Published online May 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i20.5962
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MicroRNAs are small endogenously expressed RNA molecules which are involved in the process of silencing gene expression through translational regulation. The polycistronic miR-17-92 cluster is the first microRNA cluster shown to play a role in tumorigenesis. It has two other paralogs in the human genome, the miR-106b-25 cluster and the miR-106a-363 cluster. Collectively, the microRNAs encoded by these clusters can be further grouped based on the seed sequences into four families, namely the miR-17, the miR-92, the miR-18 and the miR-19 families. Over-expression of the miR-106b-25 and miR-17-92 clusters has been reported not only during the development of cirrhosis but also subsequently during the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. Members of these clusters have also been shown to affect the replication of hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses. Various targets of these microRNAs have been identified, and these targets are involved in tumor growth, cell survival and metastasis. In this review, we first describe the regulation of these clusters by c-Myc and E2F1, and how the members of these clusters in turn regulate E2F1 expression forming an auto-regulatory loop. In addition, the roles of the various members of the clusters in affecting relevant target gene expression in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma will also be discussed.
Core tip: The polycistronic miR-17-92 cluster has been characterized to play a role in tumorigenesis. Over-expression of the miR-17-92 cluster and its paralog, the miR-106b-25 cluster, has been reported in the development of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Various targets of these microRNAs have been identified, and these targets are involved in tumor growth, cell survival and metastasis. We describe the regulation of these clusters by c-Myc and E2F1, and discuss the roles of the various members of the clusters in affecting relevant target gene expression in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Citation: Tan W, Li Y, Lim SG, Tan TM.
miR-106b-25/miR-17-92 clusters: Polycistrons with oncogenic roles in hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(20): 5962-5972 - URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i20/5962.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i20.5962
Liver cancer is currently the fifth most common cancer in men. It is also the third most common cause of death from cancer with 694000 deaths in 2008[1]. The majority of liver cancers are hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the occurrence is most prevalent in developing nations in Asia and Africa. The incidence of HCC is also sex associated as HCC affects more males than females.
The majority of HCC cases develop from chronic liver disease, which includes cirrhosis caused by long-term infection with hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) viruses, exposure to hepatotoxins, excessive alcohol intake and steatohepatitis[2]. Damage to hepatocytes leads to increase in the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative stress, promoting necrosis and apoptosis of hepatocytes. The ROS produced activates Kupffer cells to generate more ROS and also secrete cytokines such as transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), which in turn activate hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) to become proliferative, releasing pro-fibrogenic, proinflammatory, and promitogenic cytokines[3,4]. The increased production of extracellular matrix (ECM) components by these activated stellate cells leads to fibrosis, and chronic fibrosis results in cirrhosis, characterized by the formation of regenerative nodules and the distortion of liver parenchyma and vascular architecture[4].
In recent years, research on post-transcriptional gene silencing has progressed greatly following the discovery of endogenously coded microRNAs (miRNAs). MiRNAs are small, RNA molecules of approximately 20-24 nucleotides in length. The genes encoding the miRNAs can be located in the introns of protein-coding genes, or in both introns and exons of non-coding transcripts[5]. In several instances, miRNAs are clustered together and transcribed as a single polycistronic primary transcript.
Most miRNA genes are transcribed by RNA Polymerase II to generate primary transcripts[6]. The primary transcripts are first processed to smaller approximately 70-nucleotide hairpin looped precursor molecules (pre-miRNAs)[7,8]. The pre-miRNAs are then transported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm[9] and are further cleaved by the enzyme, Dicer[10,11], releasing approximately 22-nucleotide duplexes. The two arms of the duplexes do not have perfect complementation. One arm gives rise to the mature miRNA while the opposing arm is denoted as miRNA*. The duplex is recruited into the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) where it unwinds and miRNA* is degraded[12,13]. The mature miRNA that is bound to RISC then serves as a guide to provide the binding specificity to the target RNA. Binding of the miRNA-RISC to the target RNA can result in two possible outcomes. When the miRNA is able to base-pair extensively with the target RNA, cleavage of a single phosphodiester bond occurs in the target across nucleotides 10 and 11 of the miRNA[14,15]. In vertebrates including humans, there is usually only partial complementation between the miRNA and its target RNA, and cleavage of the target does not occur. Instead, translation of the target RNA is repressed[14,16]. It is now well documented that miRNAs are able to regulate the expression of target genes either by blocking mRNA translation, or inducing mRNA decay, or by affecting chromatin structure[17].
In 2001, three groups of researchers simultaneously reported the identification of hundreds of miRNAs in human, fly and worm cells, triggering the upsurge of miRNA studies[18-20]. It soon became evident that miRNAs are involved in multiple cellular and physiological processes and dys-regulation of miRNAs could lead to disease. Current evidence suggests that miRNAs are contributors to oncogenesis. They could serve as either oncogenes or tumor suppressors depending on their target genes and contexts. miR-15 and miR-16 were the first two miRNAs shown to be involved in the development of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Both miRNAs were deleted or down-regulated in CLL, consistent with the idea that miRNAs may act as tumor suppressors[21]. Following this initial study, a large number of miRNAs has since been shown to be associated with human cancers.
The polycistronic miR-17-92 cluster is one of the earliest characterized miRNA clusters. The study of this cluster began with the identification of a novel gene designated as chromosome 13 open reading frame 25 (C13orf25) by Ota et al[22] in 2004. This gene resides within the frequently amplified 13q31-q32 region in malignant lymphoma. Based on sequence analysis of the gene, it was unlikely that the C13orf25 gene encoded for any protein product. Instead, the miR-17-92 cluster which is located in the third intron of the C13orf 25 gene was hypothesized to be the actual effectors of the 13q31-q32 amplification and could play a role in tumorigenesis. Subsequent work by various groups showed that this hypothesis is indeed true.
In MYC transgenic mice, lymphoma development was accelerated following the transduction of the miR-17-92 cluster into hematopoietic cells[23]. This observation strongly supported the concept that certain miRNA alterations could predispose a cell to carcinogenesis and abnormal expressions of miRNAs are not just the consequence of cellular transformation. The tumorigenic activity of the miR-17-92 cluster was thus demonstrated and this cluster was termed as “OncomiR-1”.
Subsequently, c-Myc was shown to regulate the expression of the miR-17-92 cluster by binding directly to it and up-regulating the expression of all six miRNAs of the cluster. Furthermore, the transcription factor E2F1 was identified as the target of two members of the miR-17-92 cluster: miR-17-5p and miR-20a. Thus, despite the induction of E2F1 transcription by c-Myc resulting in high levels of E2F1 mRNA, the E2F1 protein level was only modestly increased[24]. Interestingly, c-Myc is in turn positively regulated by E2F1[25].
Following these two studies, there was a subsequent report on the oncogenic role of the miR-17-92 cluster in lung cancers, especially those with small-cell lung cancer histology. An increase in the gene copy number of this miRNA cluster resulted in its over-expression. Again it was confirmed that it was the marked expression of the miR-17-92 cluster and not the putative C13orf25 gene product that promoted cell growth. These findings demonstrated the oncogenic role of the miR-17-92 cluster in the development of lung cancers and confirmed that the real effectors of the 13q31-q32 amplification in cancers are the miRNAs encoded within the miRNA-17-92 cluster[26].
Many of the known miRNAs appear in clusters on single polycistronic transcripts[27-29]. The human miR-17-92 cluster contains six precursor miRNAs within about 1 kb on chromosome 13. It has two paralogs in the human genome: the miR-106b-25 cluster on chromosome 7 and the miR-106a-363 cluster on chromosome X. Reconstruction of the evolutionary history of the miR-17-92 cluster and its two paralogs revealed that the evolution of this cluster arose from tandem duplications of individual miRNAs, followed by duplications of entire clusters and subsequent loss of individual miRNAs[30]. The miR-17-92 cluster encodes for miR-17-5p, miR-18a, miR-19a, miR-20a, miR-19b-1, and miR-92a-1 while the miR-106a-363 cluster encodes for miR-106a, miR-18b, miR-20b, miR-19b-2, miR92a-2 and miR-363. The miR-106b-25 cluster encodes for only three miRNAs; miR-106b, miR-93, and miR-25 and is embedded within the minichromosome maintenance protein 7 (MCM7) gene (Figure 1A). These miRNAs can be further grouped into four seed families, namely the miR-17, the miR-92, the miR-18 and the miR-19 families (Figure 1B).
To provide insights into the functionality and redundancy of these clusters, studies in mice following the knock-out of the clusters individually or in combination were carried out[31]. Defective embryonic development and postnatal death were observed in mice with homozygous deletion of the miR-17-92 cluster. Deletions of both the miR-17-92 and the miR-106b-25 clusters led to more severe phenotypes including apoptosis in the fetal liver and regions of the central nervous system. In contrast, there was normal development following the deletion of either the widely expressed miR-106b-25 cluster, or the rarely expressed miR-106a-363 cluster, or both clusters. Collectively, these observations indicate that members of the miR-17 and miR-92 families in both the miR-17-92 and the miR-106b-25 clusters may perform specific yet overlapping functions while the miR-18 and miR-19 families which are only present in the miR-17-92 clusters are likely to be functionally important during development.
Interestingly, although most of the studies point to the oncogenic property of the miR-17-92 and miR-106b-25 clusters, particular members of the cluster may also serve as tumor suppressors in certain contexts. One example is miR-17. Over-expression of miR-17 can reduce cell proliferation, affect cell adhesion and migration, and suppress the expression of fibronectin and the fibronectin type-III domain containing 3A (FNDC3A)[32]. Another example is miR-25, a member of the miR-106b-25 cluster which can confer oncogenic or tumor suppressive properties in different types of human cancers. miR-25 is up-regulated and promotes tumorigenesis in stomach, liver and prostate tumor via its inhibition of the target genes Bim, p57 and DR4[33-37]. In contrast, miR-25 is down-regulated in colon cancer where it targets SMAD7 and exerts anti-tumor effects[38]. miR-93, another member of the miR-106b-25 cluster, is be able to adversely affect cell proliferation and colony formation of colon cancer stem cells[39]. All these findings raised the possibility that miRNAs encoded by these clusters can either positively or negatively affect tumorigenesis and depending on the tumor, may exhibit either oncogenic or tumor suppressive activities.
Approximately 80% of HCC cases are associated with chronic HBV or HCV infections. It is well documented that the risk of HCC development is greatly increased in individuals with such infections and anti-viral treatments can effectively reduce the risk[40].
miRNAs have been shown to affect HBV gene expression and inhibit HBV replication. miR-199a-3p, miR-210 and miR-122 can suppress HBV replication[41,42]. In contrast, HBV gene products may also affect miRNAs expressions. The hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) has been shown to suppress the expression of miR-148 in a murine model of HCC and consequently promote proliferation and metastasis via the upregulation of hematopoietic pre-B cell leukemia transcription factor-interacting protein (HPIP)[43]. Members of the miR-17-92 cluster have also been shown to affect HBV replication. miR-20a and miR-92a-1 can directly bind to HBV genes and inhibition of these miRNAs enhances HBV replication[44].
Although the miR-106-25 cluster which is hosted in intron 13 of the MCM7 gene has not been shown to directly affect HBV or HCV replication, it was interesting to note that a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs999885 in the promoter region of MCM7 can confer a protective effect against chronic HBV infection. In patients who have achieved clearance of HBV infection, the A to G base change is associated with decreased risk of chronic HBV infection. However, for persistent HBV carriers, this change results in increased risk for HCC with increased expression of the miR-106b-25 cluster in the liver[45]. Another SNP, rs2596452, located within the 5’ flanking region of the MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence A (MICA), is associated with HBV- and HCV-related progression to HCC[46,47]. MICA is usually highly expressed in viral-infected cells and in tumor cells. Its expression is necessary for the activation of cell killing by natural killer cells and CD8 T cells. Over-expression of the miR-106b-25 cluster has been shown to suppress MICA expression and inhibit the cell-killing function[48].
To date, it is also well documented that miR-122 is critical for the replication of HCV. miR-122 protects the HCV genome by binding to 2 sites on the 5’ non-coding region of the HCV RNA and in doing so enhances the propagation of the virus[49]. This makes targeting miR-122 for anti-HCV therapy very attractive and phase 2a trials of miravirsen, a locked nucleic acid modified antisense oligonucleotide complementary to part of miR-122, have resulted in significant reduction in viral RNA with no emergence of resistant viruses[50].
As had been observed for HBV, HCV infection could also alter hepatic miRNA expressions. The expression of miR-27 has been shown to be induced by HCV replication in Huh7.5 cells and in vivo HCV infection models. Consequently, this over-expression results in hepatic steatosis[51]. The roles of the miR-17-92 and the miR-106b-25 clusters have not been examined for HCV infection. However, serum levels of miR-20a and miR-92a have been shown to increase during acute and chronic HCV infections. Significant up-regulation of these miRNAs were also observed in the sera of HCV-infected patients with fibrosis[52].
Liver cirrhosis is the single most significant predisposing factor for HCC. In addition, death from liver cirrhosis itself is estimated at 800000 annually[53]. A complex network of signaling pathways together with contributions from HSCs and inflammatory cells such as Kupffer cells during the course of repetitive and chronic liver damage eventually results in liver cirrhosis. Thus, liver cirrhosis arises from chronic liver disease and is characterized by the development of regenerative nodules which are surrounded by fibrous connective tissues[54].
Differential miRNA expressions have been shown to be not only associated with hepatic viral infections but also with different stages of liver diseases including cirrhosis. Members of the miR-29 family were found to be significantly down-regulated in murine and human fibrotic livers. Down-regulation of miR-29 is dependent on TGF-β and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) in HSCs while over-expression of miR-29 can suppress activation of the HSCs leading to reduced collagen expression[55]. In contrast, the expression of the miR-199 and -200 families increases with progression of liver fibrosis[56]. Interestingly, during rat liver regeneration after 70% partial hepatectomy, selective up-regulation followed by global down-regulation of miRNAs was observed in a negative feedback mechanism[57]. These studies reiterated the possible functional importance of miRNAs during liver regeneration and liver fibrosis.
Members of the miR-17-92 and the miR-106b-25 clusters have been implicated in the progression of liver fibrosis. In fibrotic rat and human livers, the expression of miR-19b was significantly down-regulated. miR-19b has been shown to play an inhibitory role in HSC-mediated fibrogenesis through its effect on the TGF-β signaling pathway. Over-expression of miR-19b inhibited the expression of TGF-β receptor II (TGF-βRII) leading to decreased SMAD3 expression and reduced type-1 collagen production[58]. In contrast, miR-93 and miR-106b were observed to be consistently up-regulated during the development of cirrhosis, although the actual targets have yet to be confirmed[59]. Serum levels of miR-106b have also been shown to be useful for the prediction of liver cirrhosis. Together with miR-181, both miR-106b and miR-181 were shown to serve as biomarkers for liver cirrhosis irrespective of the etiology[60].
Changes in the expression of miRNAs have been observed in all human cancers. Dys-regulation in the expression of the miR-106b-25 and miR-17-92 clusters have been reported for various tumors, including B-cell lymphoma and solid tumors derived from breast, colon, lung, pancreas, prostate and stomach[23,26,61,62]. The first few reports on miRNA expression in human and rodent HCC also showed that members of the miR-17-92 and miR-106b-25 clusters were aberrantly expressed. These include significant up-regulation of miR-18 together with its precursor, pre-miR-18, miR-17, miR-20, miR-93, and miR-106[63,64]. Subsequent studies from various other groups also showed this to be true[34,59,65-71].
The role of c-Myc in liver and HCC has been well studied and documented. c-Myc is a transcription factor which is frequently up-regulated in HCC, in patients with advanced liver fibrosis, and in experimental liver fibrosis in mice[72,73]. The expression of c-Myc is controlled by the different phosphorylated forms of Smad2 and Smad3. During acute liver injury, TGF-β binds to TGF-β type I receptor (TβRI), which then phosphorylates Smad2 and Smad3 at their C-termini. These Smads then complex with Smad4 and translocate to the nucleus to repress the expression of its target genes, including c-Myc. In chronic liver injury, PDGF activates c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and the activated JNK then phosphorylates Smad2 and Smad3 in their linker regions. These dually phosphorylated Smads can up-regulate the expression of c-Myc[74]. The up-regulation of c-Myc in hepatocytes during chronic fibrosis or as a consequence of gene amplification may promote or repress the expression of many genes including those encoding for miRNAs. Indeed recent studies have characterized Myc-repressed as well as Myc-induced miRNAs in HCC[44,75]. The latter includes miRNAs of the miR-17-92 cluster and the miR-106b-25 cluster.
Given that the miR-106b-25 cluster is embedded in the thirteenth intron of the MCM7 gene, it is not surprising that in HCC, gastric and prostate cancers, the expression of the precursors of the miR-106b-25 cluster has been shown to correspond to that of Mcm7 transcripts[34,76,77]. The transcription of the miR-106b-25 cluster is thus regulated through the expression of the MCM7 gene and both c-Myc and E2F1 have been shown to up-regulate Mcm7 expression[77-80]. The expression of the miR-17-92 cluster, which is located on human chromosome 13, can also be promoted by c-Myc and the E2F family of transcription factors[24,81,82]. In HCC, there is significant up-regulation of members of the miR-17-92 and miR-106b-25 clusters. In addition, in a study by Pineau et al[59], miR-93 and miR-106b were observed to be consistently up-regulated during the development of cirrhosis and subsequently during the development of HCC. The consistent up-regulation of the miR-106b-25 and miR-17-92 clusters from chronic liver fibrosis onwards indicate that these two miRNA clusters are likely to be involved in the initiation of tumorigenesis, as well as at subsequent stages of HCC.
To date, various targets of these two clusters have been identified in HCC and other cancers, and these targets are involved in tumor growth, cell survival and metastasis (Figure 2). It is also noteworthy that the expression of these clusters is likely to be regulated by the expression of the oncogene Myc and that the targets of these clusters include genes which exhibit significant changes during HCC. Such targets include phosphatase tensin homolog (PTEN) and members of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Multiple genetic alterations have been documented for HCC and these can be fitted broadly into four distinct groups. These include the inactivation of tumor suppressor genes such as p53, retinoblastoma (RB), PTEN and runt-related transcription factor 3, as well as the activation of oncogenes such as that of Myc, Ras and Raf. The activation of growth factors and their receptors such as transforming growth factor-α, insulin-like growth factor-2 receptor as well as the reactivation of developmental pathways including that of the hedgehog and Wnt/β-catenin pathways are also contributors to HCC[83].
These two miRNA clusters can suppress the protein expression of tumor suppressor PTEN[35,84-86]. Down-regulation of PTEN leads to hyper-proliferative and anti-apoptotic activities via the AKT pathway[87]. PTEN-deficient mice exhibit hepatomegaly, steatohepatitis, fibrosis and eventually develop HCC[88]. PTEN down-regulation was also observed in fibrotic livers of bile duct ligated mice[89]. In contrast, over-expression of PTEN inhibited HSC activation[90]. In HCC tissues, there is usually low or no PTEN expression[86,87]. Together, these data indicate that the up-regulation of these two miRNA clusters can result in hepatic down-regulation of PTEN during fibrosis and in the progression towards tumorigenesis.
The transcription factor E2F1 is a target gene for the miR-17 seed family. Members of this family can interact with the 3’ UTR of the E2F1 transcripts and inhibit its translation in HCC cell lines. In HCC tumors, it is likely that the miR-17 family prevents excessively high E2F1 expression, which may then cause apoptosis[24,34]. Both the miR-17-92 and the miR-106b-25 clusters have been shown to participate in the auto-regulatory feedback loop involving c-Myc and E2F transcription factors. These factors regulate the expression of the clusters while members of the clusters in turn regulate the expression of E2F1. This mode of action has been also observed for these clusters in other tumors including prostate cancer and gastric cancer[76,77]. In addition, the RB protein which regulates the transactivation function of E2F transcription factors, was also found as a target of miR-106b in laryngeal carcinoma[91]. In mice, RB loss significantly increased liver tumor multiplicity and proliferation, and had higher expression of E2F target genes compared to the wild-type controls[92].
Current evidence also showed that members of these clusters can confer resistance to apoptosis. This is achieved by miR-25 targeting components of the mitochondrial-dependent and the death receptor-dependent apoptotic pathways. In HCC, miR-25 has been shown to target the pro-apoptotic Bim[34]. Bim is a member of the BH3-only domain family of proteins which regulates the mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis pathway. It inhibits the anti-apoptotic activities of Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL by its interactions with these molecules on the mitochondria membrane[93]. In addition, miR-25 has also been shown to target the TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) death receptor-4 (DR4) in cholangiocarcinoma[37]. The binding of TRAIL to DR4 results in the formation of the death-inducing signaling complex and the activation of caspases in the apoptotic signaling pathway[94].
The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is often activated in HCC and is regulated by the miR-106b-25 cluster. Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), which is a member of the complex of proteins that targets cytosolic β-catenin for proteasomal degradation, is targeted by miR-106b in HCC[70]. Over-expression of miR-106b decreased APC protein expression, promoted nuclear accumulation of β-catenin and activated the transcription of cyclin D1, resulting in the proliferation and anchorage-independent growth of hepatoma cells. The epithelial cell adhesion molecule E-cadherin, which links β-catenin and α-catenin to actin to stabilize cell adhesion[95], is also targeted by miR-92a and miR-25 in esophageal cancer[96,97]. Loss of E-cadherin in HCC has been shown to correlate with intrahepatic metastasis[98].
During HCC progression, both intra- and extra-hepatic metastasis can occur and efforts have been made to identify miRNAs that may contribute to metastasis in HCC. Some miRNAs are pro-metastatic while others are considered to be anti-metastatic. For the former, various miRNAs including miR-29a, miR-135a and miR-155 have been shown to promote cell migration, cell invasion and metastasis in HCC. miR-29a targets PTEN while miR-135a inhibits metastasis suppressor 1 (MTSS1)[99,100]. Expression of miR-155 has been shown to be predictive of poor survival in HCC patients following liver transplant[101]. In contrast, miR-124 and miR-29b are examples of anti-metastatic miRNAs. miR-124 is able to inhibit HCC invasion and migrating by targeting the 3’-UTR of Rho-associated, coiled-coil containing protein kinase 2 (ROCK2) and enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (Drosophila), EZH2[102] while miR-29b suppresses tumor angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis by inhibiting expression of matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2)[103].
Various studies to date have pointed to the miR-106b-25 and the miR-17-92 clusters playing a role in HCC metastasis. Over-expression of miR-17-5p leads to significant cell proliferation and intrahepatic metastasis of HCC. It was postulated and verified that increased miR-17-5p expression led to the down-regulation of its target E2F1 thereby causing the down-regulation of Wip 1 which is an E2F1-regulated gene. Wip 1 is a known suppressor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). The down-regulation of Wip 1 can trigger the activation of the p38 (MAPK) pathway, leading to an increase in phosphorylated heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) and as a result, enhances the migration of HCC cells[104]. Increased expression of miR-106b was observed to correlate with high HCC tumor grade. Over-expression of miR-106b was shown to activate the epithelial-mesenchymal transition process leading to cell migration and metastasis[71].
Although these studies suggest that the miR-106b-25 and the miR-17-92 clusters may play a pro-metastatic role, there are also reports which showed that miRNAs encoded by these clusters are anti-metastatic. miRNA-19a was among the 20 metastatic signature miRNAs which were down-regulated in metastatic HCC, suggesting a possible anti-metastatic role[105]. However, it has been documented that the global miRNA expression was down-regulated in the venous metastases compared to non-tumorous tissues[106]. In addition, miR-17 was observed to be down-regulated in metastatic cell lines. This down-regulation is dependent on the action of thyroid hormone on its receptor and the knockdown of miR-17 increased p-AKT expression resulting in enhanced cell invasion. Matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP3) was shown to be a direct target of miR-17 in this context[107]. Given the complexity and heterogeneity of HCC, it is possible that the role of these miRNA clusters in regulating metastasis is context-dependent, affecting different targets not only at different stages of HCC but also dependent on the genetic aberrations within the tumor.
Other targets for miR-17-92 and its 2 paralogs, especially the miR-106b-25 cluster, have been identified for other tumors. It is likely that some of these may also be relevant for HCC. Of relevance here is the modulation of the TGF-β signaling pathway by these clusters. Smad7, which is induced by TGF-β to negatively regulate the TGF-β signaling pathway, is targeted by the miR-106b-25 cluster in human breast cancer[108]. TGFBR2 is also targeted by miR-93 and miR-106b[109,110]. The decrease in Smad7 and TGFBR2 expression in HCC could promote the TGF-β-independent JNK-Smad3 pathway and increase intrahepatic metastasis[111]. Another possibility is the tumor protein 53-induced nuclear protein 1 (TP53INP1) which is a stress-induced p53-target gene that enhances p53 stability and transcriptional activity[112]. In gastric cancer, miR-17 and miR-20 were found to target TP53INP1[113]. In HCC, the expression of TP53INP1 in the tumor samples was reduced when compared to the paired non-tumor liver tissues[114]. Thus, although various targets for the miR-106b-25 and the miR-17-92 clusters have already been identified for HCC, chronic liver infections and cirrhosis, it is evident that much more work has to be done to fully dissect out all the targets of these clusters not only for HCC but also for the progression from liver fibrosis to tumorigenesis.
In this review, we focused on the miR-17-92 cluster and its paralog the miR-106b-25 cluster. miRNAs encoded by both clusters are consistently dys-regulated in diseased liver including chronic viral infection, fibrosis, cirrhosis and HCC. Although some work has been done to examine the targets and the interplay of these clusters with key tumor suppressors (PTEN), oncogenes (c-Myc) and signaling pathways that are relevant to HCC (TGF-β and Wnt/β-catenin pathways), more work has to be done to fully understand the regulation and roles of the various members of these clusters, as well as MCM7 which is the host gene for the miR-106b-25 cluster. A thorough understanding of the roles of these clusters could provide new therapeutic, prognostic and diagnostic approaches for HCC.
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