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A sketch of known and novel MYCN-associated miRNA networks in neuroblastoma

  • Authors:
    • Francesca Megiorni
    • Moreno Colaiacovo
    • Samantha Cialfi
    • Heather P. McDowell
    • Alessandro Guffanti
    • Simona Camero
    • Armando Felsani
    • Paul D. Losty
    • Barry Pizer
    • Rajeev Shukla
    • Carlo Cappelli
    • Eva Ferrara
    • Antonio Pizzuti
    • Anna Moles
    • Carlo Dominici
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  • Published online on: June 6, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2017.5701
  • Pages: 3-20
  • Copyright: © Megiorni et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Neuroblastoma (NB) originates from neural crest-derived precursors and represents the most common childhood extracranial solid tumour. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small non-coding RNAs that participate in a wide variety of biological processes by regulating gene expression, appear to play an essential role within the NB context. High-throughput next generation sequencing (NGS) was applied to study the miRNA transcriptome in a cohort of NB tumours with and without MYCN-amplification (MNA and MNnA, respectively) and in dorsal root ganglia (DRG), as a control. Out of the 128 miRNAs differentially expressed in the NB vs. DRG comparison, 47 were expressed at higher levels, while 81 were expressed at lower levels in the NB tumours. We also found that 23 miRNAs were differentially expressed in NB with or without MYCN-amplification, with 17 miRNAs being upregulated and 6 being downregulated in the MNA subtypes. Functional annotation analysis of the target genes of these differentially expressed miRNAs demonstrated that many mRNAs were involved in cancer-related pathways, such as DNA-repair and apoptosis as well as FGFR and EGFR signalling. In particular, we found that miR-628-3p negatively affects MYCN gene expression. Furthermore, we identified a novel miRNA candidate with variable expression in MNA vs. MNnA tumours, whose putative target genes are implicated in the mTOR pathway. The present study provides further insight into the molecular mechanisms that correlate miRNA dysregulation to NB development and progression.
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Megiorni F, Colaiacovo M, Cialfi S, McDowell HP, Guffanti A, Camero S, Felsani A, Losty PD, Pizer B, Shukla R, Shukla R, et al: A sketch of known and novel MYCN-associated miRNA networks in neuroblastoma. Oncol Rep 38: 3-20, 2017
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Megiorni, F., Colaiacovo, M., Cialfi, S., McDowell, H.P., Guffanti, A., Camero, S. ... Dominici, C. (2017). A sketch of known and novel MYCN-associated miRNA networks in neuroblastoma. Oncology Reports, 38, 3-20. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2017.5701
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Megiorni, F., Colaiacovo, M., Cialfi, S., McDowell, H. P., Guffanti, A., Camero, S., Felsani, A., Losty, P. D., Pizer, B., Shukla, R., Cappelli, C., Ferrara, E., Pizzuti, A., Moles, A., Dominici, C."A sketch of known and novel MYCN-associated miRNA networks in neuroblastoma". Oncology Reports 38.1 (2017): 3-20.
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Megiorni, F., Colaiacovo, M., Cialfi, S., McDowell, H. P., Guffanti, A., Camero, S., Felsani, A., Losty, P. D., Pizer, B., Shukla, R., Cappelli, C., Ferrara, E., Pizzuti, A., Moles, A., Dominici, C."A sketch of known and novel MYCN-associated miRNA networks in neuroblastoma". Oncology Reports 38, no. 1 (2017): 3-20. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2017.5701