MiR-203 controls proliferation, migration and invasive potential of prostate cancer cell lines

Cell Cycle. 2011 Apr 1;10(7):1121-31. doi: 10.4161/cc.10.7.15180. Epub 2011 Apr 1.

Abstract

Prostate cancers show a slow progression from a local lesion (primary tumor) to a metastatic and hormone-resistant phenotype. After an initial step of hyperplasia, in a high percentage of cases a neoplastic transformation event occurs that, less frequently, is followed by epithelial to mesenchymal transition and invasion of healthy tissues (usually bones). MicroRNA-203 (miR-203) is a tumor suppressor microRNA often silenced in different malignancies. Here, we show that miR-203 is downregulated in clinical primary prostatic tumors compared to normal prostate tissue, and in metastatic prostate cancer cell lines compared to normal epithelial prostatic cells. Overexpression of miR-203 in brain or bone metastatic prostate cell lines (DU145 and PC3) is sufficient to induce a mesenchymal to epithelial transition with inhibition of cell proliferation, migration and invasiveness. We have identified CKAP2, LASP1, BIRC5, WASF1, ASAP1 and RUNX2 as new miR-203 direct target mRNAs involved in these events. Therefore, miR-203 could be a potentially new prognostic marker and therapeutic target in metastatic prostate cancer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Blotting, Western
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Movement / physiology*
  • Cell Proliferation*
  • Computational Biology
  • DNA Primers / genetics
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Humans
  • Male
  • MicroRNAs / genetics
  • MicroRNAs / physiology*
  • Microarray Analysis
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness / genetics
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness / physiopathology*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / physiopathology*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Transfection

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • MIRN203 microRNA, human
  • MicroRNAs