The miRNAs in the pathgenesis of osteosarcoma

Front Biosci (Landmark Ed). 2013 Jan 1;18(2):788-94. doi: 10.2741/4142.

Abstract

Osteosarcoma is an aggressive sarcoma of the bone characterized by a high level of genetic instability and recurrent DNA deletions and amplifications. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding small RNAs, usually 18-25 nucleotides in length, which repress translation and cleave mRNA by base-pairing to the 3 untranslated region of the target genes. miRNAs have demonstrated far-reaching effects on the cellular biology of development and cancer. Their role in osteosarcomagenesis remains largely unexplored. A number of reports have investigated the role of microRNAs in osteosarcoma. This review summeizes the recent research progress of miRNA in the osteosarcome.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bone Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
  • Genes, Tumor Suppressor / physiology
  • Humans
  • MicroRNAs / genetics*
  • MicroRNAs / therapeutic use
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness / genetics
  • Oncogenes / physiology
  • Osteosarcoma / genetics*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / antagonists & inhibitors

Substances

  • MicroRNAs
  • Mirn140 microRNA, human
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53