Loss of tumor suppressive microRNA-31 enhances TRADD/NF-κB signaling in glioblastoma

Rajani Rajbhandari, Braden C. McFarland, Ashish Patel, Magda Gerigk, G. Kenneth Gray, Samuel C. Fehling, Markus Bredel, Nicolas F. Berbari, Hyunsoo Kim, Margaret P. Marks, Gordon P. Meares, Tanvi Sinha, Jeffrey Chuang, Etty N. Benveniste, Susan E. Nozell

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Abstract

Glioblastomas (GBMs) are deadly tumors of the central nervous system. Most GBM exhibit homozygous deletions of the CDKN2A and CDKN2B tumor suppressors at 9p21.3, although loss of CDKN2A/B alone is insufficient to drive gliomagenesis. MIR31HG, which encodes microRNA-31 (miR-31), is a novel non-coding tumor suppressor positioned adjacent to CDKN2A/B at 9p21.3. We have determined that miR-31 expression is compromised in >72% of all GBM, and for patients, this predicts significantly shortened survival times independent of CDKN2A/B status. We show that miR-31 inhibits NF-κB signaling by targeting TRADD, its upstream activator. Moreover, upon reintroduction, miR-31 significantly reduces tumor burden and lengthens survival times in animal models. As such, our work identifies loss of miR-31 as a novel non-coding tumor-driving event in GBM.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)17805-17816
Number of pages12
JournalOncotarget
Volume6
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Glioblastoma
  • NF-κB
  • TRADD
  • microRNA-31

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