Pyrrole-imidazole polyamide-mediated silencing of KCNQ1OT1 expression induces cell death in Wilms' tumor cells

  • Authors:
    • Shinsuke Yoshizawa
    • Kyoko Fujiwara
    • Kiminobu Sugito
    • Shota Uekusa
    • Hiroyuki Kawashima
    • Reina Hoshi
    • Yosuke Watanabe
    • Takayuki Hirano
    • Takeshi Furuya
    • Takayuki Masuko
    • Takahiro Ueno
    • Noboru Fukuda
    • Masayoshi Soma
    • Toshinori Ozaki
    • Tsugumichi Koshinaga
    • Hiroki Nagase
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  • Published online on: May 22, 2015     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2015.3018
  • Pages: 115-121
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Abstract

KvDMR (an intronic CpG island within the KCNQ1 gene) is one of the imprinting control regions on human chromosome 11p15.5. Since KvDMR exists within the promoter region of KCNQ1OT1 (antisense transcript of KCNQ1), it is likely that genomic alterations of this region including deletion, paternal uniparental disomy and de-methylation in maternal allele lead to aberrant overexpression of KCNQ1OT1. Indeed, de-methylation of KvDMR accompanied by uncontrolled overexpression of KCNQ1OT1 occurs frequently in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), and around 10% of BWS patients developed embryonal tumors (Wilms' tumor or hepatoblastoma). These observations strongly suggest that silencing of KCNQ1OT1 expression might suppress its oncogenic potential. In the present study, we designed two pyrrole-imidazole (PI) polyamides, termed PI-a and PI-b, which might have the ability to bind to CCAAT boxes of the KCNQ1OT1 promoter region, and investigated their possible antitumor effect on Wilms' tumor-derived G401 cells. Gel retardation assay demonstrated that PI-a and PI-b specifically bind to their target sequences. Microscopic observations showed the efficient nuclear access of these PI polyamides. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis revealed that the expression level of KCNQ1OT1 was significantly decreased when treated with PI-a and PI-b simultaneously but not with either PI-a or PI-b single treatment. Consistent with these results, the combination of PI-a and PI-b resulted in a significant reduction in viability of G401 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, FACS analysis demonstrated that combinatory treatment with PI-a and PI-b induces cell death as compared with control cells. Taken together, our present observations strongly suggest that the combinatory treatment with PI polyamides targeting KCNQ1OT1 might be a novel therapeutic strategy to cure patients with tumors over­expressing KCNQ1OT1.
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Yoshizawa S, Fujiwara K, Sugito K, Uekusa S, Kawashima H, Hoshi R, Watanabe Y, Hirano T, Furuya T, Masuko T, Masuko T, et al: Pyrrole-imidazole polyamide-mediated silencing of KCNQ1OT1 expression induces cell death in Wilms' tumor cells. Int J Oncol 47: 115-121, 2015
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Yoshizawa, S., Fujiwara, K., Sugito, K., Uekusa, S., Kawashima, H., Hoshi, R. ... Nagase, H. (2015). Pyrrole-imidazole polyamide-mediated silencing of KCNQ1OT1 expression induces cell death in Wilms' tumor cells. International Journal of Oncology, 47, 115-121. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2015.3018
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Yoshizawa, S., Fujiwara, K., Sugito, K., Uekusa, S., Kawashima, H., Hoshi, R., Watanabe, Y., Hirano, T., Furuya, T., Masuko, T., Ueno, T., Fukuda, N., Soma, M., Ozaki, T., Koshinaga, T., Nagase, H."Pyrrole-imidazole polyamide-mediated silencing of KCNQ1OT1 expression induces cell death in Wilms' tumor cells". International Journal of Oncology 47.1 (2015): 115-121.
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Yoshizawa, S., Fujiwara, K., Sugito, K., Uekusa, S., Kawashima, H., Hoshi, R., Watanabe, Y., Hirano, T., Furuya, T., Masuko, T., Ueno, T., Fukuda, N., Soma, M., Ozaki, T., Koshinaga, T., Nagase, H."Pyrrole-imidazole polyamide-mediated silencing of KCNQ1OT1 expression induces cell death in Wilms' tumor cells". International Journal of Oncology 47, no. 1 (2015): 115-121. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2015.3018