Silencing of miR-1-1 and miR-133a-2 cluster expression by DNA hypermethylation in colorectal cancer

  • Authors:
    • Wei-Shone Chen
    • Chung-Man Leung
    • Hung-Wei Pan
    • Ling-Yueh Hu
    • Sung-Chou Li
    • Meng-Ru Ho
    • Kuo-Wang Tsai
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  • Published online on: July 5, 2012     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1899
  • Pages: 1069-1076
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Abstract

MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNA molecules that play important roles in the multistep process of colorectal carcinoma (CRC) development. The present study evaluated the relationship between miR-1-1 and miR-133a-2 expression and DNA methylation, and its putative biological role in CRC. The results indicated that DNA methylation regulated the expression of the miR-1-1 and miR-133a-2 cluster in CRC cell lines. Expression of miR-1 and miR-133a was further evaluated in 64 paired tissue samples (CRC tumor and adjacent normal mucosa) using the stem-loop real-time polymerase chain reaction. The miR-1-133a cluster displayed significantly lower expression in CRC tissue compared to adjacent normal mucosa (P<0.001). The results also indicated frequent hypermethylation of the CpG islands upstream of miR-1-133a (54.6%). Liver metastatic tissues exhibited significantly lower miR-1 (P<0.001) and miR-133a (P<0.001) expression compared to adjacent normal mucosa. Expression of the miR-1-133a cluster inversely correlated with TAGLN2 in the tumor specimens. In conclusion, epigenetic repression of the miR-1-133a cluster may play a critical role in colorectal cancer metastasis by silencing TAGLN2.

Introduction

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the major causes of cancer-related death worldwide (1). Metastasis to regional lymph nodes represents a major problem, usually leading to poor survival rate after radical operation (2). The investigation of metastasis-associated genes for the early detection or therapeutic targeting of CRC could, therefore, potentially improve the survival rate of future CRC patients.

MicroRNAs are non-coding small RNAs (18–22 nucleotides in size) and negatively regulate gene expression by binding to the 3′UTR of target genes (3). They are involved in a variety of biological processes including differentiation, morphogenesis, proliferation, and apoptosis (3). Studies have reported dysregulation of miRNAs in a number of human diseases including colon cancer (4,5). Several miRNAs display tumor suppressive functions while others have an oncogenic role during carcinogenesis (57). Investigators have linked the levels of expression of these miRNAs to clinicopathological features of disease. Analysis of their expression might, therefore, facilitate the detection and diagnosis of cancer (810). The DNA methylation of gene promoters is critical in the repression of gene expression in various cell types or development stages. Abnormal methylation of tumor suppressor genes plays a significant role in tumor development (1115). Accumulating evidence has shown that several tumor-associated miRNAs are overexpressed or downregulated during CRC progression. Among these dysregulated miRNAs, tumor suppressive miRNAs, including miR-9, miR-129, miR-134, miR-342 and miR-34b/c, are frequently silenced by aberrant DNA hypermethylation in CRC genomic DNA (1619).

The miR-1 and miR-133a family of miRNAs is encoded at two paralogous loci and reportedly downregulates and displays tumor suppressive function in various human cancers, including bladder cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, esophageal squamous carcinoma and colon cancer (2024). Datta et al(25) reported that DNA methylation can mediate the miR-1 gene and suppress tumor cell growth by repressing its oncogenic targets MET, FoxP1 and HDAC4 in hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the relationships between the DNA methylation status of the miR-1-133a cluster, levels of expression and biological function in CRC have yet to be fully elucidated. The present study performed a series of sequential analyses to evaluate the methylation status and expression of the miR-1-133a cluster in 64 paired samples of CRC tissue and 14 liver metastatic tissue samples. Results indicated that high frequency DNA hypermethylation leads to silencing of the miR-1-133a cluster expression, and that this silencing is associated with tumor metastasis.

Materials and methods

Clinical samples

Sixty-four paired tumor and adjacent normal mucosa samples and 14 metastatic liver tumor, primary tumor and adjacent mucosa samples were obtained from CRC patients who underwent surgical operation at the Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Informed consent was obtained from all patients.

Extraction of RNA

The total RNA of the tissue was extracted using TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) according to the instruction manual. Briefly, tissue samples were homogenized in 1 ml TRIzol reagent and mixed with 0.2 ml chloroform to extract protein, before RNA was precipitated using 0.5 ml isopropanol. The concentration, purity and amount of total RNA were determined using a Nanodrop 1000 spectrophotometer (Nanodrop Technologues, Inc., USA).

Cell lines and 5-Aza-dC treatment

Human colorectal cancer cell lines, HT29 and B77, were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection and maintained in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium supplemented with 10% inactivated FBS (Invitrogen). Colorectal cancer cells were cultured in the presence or absence of 2.5 μM 5-Aza-dC for 4 days. The total RNA was then prepared using TRIzol (Invitrogen), according to the previously described protocol.

Real-time polymerase chain reaction and statistical analysis

The primers were designed to the mature miRNAs for miR-1 and miR-133a for reverse transcription according to the methods described by Chen et al(26). One microgram total RNA was reverse-transcribed using a stem-loop RT reaction with RT primers and SuperScript III Reverse Transcriptase according to the user’s manual (Invitrogen). The reaction was performed with the following incubation conditions: 30 min at 16°C, followed by 50 cycles of 20°C for 30 sec, 42°C for 30 sec and 50°C for 1 sec. The enzyme was subsequently inactivated by incubation at 85°C for 5 min. Real-time PCR reactions were performed using a microRNA-specific forward primer and a universal reverse primer, and were conducted at 94°C for 10 min, followed by 40 cycles of 94°C for 15 sec and 60°C for 32 sec. Gene expression was detected using a SYBR-Green I assay (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA) and the expression levels of miRNAs were normalized to that of U6. Expression of TAGLN1 and LASP1 was examined using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with a gene-specific primer and normalized to GAPDH. All reactions were performed in triplicate and the differences between tissue types were analyzed using Student’s t-test. The difference was considered to be significant at P-value <0.05.

The individual primers used were as follows: miR-1-RT, 5′-CTCAACTGGTGTCGTGGAGTCGGCAATTCAGTTGA GATACATAC-3′; miR-133a-RT, 5′-CTCAACTGGTGTCG TGGAGTCGGCAATTCAGTTGAGCAGCTGGT-3′; miR-1-GSF, 5′-CGGCGGTGGAATGTAAAGAAGT-3′; miR-133a-GSF, 5′-CGGCGGTTTGGTCCCCTTCAAC-3′; Universal-R, 5′-CTGGTGTCGTGGAGTCGGCAATTC-3′; U6-F, 5′-CTCGCTTCGGCAGCACA-3′; U6-R, 5′-AACG CTTCACGAATTTGCGT-3′; TAGLN1-F, 5′-CGAGGG GCAGGCCCCAGTAA-3′; TAGLN1-R, 5′-GTCCGCTG CACACAGGCCAT-3′; LASP1-F, 5′-GCAACAGAGTGAG CTCCAGAG-3′; LASP1-R, 5′-TGAAACCTTTGCCCTTG TTC-3′; GAPDH-F, 5′-TGCACCACCAACTGCTTAGC-3′; GAPDH-R, 5′-GGCATGGACTGTGGTCATGAG-3′.

Conversion of DNA bisulfite and COBRA analysis

Genomic DNA was extracted from cultured cells or CRC tissues using TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen) and then 2 μg genomic DNA was subjected to bisulfite conversion using the EZ DNA Methylation-Gold kit (Zymo Research Corp., Orange, CA, USA). The conditions for the bisulfite conversion reaction were 98°C for 10 min followed by 64°C for 2.5 h, with a final incubation at 4°C for up to 20 h in a PCR thermocycler. The modified genomic DNA was used for the methylation analysis of CpG25, CpG81 and CpG26 using the specific methylation primers. The PCR conditions were as follows: 94°C for 10 min, followed by 35 cycles of 94°C for 1 min, 60°C for 1 min and 72°C for 30 sec, with a final extension at 72°C for 10 min using a PCR thermocycler and HotStart Taq DNA polymerase (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany). The methylation status of the genomic DNA of individual samples was also examined using BstUI digestion (New England Biolabs, MA, USA). The digested PCR fragments were then separated on 2% agarose gel. The individual primers used were as follows: CpG25-F, 5′-GGA GGGGTAGGATAGTAGTTTGAGT-3′; CpG25-R, 5′-AAAA AAACCTAACCTAAAAAACCAAAA-3′; CpG81-F, 5′-GGT GAGTTTTGTTTAGTTTATTATTAT-3′; CpG81-R, 5′-ATC AAAATTCCTACCTCCCAACTA-3′; CpG26-F, 5′-TGTTTG TGTTAGTAGGTGGAAGTGT-3′; CpG26-R, 5′-CCTCTA AACAATTTCTACCCTAACC-3′.

Results

Transcriptional activity of the miR-1-133a cluster is controlled by DNA methylation

Expression of miR-1 and miR-133a originated from two genomic loci in chromosome 18 and chromosome 20. This study investigated the DNA methylation alterations to regions upstream of miR-1 and miR-133a. Searches of the UCSC database identified 4 CpG islands located at the putative transcription start sites of the miR-1-1 and miR-133a-2 loci, which suggested that DNA methylation might control their transcriptional activities (Fig. 1A). The methylation status of 3 CpG-rich regions in 2 human CRC cell lines was analyzed using a COBRA approach. Complete hypermethylation of CpG of the CpG81 occurred in 2 human CRC cell lines (Fig. 1C). After 4 days of treatment with 5-Aza-dC, the transcriptional activities of miR-1 and miR-133a had reactivated in examined cells (Fig. 1B). These results indicated that the human miR-1-133a cluster can be regulated epigenetically by DNA methylation in CRC cells.

Concurrent silencing of miR-1 and miR-133a by DNA hypermethylation in colon cancer

Further analysis of miR-1 and miR-133a expression in primary CRC tissues of 64 patients revealed the significant downregulation of mature miR-1 and miR-133a expression compared to expression in normal mucosa (miR-1, 55 out of 64; miR-133a, 56 out of 64) (Fig. 2A). Simultaneous miR-1 and miR-133a downregulation occurred at a high frequency in the examined samples (84.3%; 54 out of 64). This showed that miR-1 expression well-correlated with that of miR-133a in the 64 CRC patients (r=0.78) (Fig. 2B). These results suggested that DNA hypermethylation led to low miR-1-133a cluster expression in colon cancer cells. Further analyses evaluated whether downregulation of the miR-1-133a cluster resulted from DNA hypermethylation of CpG-rich regions upstream of miR-1-1 and miR-133a-2. Analysis of the methylation status of CpG81 using COBRA analysis revealed that tumor-specific DNA methylation of CpG81 occurred in 35 out of 64 (54.6%) of the primary CRC samples (Fig. 3A). Expression of miR-1 (P<0.01) and miR-133a (P<0.001) was significantly reduced in DNA hypermethylation compared with DNA hypomethylation cases of primary colon cancer tissues (Fig. 3B). These results indicated that abnormal DNA hypermethylation concurrently silenced miR-1 and miR-133a expression in CRC.

Expression of the miR-1-133a cluster is associated with colon cancer metastasis

Expression of the miR-1-133a cluster in primary tumor, metastatic liver tumor and the corresponding normal mucosa of 14 CRC patients was evaluated using real-time PCR analysis. Relatively lower miR-1 expression occurred in 10 of 14 (71.4%) primary tumors and in 12 of 14 (85.7%) metastatic liver tumors in comparison to the corresponding normal mucosa from the same patients. Similarly, significantly lower miR-133a expression occurred in 12 of 14 (85.7%) primary tumors and in 14 of 14 (100%) metastatic liver tumors in comparison to the corresponding normal mucosa. Expression of miR-1 was significantly lower in the primary tumor (P<0.05) and metastatic liver tumor (P<0.001) than in adjacent normal mucosa; miR-133a expression was also significantly lower in the primary tumor (P<0.001) and metastatic liver tumor (P<0.001) than in adjacent normal mucosa (Fig. 4). These data suggested the involvement of miR-1-133a cluster expression in CRC metastasis.

Reduced repression of TAGLN2 resulting from DNA hypermethylation of miR-1 and miR-133a

Identification of the target genes of miR-1 and miR-133a is important for the investigation of their biological functions. The previously described data indicated that DNA hypermethylation concurrently silenced miR-1 and miR-133a expression in the CRC genome, and that low expression of miR-1 and miR-133a might contribute to CRC invasion and metastasis. This suggests that miR-1 and miR-133a might share similar biological functions in the suppression of cancer cell migration during CRC progression. The putative targets of miR-1 and miR-133a were identified using the target prediction program (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/enright-srv/microcosm/htdocs/targets/v5/). As shown in Table I, this provided 49 putative targets for simultaneous silencing by miR-1 and miR-133a. The targets TAGLN2 and LASP1, which may be involved in promoting cancer migration, were selected for further analysis (27,28). Previous studies have shown that miR-1 and miR-133a can repress the expression of TAGLN2 and LASP1 by targeting the 3′UTR region (20,24). Expression of TAGLN2 and LASP1 in paired adjacent normal and gastric tumor tissues from 64 patients was, thus, further examined using real-time quantitative PCR (Fig. 5). Results indicated an inverse correlation between TAGLN2 mRNA and miR-1-133a cluster expression in the tumor specimens. The TAGLN2 mRNA levels were significantly higher in the CRC tissues than in the adjacent normal mucosa (Fig. 5, P<0.001). In contrast, miR-1-133a cluster expression was significantly lower in the tumor tissues than in normal adjacent mucosa (Fig. 2A; P<0.001). The metastatic liver tumors also displayed significantly increased TAGLN2 expression in comparison to the corresponding normal mucosa from the same patient (Fig. 6; P<0.05). In summary, DNA hypermethylation in miR-1-1 and miR-133a-2 loci resulted in their low expression and TAGLN2 overexpression. This process might have a significant role in colorectal cancer metastasis.

Table I

Identify putative targets of miR-1-133a through target prediction program (MicroCosm Targets Version 5).

Table I

Identify putative targets of miR-1-133a through target prediction program (MicroCosm Targets Version 5).

ABL2v-abl Abelson murine leukemia viral oncogene homolog 2 (arg, Abelson-related gene)
ASH1Lash1 (absent, small, or homeotic)-like (Drosophila)
BCL11AB-cell CLL/lymphoma 11A (zinc finger protein)
CALM1Calmodulin 1 (phosphorylase kinase, δ)
CAP1CAP, adenylate cyclase-associated protein 1 (yeast)
CORO1CCoronin, actin binding protein, 1C
CREB5cAMP responsive element binding protein 5
CTBP2C-terminal binding protein 2
DDX3XDEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 3, X-linked
EIF2C1Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2C, 1
EVI1Ecotropic viral integration site 1
EYA4Eyes absent homolog 4 (Drosophila)
FOXP1Forkhead box P1
GABBR2γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) B receptor, 2
GCLCGlutamate-cysteine ligase, catalytic subunit
HIC2Hypermethylated in cancer 2
HIVEP2Human immunodeficiency virus type I enhancer binding protein 2
LASP1LIM and SH3 protein 1
LASS2Ceramide synthase 2
LETM1Leucine zipper-EF-hand containing transmembrane protein 1
LIN7CLin-7 homolog C
MAP3K3Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 3
MEIS1Meis homeobox 1
MKL2MKL/myocardin-like 2
NFAT5Nuclear factor of activated T-cells 5
PDIK1LPDLIM1 interacting kinase 1 like
PFN2Profilin 2
PIK3C2A Phosphoinositide-3-kinase, class 2, α polypeptide
PREX1 Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate-dependent Rac exchange factor 1
PTBP1Polypyrimidine tract binding protein 1
QKIQKI, KH domain containing, RNA binding
RARBRetinoic acid receptor, β
RICTORRPTOR independent companion of MTOR, complex 2
SGK269NKF3 kinase family member
SH3PXD2BSH3 and PX domains 2B
SLC25A36Solute carrier family 25, member 36
SP1Sp1 transcription factor
SYT1Synaptotagmin I
TAGLN2Transgelin 2
TFE3Transcription factor binding to IGHM enhancer 3
TTPALTocopherol (α) transfer protein-like
UBXD8Fas associated factor family member 2
VAMP2Vesicle-associated membrane protein 2
VAT1Vesicle amine transport protein 1 homolog
WIPF2WAS/WASL interacting protein family, member 2
YES1v-yes-1 Yamaguchi sarcoma viral oncogene homolog 1
YPEL2Yippee-like 2
ZBTB4Zinc finger and BTB domain containing 4
ZNF217Zinc finger protein 217

Discussion

Colorectal carcinogenesis is a multistep process involving the genetic dysregulation of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Recent studies have shown that microRNA-associated transcriptionally regulated gene expression plays a critical role in the control of various cellular functions, such as cell proliferation, cell cycle, apoptosis and cell motility (57). Investigators have described miR-1 and miR-133a as regulators of muscle cell growth and differentiation, and identified that abnormal miR-1-133a cluster expression contributes to cardiovascular disease (2931). Recent studies have also described downregulation of miR-1 expression and its tumor suppressor activity in human cancers, including prostate cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, bladder urothelial carcinoma, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, lung cancer, rhabdomyosarcoma and colorectal carcinoma. In addition, miR-1 acts as a tumor suppressor by suppressing oncotargets in human cancer, including Met, Foxp1, HDAC4, F-actin, TAGLN2, SRSF9, fibronectin and LASP1 (25,3237). Several studies have identified the downregulation of miR-133a expression in cancers and suggested that miR-133a has a tumor suppressive function in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and bladder, head, breast and lung cancers by repressing FSCN1, GSTP1, MSN, ARPC5 and CAV1 (3842). Some studies have also reported the concurrent silencing of miR-1 and miR-133a in prostate cancer, squamous cell carcinoma and bladder cancer (2022,24). The restoration of miR-1 and miR-133a in the bladder cells led to significant inhibition of cell proliferation and migration by way of repression of TAGLN2 and LASP1 expression (20,24). Nohata et al observed similar trends in squamous cell carcinoma; identifying that miR-1 and miR-133a overexpression inhibited cell proliferation and induced apoptosis by regulating TAGLN2 and PNP (22). In the present study, miR-1 (P<0.01) and miR-133a (P<0.001) expression was significantly lower in liver metastatic tissue than in adjacent normal mucosa, suggesting that these miRNAs are crucially involved in colorectal cancer metastasis. Results indicated downregulation of the miR-1-133a cluster expression in 84.3% of the CRC samples (54 out of 64) and TAGLN2 overexpression in 83.3% of the samples (45 out of 54). The TAGLN2 protein is a member of the calponin family of actin-binding proteins. Several cancer types, including HCC, lung cancer and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, exhibit TAGLN2 overexpression and promoted cancer cell migration and invasion (22,27,43,44). Zhang et al(27) further reported the correlation between TAGLN2 expression and lymph node metastasis in colorectal cancer. Overall, these data indicate that TAGLN2 might have an oncogenic function and promote cancer migration, which is regulated by the miR-1-133a cluster in CRC.

Aberrant DNA methylation is a common feature of colorectal carcinoma, leading to aberrant expression of tumor suppressive miRNAs through the hypermethylation of their promoters. Datta et al first observed DNA hypermethylation in miR-1-1 in human HCC cells and primary HCC, identifying that ectopic expression of DNA-hypermethylated miR-1-1 suppressed tumor cell growth by targeting MET, FoxP1 and HDAC4 (25). Hudson et al(32) also demonstrated the epigenetic silencing of miR-1 in human prostate cancer following 5-Aza-dC treatment. In the present study, results indicated the concurrent downregulation of miR-1 and miR-133a expression in colon cancer tissue compared to adjacent normal mucosa. Tumor genomic DNA displayed a high frequency of DNA hypermethylation compared with that of the adjacent normal mucosa (53.2%; Fig. 3). During the preparation of this manuscript, Suzuki et al(45) and Migliore et al(33) both reported the frequent methylation of miR-1-1 in colorectal cancer, in which it might function as a tumor suppressor.

In conclusion, detailed analyses of DNA methylation status in the miR-1-1 and miR-133a-2 upstream regions identified that DNA hypermethylation concurrently represses miR-1 and miR-133a expression. This reduces the microRNA-associated repression of TAGLN2 in colorectal carcinoma. In the future, DNA hypermethylation of the miR-1-133a cluster, along with identification of their target genes, could provide a promising strategy for the treatment of patients with CRC.

Acknowledgements

This study was supported in part by research funding from National Sciences Council (NSC 99-2320-B-010-021) and Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (VGHKS 101-010 and VGHKS101-118).

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Chen W, Leung C, Pan H, Hu L, Li S, Ho M and Tsai K: Silencing of miR-1-1 and miR-133a-2 cluster expression by DNA hypermethylation in colorectal cancer. Oncol Rep 28: 1069-1076, 2012.
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Chen, W., Leung, C., Pan, H., Hu, L., Li, S., Ho, M., & Tsai, K. (2012). Silencing of miR-1-1 and miR-133a-2 cluster expression by DNA hypermethylation in colorectal cancer. Oncology Reports, 28, 1069-1076. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1899
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Chen, W., Leung, C., Pan, H., Hu, L., Li, S., Ho, M., Tsai, K."Silencing of miR-1-1 and miR-133a-2 cluster expression by DNA hypermethylation in colorectal cancer". Oncology Reports 28.3 (2012): 1069-1076.
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Chen, W., Leung, C., Pan, H., Hu, L., Li, S., Ho, M., Tsai, K."Silencing of miR-1-1 and miR-133a-2 cluster expression by DNA hypermethylation in colorectal cancer". Oncology Reports 28, no. 3 (2012): 1069-1076. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1899