) at 37°C with 5% CO2. The tumor specimens were homogenized in guanidine isothiocyanate homogenization buffer immediately after resection and stored at 30°C until use with the approval of the institutional review board. Processing of all cell lines and tissue samples for RNA extraction were performed according to the standard procedures.
Northern Blotting.
Ten µg of RNA were separated on a 15% denaturing polyacrylamide gel. The RNA was then transferred to Zeta-Probe GT Blotting Membranes electrophoretically overnight. Probes (let-7; 5'-TACTATACAACCTACTACCTCAATTTGCC and 5S; 5'-TTAGCTTCCGAGATCAGACGA) were generated by T4 polynucleotide kinase (New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA) mediated end-labeling of DNA oligonucleotides with [
-32P]ATP. Prehybridization and hybridization were carried out using hybridization buffer (0.25 M sodium phosphate (pH 7.2), 7% SDS, 0.5% sodium PPI). The most stringent wash was carried out in 2x SSC and 1% SDS at 37.5°C.
Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR.
Real-time reverse transcription-PCR was performed using an ABI Prism 7900 Sequence Detection System (Perkin-Elmer Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA), the SYBR Green PCR Master Mix (Perkin-Elmer Applied Biosystems), and random-primed cDNAs (corresponding to 20 ng of total RNA extracted from tissue samples).
The primer pairs used were let-7a-1S (sense; 5'-CCTGGATGTTCTCTTCACTG) and let-7a-1AS (antisense; 5'-GCCTGGATGCAGACTTTTCT); let-7a-2S (sense; 5'-TTCCAGCCATTGTGACTGCA) and let-7a-2AS (antisense; 5'-CTCACCATGTTGTTTAGTGC); let-7a-3S (sense; 5'-ACCAAGACCGACTGCCCTTT) and let-7a-3AS (antisense; 5'-CTCTGTCCACCGCAGATATT); let-7f-1S (sense; 5'-TGTACTTTCCATTCCAGAAG) and let-7f-1AS (antisense; 5'-TAATGCAGCAAGTCTACTCC); let-7f-2S (sense; 5'-TGAAGATGGACACTGGTGCT) and let-7f-2AS (antisense; 5'-CAGTCGGAGAAGAAGTGTAC); and 5SS (sense; 5'-TACGGCCATACCACCCTGAA) and 5S-AS (antisense; 5'-TAACCAGGCCCGACCCTGCT). To quantify the expression level of the let-7 genes, standard curves were made using serially diluted pBluescriptIISK () inserted with each PCR product into the EcoRV site. PCR amplification consisted of 55 cycles (95°C for 30 s, 56°C to 60°C optimized for each primer set for 30 s and 72°C for 15 s) after the initial denaturation step (95°C for 10 min). Expression levels of the let-7 genes were based on the amount of the target message relative to the 5S rRNA control, to normalize the initial input of total RNA.
Hierarchical Clustering.
We used the Eisen CLUSTER and TREEVIEW programs for hierarchical clustering and visualization of data sets. Before applying the clustering algorithm, we log-transformed the fluorescence ratio for each expression and then average centered the data for all samples. Agglomerative hierarchical clustering was applied using the complete linkage method to investigate whether there was evidence for natural groupings of tumor samples based on correlations between gene-expression profiles.
Statistical Analysis.
The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate survival as a function of time, and survival differences were analyzed by the log-rank test. Cox regression analysis of factors potentially related to survival was performed to identify which independent factors might jointly have a significant influence on survival.
Colony Formation Assay.
The let-7 expression construct and a control plasmid were constructed by the cloning of annealed oligonucleotides of let-7a (sense, 5'-GATCCCCTGAGGTAGTAGGTTGTATAGTTTTT and antisense, 5'-AGCTAAAAACTATACAACCTACTACCTCAGGG), let-7f (sense, 5'-GATCCCCTGAGGTAGTAGATTGTATAGTTTTT and antisense, 5'-AGCTAAAAACTATACAATCTACTACCTCAGGG), or control (sense, 5'-GATCCCCTTTTTTTTGGAAA and antisense, 5'-AGCTTTTCCAAAAAAAAGGG) into pH1-RNApuro, in which expression of a gene is under the control of the RNA polymerase III H1-RNA gene promoter prepared by PCR amplification of human genomic DNA. The let-7a and -7f expression constructs were transfected into A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell line using the FuGENE 6 reagent (Roche, Inc. Basel, Switzerland) according to the manufacturers instructions. Cells were selected by the addition of puromycin (2 µg/ml) 3 days after the transfection and cultured at 37°C for 2 weeks. After 2 weeks of puromycin selection, the plates were stained with Giemsa and scored for the number of resistant colonies.
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2 test), no other significant associations were found between the clusters and various clinicopathological features including age, sex, histology, primary tumor status (pT), and differentiation grade. Of special interest was a striking difference in the postoperative survival of patients between the two clusters. The Kaplan-Meier survival curves demonstrated that patients belonging to cluster 1 were at a significantly greater risk of an earlier death than those classified as cluster 2 (P = 0.0003 by the log-rank test; Fig. 2B
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| Discussion |
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Very little information is available at the moment with regard to the potential pathological roles of miRNAs. Two proteins (Gemin 3 and Gemin 4), which are components of the protein complex related to spinal muscular atrophy, are also known to be components of a ribonucleoprotein complex containing miRNAs (microRNP; Ref. 9 ), whereas the Drosophila homologue of fragile X mental retardation protein has been shown to be a component of RNA-induced silencing complex/microRNPs (20 , 21) . This circumstantial evidence suggests the possibility of the involvement of miRNA machineries in these diseases. As for links between cancer and miRNA, Calin et al. (22) reported frequent down-regulation of miR15 and miR16 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia, whereas Michael et al. (23) recently reported reduced expression of miR-143 and miR-145 in human colon cancers. In contrast to these studies, which did not address the question of whether reduced expression of miRNAs has any influence on clinicopathological features, this study clearly shows that reduced let-7 expression is indeed significantly associated with the shortened survival of patients. Because no changes in let-7 expression were reported in colon cancers (23) , it is possible that miRNAs may be distinctly involved in the pathogenesis of these two most common cancers of adults and possibly in other types of human cancers.
It has been shown that the let-7 gene regulates developmental timing in C. elegans and that mutant worms lacking let-7 fail to properly execute a larval-to-adult switch in hypodermal cell development (13) . Although lin-41 is known to be post-transcriptionally repressed by let-7 (24) , it is not inconceivable that other genes may also be targeted by let-7, because of the requirement of imprecise base-pairing for miRNA-mediated translational repression (1) . Indeed, hbl-1/lin-57 was recently reported to be targeted by let-7 (14 , 15) , whereas a few additional genes have also been predicted to be a potential target for let-7 (24 , 25) . Interestingly, such potential targets include LIM kinase 2 (25) , which belongs to a gene family having a role in the regulation of cell shape and motility as well as possibly in metastasis. One could speculate that the change in miRNA expression as is seen in this study might be an efficient strategy for cancer cells to simultaneously alter the expression profile of a series of genes. Alterations in miRNA expression may accordingly confer cancer cells with selective growth advantage, allowing them to form a distant metastasis and resulting in the consequential death of the patient. This scheme may be consistent with the present finding of the significant prognostic impact of let-7 expression. One might argue that reduced expression of let-7 in lung cancers may merely reflect its oncofetal regulation, because fetal lung exhibited considerably lower let-7 expression than adult lung (data not shown). However, growth-inhibitory effects of overexpressed let-7 in A549 adenocarcinoma cell line argue against this possibility. Taken together, these findings suggest the potential involvement of reduction in let-7 expression in the pathogenesis of this fatal disease, although the results obtained with overexpression of mature miRNA need to be interpreted cautiously and await further experimental clarification.
In this study, we observed that various let-7 pri-miRNA isoforms were coordinately regulated, let-7a-1 and let-7f-1 being the most predominant. In this connection, it should be noted that some of the let-7 pri-miRNAs give rise to identical mature miRNA isoforms, and the others may also have presumably very similar, if not identical, spectra of the target genes (6) . It is uncertain at the moment how the expression levels of various let-7 isoforms are coordinated, and this remains an intriguing question awaiting further investigation.
In conclusion, we have shown for the first time that let-7 expression is frequently reduced in lung cancers and that alterations in the miRNA expression may have a prognostic impact on the survival of surgically treated lung cancer patients. These findings warrant additional studies to investigate whether let-7 alterations are also involved in other types of human cancers and how altered miRNA expression would manifest the biological and biochemical consequences in the development of human cancers. Accordingly, future identification of the downstream targets for let-7 may provide clues to develop a novel therapeutic means. It is envisaged that such future studies may ultimately provide a foundation for a new paradigm of the involvement of noncoding small RNA species, miRNA, in human oncogenesis.
| FOOTNOTES |
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The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.
Note: J. Takamizawa and H. Konishi contributed equally to the present study. H. Konishi is currently at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Requests for reprints: Takashi Takahashi, Division of Molecular Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8681, Japan. Phone: 81-52-764-2983; Fax: 81-52-764-2983; E-mail: tak{at}aichi-cc.jp
Received 2/21/04. Revised 4/ 9/04. Accepted 4/19/04.
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A. Taguchi, K. Yanagisawa, M. Tanaka, K. Cao, Y. Matsuyama, H. Goto, and T. Takahashi Identification of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1{alpha} as a Novel Target for miR-17-92 MicroRNA Cluster Cancer Res., July 15, 2008; 68(14): 5540 - 5545. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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S. Sengupta, J. A. den Boon, I-H. Chen, M. A. Newton, S. A. Stanhope, Y.-J. Cheng, C.-J. Chen, A. Hildesheim, B. Sugden, and P. Ahlquist MicroRNA 29c is down-regulated in nasopharyngeal carcinomas, up-regulating mRNAs encoding extracellular matrix proteins PNAS, April 15, 2008; 105(15): 5874 - 5878. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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K. Motoyama, H. Inoue, Y. Nakamura, H. Uetake, K. Sugihara, and M. Mori Clinical Significance of High Mobility Group A2 in Human Gastric Cancer and Its Relationship to let-7 MicroRNA Family Clin. Cancer Res., April 15, 2008; 14(8): 2334 - 2340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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G. A. Calin and C. M. Croce MicroRNA-Cancer Connection: The Beginning of a New Tale Am. Assoc. Cancer Res. Educ. Book, April 12, 2008; 2008(1): 667 - 675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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S.-M. Park, A. B. Gaur, E. Lengyel, and M. E. Peter The miR-200 family determines the epithelial phenotype of cancer cells by targeting the E-cadherin repressors ZEB1 and ZEB2 Genes & Dev., April 1, 2008; 22(7): 894 - 907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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D. Ovcharenko, K. Kelnar, C. Johnson, N. Leng, and D. Brown Genome-Scale MicroRNA and Small Interfering RNA Screens Identify Small RNA Modulators of TRAIL-Induced Apoptosis Pathway Cancer Res., November 15, 2007; 67(22): 10782 - 10788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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S. U. Mertens-Talcott, S. Chintharlapalli, X. Li, and S. Safe The Oncogenic microRNA-27a Targets Genes That Regulate Specificity Protein Transcription Factors and the G2-M Checkpoint in MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells Cancer Res., November 15, 2007; 67(22): 11001 - 11011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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L. Lu, D. Katsaros, I. A. Rigault de la Longrais, O. Sochirca, and H. Yu Hypermethylation of let-7a-3 in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Is Associated with Low Insulin-like Growth Factor-II Expression and Favorable Prognosis Cancer Res., November 1, 2007; 67(21): 10117 - 10122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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M. Kruhoffer, L. Dyrskjot, T. Voss, R. L.P. Lindberg, R. Wyrich, T. Thykjaer, and T. F. Orntoft Isolation of Microarray-Grade Total RNA, MicroRNA, and DNA from a Single PAXgene Blood RNA Tube J. Mol. Diagn., September 1, 2007; 9(4): 452 - 458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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S. Galardi, N. Mercatelli, E. Giorda, S. Massalini, G. V. Frajese, S. A. Ciafre, and M. G. Farace miR-221 and miR-222 Expression Affects the Proliferation Potential of Human Prostate Carcinoma Cell Lines by Targeting p27Kip1 J. Biol. Chem., August 10, 2007; 282(32): 23716 - 23724. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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Z. Yu, Z. Li, N. Jolicoeur, L. Zhang, Y. Fortin, E. Wang, M. Wu, and S.-H. Shen Aberrant allele frequencies of the SNPs located in microRNA target sites are potentially associated with human cancers Nucleic Acids Res., July 26, 2007; 35(13): 4535 - 4541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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S. Shell, S.-M. Park, A. R. Radjabi, R. Schickel, E. O. Kistner, D. A. Jewell, C. Feig, E. Lengyel, and M. E. Peter Let-7 expression defines two differentiation stages of cancer PNAS, July 3, 2007; 104(27): 11400 - 11405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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W.-O. Lui, N. Pourmand, B. K. Patterson, and A. Fire Patterns of Known and Novel Small RNAs in Human Cervical Cancer Cancer Res., July 1, 2007; 67(13): 6031 - 6043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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K. P. Porkka, M. J. Pfeiffer, K. K. Waltering, R. L. Vessella, T. L.J. Tammela, and T. Visakorpi MicroRNA Expression Profiling in Prostate Cancer Cancer Res., July 1, 2007; 67(13): 6130 - 6135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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C. Sevignani, G. A. Calin, S. C. Nnadi, M. Shimizu, R. V. Davuluri, T. Hyslop, P. Demant, C. M. Croce, and L. D. Siracusa MicroRNA genes are frequently located near mouse cancer susceptibility loci PNAS, May 8, 2007; 104(19): 8017 - 8022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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A. R.J. Young and M. Narita Oncogenic HMGA2: short or small? Genes & Dev., May 1, 2007; 21(9): 1005 - 1009. [Full Text] [PDF] |
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Y. S. Lee and A. Dutta The tumor suppressor microRNA let-7 represses the HMGA2 oncogene Genes & Dev., May 1, 2007; 21(9): 1025 - 1030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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B. Zhou, S. Wang, C. Mayr, D. P. Bartel, and H. F. Lodish miR-150, a microRNA expressed in mature B and T cells, blocks early B cell development when expressed prematurely PNAS, April 24, 2007; 104(17): 7080 - 7085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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N. Yanaihara, M. Seike, A. Schetter, C.M. Croce, and C.C. Harris MicroRNA Molecular Profiles in Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis Am. Assoc. Cancer Res. Educ. Book, April 14, 2007; 2007(1): 125 - 126. [Full Text] [PDF] |
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C. Mayr, M. T. Hemann, and D. P. Bartel Disrupting the Pairing Between let-7 and Hmga2 Enhances Oncogenic Transformation Science, March 16, 2007; 315(5818): 1576 - 1579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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N. Yosef, Z. Yakhini, A. Tsalenko, V. Kristensen, A.-L. Borresen-Dale, E. Ruppin, and R. Sharan A supervised approach for identifying discriminating genotype patterns and its application to breast cancer data Bioinformatics, January 15, 2007; 23(2): e91 - e98. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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