A component of the mir-17-92 polycistronic oncomir promotes oncogene-dependent apoptosis

  1. Virginie Olive
  2. Erich Sabio
  3. Margaux J Bennett
  4. Caitlin S De Jong
  5. Anne Biton
  6. James C McGann
  7. Samantha K Greaney
  8. Nicole M Sodir
  9. Alicia Y Zhou
  10. Asha Balakrishnan
  11. Mona Foth
  12. Micah A Luftig
  13. Andrei Goga
  14. Terence P Speed
  15. Zhenyu Xuan
  16. Gerard I Evan
  17. Ying Wan
  18. Alex C Minella
  19. Lin He  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of California, Berkeley, United States
  2. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  3. University of California, San Francisco, United States
  4. Duke University, United States
  5. Center for Systems Biology, University of Texas at Dallas, United States
  6. The Third Military Medical University, China
  7. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, United States
7 figures and 1 table

Figures

Figure 1 with 1 supplement
miR-92 negatively regulates the mir-17-92 oncogenic activity in the Eμ-myc B-lymphoma model.

(A) The gene structure of the mir-17-92 polycistron and its mutated derivatives. Light colored boxes, pre-miRNAs; dark colored boxes, mature miRNAs. Homologous miRNA components are indicated by the …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00822.003
Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Gene structure and evolutionary conservation of mir-17-92.

(A) A diagram represents the gene structure of mir-17-92 and its two mammalian homologs. The six mir-17-92 components are classified into four distinct miRNA families based on the seed sequence …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00822.004
The miR-92 deficient mir-17-92 cooperates with c-Myc to promote highly aggressive B-lymphomas.

(A) The percentage of IgM positive and IgM negative B-lymphomas was calculated for each genotype (Eμ-myc/MSCV, n = 10; Eμ-myc/17-92, n = 9; Eμ-myc/17-92Δ92, n = 10; Eμ-myc/17-92Mut92, n = 10). (B) …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00822.005
Figure 3 with 1 supplement
miR-92 enhances both c-Myc-induced apoptosis and c-Myc-induced proliferation.

(A) The schematic representation of the adoptive transfer model to evaluate the miR-92 effects on the Eμ-myc premalignant B-cells in vivo. (B) miR-92 overexpression enhances the apoptotic response …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00822.007
Figure 3—figure supplement 1
miR-92 enhances c-Myc-induced apoptosis both in vitro and in vivo.

(A) miR-92 enhances the apoptotic response in the premalignant Eμ-myc B-cells in vivo. Using the Eμ-myc adoptive transfer model, we generated well-controlled Eμ-myc/MSCV and Eμ-myc/92 mice that were …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00822.008
Figure 4 with 1 supplement
miR-92 induces apoptosis through the activation of the p53 pathway.

(A) The genes upregulated by miR-92 were enriched for the cell cycle pathway and the p53 pathway. Microarray analyses compared gene expression profiles of serum starved and 4-OHT treated R26MER/MER

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00822.009
Figure 4—figure supplement 1
miR-92 overexpression triggers the activation of the p53 pathway.

(A) miR-92 overexpression in R26MER/MER MEFs induced several p53 target genes in addition to those described in Figure 3C, including mdm2, Gtse1 and Bid, but not p21. (B) Induction of p53 targets by …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00822.010
Figure 5 with 1 supplement
miR-92 promotes the accumulation of c-Myc protein through repressing Fbw7.

(A) miR-92 enhances the accumulation of c-Myc protein in synchronized R26MER/MER MEFs (upper), as well as primary B-cells (lower). The miR-92 overexpression and the control R26MER/MER MEFs were …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00822.011
Figure 5—figure supplement 1
miR-92 overexpression enhances c-Myc protein level by repressing Fbw7.

(A) miR-92 overexpression did not affect c-myc mRNA levels in two independent primary B-cells. (B) The c-Myc dosage determines the degree of c-Myc-induced apoptosis in R26MER/MER MEFs. When R26MER/ME…

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00822.012
Figure 6 with 1 supplement
The antagonistic interaction between miR-19 and miR-92 regulates the balance between proliferation and apoptosis.

(A) The schematic representation of the Eμ-myc adoptive transfer model to evaluate the functional interaction between miR-92 and miR-19 in vivo. Light colored boxes, pre-miRNAs; dark colored boxes, …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00822.013
Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Functional antagonism between miR-19:miR-92 regulates the balance between proliferation and apoptosis.

(A) miR-19 antagonizes the apoptotic effects of miR-92 in vivo. miR-92 overexpression enhanced apoptosis in premalignant Eμ-myc bone marrow B-cells in vivo, while co-expression of miR-19 and miR-92

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00822.014
The miR-19:miR-92 antagonism is disrupted during malignant transformation.

(A and B) Compared to normal splenic B-cells, premalignant and malignant Eμ-myc B-cells favored a greater increase in mature miR-19 (miR-19a and miR-19b) than miR-92. The purified normal splenic …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00822.015

Tables

Table 1
Flow cytometric immunophenotyping of Eμ-myc lymphomas with enforced expression of different mir-17-92 derivatives
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00822.006
GenotypenPercentage (%)Immunotype
Eμ-myc/MSCV440B220+, IgM−, CD19+, CD4−, CD8−
660B220+, IgM+, CD19+, CD4−, CD8− *
Eμ-myc/17–92440B220+, IgM−, CD19+, CD4−, CD8−
550B220+, IgM+, CD19+, CD4−, CD8−
110B220−, IgM−, CD19−, CD4+, CD8+
Eμ-myc/17–92Mut92770B220+, IgM−, CD19+, CD4−, CD8−
330B220+, IgM+, CD19+, CD4−, CD8−
Eμ-myc/1792Δ92880B220+, IgM−, CD19+, CD4−, CD8−
220B220+, IgM+, CD19+, CD4−, CD8− §
  1. *

    1 out of 6 samples predominantly contains IgM+ cells, with a small percentage of IgM− cells.

  2. 3 out of 5 samples predominantly contain IgM+ cells, with a small percentage of IgM− cells.

  3. 1 out of 3 samples predominantly contains IgM+ cells, with a small percentage of IgM− cells.

  4. §

    1 out of 2 samples predominantly contains IgM+ cells, with a small percentage of IgM− cells.

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