Small Non-Coding RNA Profiling Identifies miR-181a-5p as a Mediator of Estrogen Receptor Beta-Induced Inhibition of Cholesterol Biosynthesis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

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Title: Small Non-Coding RNA Profiling Identifies miR-181a-5p as a Mediator of Estrogen Receptor Beta-Induced Inhibition of Cholesterol Biosynthesis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Authors: Elena Alexandrova, Jessica Lamberti, Pasquale Saggese, Giovanni Pecoraro, Domenico Memoli, Valeria Mirici Cappa, Maria Ravo, Roberta Iorio, Roberta Tarallo, Francesca Rizzo, Francesca Collina, Monica Cantile, Maurizio Di Bonito, Gerardo Botti, Giovanni Nassa, Alessandro Weisz, Giorgio Giurato
Source: Cells, Vol 9, Iss 4, p 874 (2020)
Publisher Information: MDPI AG, 2020.
Publication Year: 2020
Collection: LCC:Cytology
Subject Terms: triple-negative breast cancer, estrogen receptor beta, small non-coding RNAs, microRNA, cholesterol biosynthesis, Cytology, QH573-671
More Details: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly heterogeneous disease, representing the most aggressive breast cancer (BC) subtype with limited treatment options due to a lack of estrogen receptor alpha (ERα), progesterone receptor (PR), and Erb-B2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2 (HER2/neu) expression. Estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) is present in a fraction of TNBC patients, where its expression correlates with improved patient outcomes, supported by the fact that it exerts oncosuppressive effects in TNBC cell models in vitro. ERβ is involved in microRNA-mediated regulation of gene expression in hormone-responsive BC cells and could mediate its actions through small noncoding RNAs (sncRNAs) in TNBCs also. To verify this possibility, smallRNA sequencing was performed on three ERβ-expressing cell lines from different TNBC molecular subtypes. Several sncRNAs resulted modulated by ERβ, with a subset being regulated in a tumor subtype-independent manner. Interestingly, sncRNA profiling of 12 ERβ+and 32 ERβ− primary TNBC biopsies identified 7 microRNAs, 1 PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA), and 1 transfer RNA (tRNA) differentially expressed in ERβ+ compared to ERβ− tumors and cell lines. Among them, miR-181a-5p was found to be overexpressed in ERβ+ tumors and predicted target key components of the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway previously found to be inhibited by ERβ in TNBC cells.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2073-4409
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/9/4/874; https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4409
DOI: 10.3390/cells9040874
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/cffd2d44b5da4d709a4b159027f26706
Accession Number: edsdoj.ffd2d44b5da4d709a4b159027f26706
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20734409
DOI:10.3390/cells9040874
Published in:Cells
Language:English