Abstract
Medulloblastomas are the most common malignant brain tumors in children. Several large-scale genomic studies have detailed their heterogeneity, defining multiple subtypes with unique molecular profiles and clinical behavior. Increased expression of the miR-183~96~182 cluster of microRNAs has been noted in several subgroups, including the most clinically aggressive subgroup associated with genetic amplification of MYC. To understand the contribution of miR-183~96~182 to the pathogenesis of this aggressive subtype of medulloblastoma, we analyzed global gene expression and proteomic changes that occur upon modulation of miRNAs in this cluster individually and as a group in MYC-amplified medulloblastoma cells. Knockdown of the full miR-183~96~182 cluster results in enrichment of genes associated with apoptosis and dysregulation of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling axis. Conversely, there is a relative enrichment of pathways associated with migration, metastasis and epithelial to mesenchymal transition, as well as pathways associated with dysfunction of DNA repair in cells with preserved miR-183 cluster expression. Immunocytochemistry and FACS analysis confirm induction of apoptosis upon knockdown of the miR-183 cluster. Importantly, cell-based migration and invasion assays verify the positive regulation of cell motility/migration by the miR-183 cluster, which is largely mediated by miR-182. We show that the effects on cell migration induced by the miR-183 cluster are coupled to the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway through differential regulation of AKT1 and AKT2 isoforms. Furthermore, we show that rapamycin inhibits cell motility/migration in medulloblastoma cells and phenocopies miR-183 cluster knockdown. Thus, the miR-183 cluster regulates multiple biological programs that converge to support the maintenance and metastatic potential of medulloblastoma.
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Y.J.C. is funded in part by the St. Baldrick’s Foundation Scholar Award and the Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation. A.H.B. was funded in part by the German Academic Exchange. This project received support from Grant NIH-R01-CA109467.
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Figure S1. Submap of medulloblastoma cell line ‘clusters’ compared to molecular subtypes of primary medulloblastomas as defined in Cho et al. [10]. and Northcott et al. [41].
Figure S2. Increased senescence b-gal staining of D458 and D556 medulloblastoma cell lines upon knockdown of miR-183~96~182.
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Weeraratne, S.D., Amani, V., Teider, N. et al. Pleiotropic effects of miR-183~96~182 converge to regulate cell survival, proliferation and migration in medulloblastoma. Acta Neuropathol 123, 539–552 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-012-0969-5
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