Activating and sustaining c-Myc by depletion of miR-144/451 gene locus contributes to B-lymphomagenesis
2018
Hyper activity of protooncogene c-Myc is one of the hallmarks of highly
aggressive lymphomas. However, the mechanism of how c-Myc is subjected to activation and amplification is still not well defined. In this study, we use
gene knockoutstrategy to show that targeted depletion of a well-conserved microRNA gene locus miR-144/451 initiates tumorigenesis including B-lymphoma development in aged mice. This is due, at least in part, to the direct activation of the c-Myc gene by loss of miR-144/451 expression in hematopoietic cells. Moreover, oncoprotein c-Myc inversely regulates miR-144/451 expression by directly binding to the miR-144/451 promoter region, forming a miRNA-Myc positive feedback loop to safeguard the high level of c-Myc in B-lymphocytes. We also demonstrate that this miRNA-Myc crosstalk is disrupted in human
diffuse large B-cell lymphomaswith aberrant c-Myc expression. Therefore, our findings provide strong evidence, for the first time, that deficiency of miR-144/451 expression may play a bona
fiderole in
derepressionof silenced c-Myc, which contributes to tumor development including B-lymphomagenesis.
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