microRNA profiling in Epstein-Barr virus-associated B-cell lymphoma

Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Mar;39(5):1880-93. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkq1043. Epub 2010 Nov 9.

Abstract

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is an oncogenic human Herpes virus found in ∼15% of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). EBV encodes miRNAs and induces changes in the cellular miRNA profile of infected cells. MiRNAs are small, non-coding RNAs of ∼19-26 nt which suppress protein synthesis by inducing translational arrest or mRNA degradation. Here, we report a comprehensive miRNA-profiling study and show that hsa-miR-424, -223, -199a-3p, -199a-5p, -27b, -378, -26b, -23a, -23b were upregulated and hsa-miR-155, -20b, -221, -151-3p, -222, -29b/c, -106a were downregulated more than 2-fold due to EBV-infection of DLBCL. All known EBV miRNAs with the exception of the BHRF1 cluster as well as EBV-miR-BART15 and -20 were present. A computational analysis indicated potential targets such as c-MYB, LATS2, c-SKI and SIAH1. We show that c-MYB is targeted by miR-155 and miR-424, that the tumor suppressor SIAH1 is targeted by miR-424, and that c-SKI is potentially regulated by miR-155. Downregulation of SIAH1 protein in DLBCL was demonstrated by immunohistochemistry. The inhibition of SIAH1 is in line with the notion that EBV impedes various pro-apoptotic pathways during tumorigenesis. The down-modulation of the oncogenic c-MYB protein, although counter-intuitive, might be explained by its tight regulation in developmental processes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Binding Sites
  • Cell Line
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / genetics
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / virology*
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
  • Gene Library
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / genetics*
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / genetics
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / virology*
  • MicroRNAs / genetics
  • MicroRNAs / metabolism*
  • Molecular Sequence Annotation
  • Nuclear Proteins / genetics
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb / metabolism
  • RNA, Small Untranslated / genetics
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / genetics
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / metabolism
  • Wnt Proteins / metabolism
  • beta Catenin / metabolism

Substances

  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • MicroRNAs
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb
  • RNA, Small Untranslated
  • Wnt Proteins
  • beta Catenin
  • SKI protein, human
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
  • seven in absentia proteins