Abstract
miR-200a has been implicated in the pathogenesis of meningiomas, one of the most common central nervous system tumors in humans. To identify how miR-200a contributes to meningioma pathogenesis at the molecular level, we used a comparative protein profiling approach using Gel-nanoLC-MS/MS and identified approximately 130 dysregulated proteins in miR-200a-overexpressing meningioma cells. Following the bioinformatic analysis to identify potential genes targeted by miR-200a, we focused on the non-muscle heavy chain IIb (NMHCIIb), and showed that miR-200a directly targeted NMHCIIb. Considering the key roles of NMHCIIb in cell division and cell migration, we aimed to identify whether miR-200a regulated these processes through NMHCIIb. We found that NMHCIIb overexpression partially rescued miR-200a-mediated inhibition of cell migration, as well as cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, siRNA-mediated silencing of NMHCIIb expression resulted in a similar migration phenotype in these cells and inhibited meningioma tumor growth in mice. Taken together, these results suggest that NMHCIIb might serve as a novel therapeutic target in meningiomas.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1790-1798 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Oncogene |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 26 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Support for this work was provided, in part, by Forschungsgesellschaft for Brain Tumors (to OS, NS), EU-FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG (to OS) and Association for Conduct of Scientific Research in the Field of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care: ‘Unser Kind’ (to OS). We thank Dr Marianne F James for providing us with AC030 cells.
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