The miR-106b~25 cluster promotes bypass of doxorubicin-induced senescence and increase in motility and invasion by targeting the E-cadherin transcriptional activator EP300

Cell Death Differ. 2014 Mar;21(3):462-74. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2013.167. Epub 2013 Nov 22.

Abstract

Resistance to chemotherapeutic treatment, which is indirectly responsible for many cancer deaths, is normally associated with an aggressive phenotype including increased cell motility and acquisition of invasive properties. Here we describe how breast cancer cells overcome doxorubicin-induced senescence and become drug resistant by overexpression of the microRNA (miR)-106b~25 cluster. Although all three miRs in the cluster contribute to the generation of doxorubicin resistance, miR-25 is the major contributor to this phenotype. All three miRs in this cluster target EP300, a transcriptional activator of E-cadherin, resulting in cells acquiring a phenotype characteristic of cells undergoing epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), including an increase in both cell motility and invasion, as well as the ability to proliferate after treatment with doxorubicin. These findings provide a novel drug resistance/EMT regulatory pathway controlled by the miR-106b~25 cluster by targeting a transcriptional activator of E-cadherin.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Breast Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Breast Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Cadherins / genetics
  • Cadherins / metabolism
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Movement / drug effects
  • Cell Movement / genetics
  • Cellular Senescence / drug effects
  • Cellular Senescence / genetics
  • Doxorubicin / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • E1A-Associated p300 Protein / genetics*
  • E1A-Associated p300 Protein / metabolism
  • Female
  • Fibroblasts / cytology
  • Fibroblasts / drug effects
  • Humans
  • MicroRNAs / biosynthesis
  • MicroRNAs / genetics
  • MicroRNAs / metabolism*
  • Skin / cytology
  • Skin / drug effects
  • Transfection

Substances

  • Cadherins
  • MIRN106 microRNA, human
  • MicroRNAs
  • Doxorubicin
  • E1A-Associated p300 Protein
  • EP300 protein, human