MicroRNA-509-3p inhibits cellular migration, invasion, and proliferation, and sensitizes osteosarcoma to cisplatin

Sci Rep. 2019 Dec 13;9(1):19089. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55170-2.

Abstract

Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common primary pediatric malignancy of the bone having poor prognosis and long-term survival rates of less than 30% in patients with metastasis. MicroRNA-509 was reported to be downregulated in OS. We and others previously published that miR-509-3p can strongly attenuate cellular migration/invasion and sensitize ovarian cancer to cisplatin. Here, we show that overexpression of miR-509-3p inhibited migration of primary OS cell lines U2OS, HOS, and SaOS2 as well as metastatic derivatives 143B and LM7. miR-509-3p overexpression also inhibited proliferation and invasion of HOS and 143B cells and sensitized cells to cisplatin. Luciferase reporter assays using 3'-UTRs of predicted miR-509-3p targets associated with metastatic phenotypes revealed ARHGAP1 could be one of the downstream effectors of miR-509-3p in HOS. To find the global impact of miR-509-3p overexpression and cisplatin treatment we performed Reverse Phase Protein Analysis (RPPA). AXL, which has been reported to play a critical role in cisplatin resistance and confirmed as direct target of miR-509-3p was downregulated upon miR-509-3p treatment and further down-regulated upon miR-509-3p + cisplatin treatment. We propose that the miR-509-3p/AXL and miR-509-3p/ARHGAP1 axes have the potential to uncover new druggable targets for the treatment of drug resistant metastatic osteosarcoma.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Axl Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Movement / drug effects
  • Cell Movement / genetics*
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Cell Proliferation / genetics
  • Cisplatin / pharmacology
  • Cisplatin / therapeutic use*
  • Down-Regulation / drug effects
  • Down-Regulation / genetics
  • GTPase-Activating Proteins / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / drug effects
  • Humans
  • MicroRNAs / genetics
  • MicroRNAs / metabolism*
  • Models, Biological
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Osteosarcoma / drug therapy*
  • Osteosarcoma / genetics*
  • Osteosarcoma / pathology
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / metabolism
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / genetics
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism

Substances

  • ARHGAP1 protein, human
  • GTPase-Activating Proteins
  • MIRN509 microRNA, human
  • MicroRNAs
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Cisplatin
  • Axl Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
  • AXL protein, human