The Interplay Between MicroRNAs and the Neurotrophin Receptor Tropomyosin-related Kinase C Controls Proliferation of Human Neuroblastoma Cells

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 2007 May 8

PMID 17483472

Citations 68

Authors

Pietro Laneve

Lucia Di Marcotullio

Ubaldo Gioia

Micol E Fiori

Elisabetta Ferretti

Alberto Gulino

Irene Bozzoni

Elisa Caffarelli

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Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are tiny noncoding RNAs whose function as modulators of gene expression is crucial for the proper control of cell growth and differentiation. Although the profile of miRNA expression has been defined for many different cellular systems, the elucidation of the regulatory networks in which they are involved is only just emerging. In this work, we identify a crucial role for three neuronal miRNAs (9, 125a, and 125b) in controlling human neuroblastoma cell proliferation. We show that these molecules act in an additive manner by repressing a common target, the truncated isoform of the neurotrophin receptor tropomyosin-related kinase C, and we demonstrate that the down-regulation of this isoform is critical for regulating neuroblastoma cell growth. Consistently with their function, these miRNAs were found to be down-modulated in primary neuroblastoma tumors.

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