MiR-584-5p potentiates vincristine and radiation response by inducing spindle defects and DNA damage in medulloblastoma

Nat Commun. 2018 Oct 31;9(1):4541. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06808-8.

Abstract

Despite improvements in overall survival, only a modest percentage of patients survives high-risk medulloblastoma. The devastating side effects of radiation and chemotherapy substantially reduce quality of life for surviving patients. Here, using genomic screens, we identified miR-584-5p as a potent therapeutic adjuvant that potentiates medulloblastoma to radiation and vincristine. MiR-584-5p inhibited medulloblastoma growth and prolonged survival of mice in pre-clinical tumor models. MiR-584-5p overexpression caused cell cycle arrest, DNA damage, and spindle defects in medulloblastoma cells. MiR-584-5p mediated its tumor suppressor and therapy-sensitizing effects by targeting HDAC1 and eIF4E3. MiR-584-5p overexpression or HDAC1/eIF4E3 silencing inhibited medulloblastoma stem cell self-renewal without affecting neural stem cell growth. In medulloblastoma patients, reduced expression of miR-584-5p correlated with increased levels of HDAC1/eIF4E3. These findings identify a previously undefined role for miR-584-5p/HDAC1/eIF4E3 in regulating DNA repair, microtubule dynamics, and stemness in medulloblastoma and set the stage for a new way to treat medulloblastoma using miR-584-5p.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Cycle / drug effects
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / pathology*
  • DNA Damage*
  • Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / drug effects
  • Histone Deacetylase 1 / metabolism
  • Medulloblastoma / genetics*
  • Medulloblastoma / pathology*
  • Mice, Nude
  • MicroRNAs / genetics
  • MicroRNAs / metabolism*
  • Microtubules / drug effects
  • Microtubules / metabolism
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / metabolism
  • Radiation, Ionizing
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Spindle Apparatus / drug effects
  • Spindle Apparatus / metabolism*
  • Spindle Apparatus / radiation effects
  • Vincristine / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E
  • MIRN584 microRNA, human
  • MicroRNAs
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc
  • eIF4E3 protein, human
  • Vincristine
  • HDAC1 protein, human
  • Histone Deacetylase 1