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Cell-Cycle-Targeting MicroRNAs as Therapeutic Tools against Refractory Cancers

  • Cancer Cell. 2017 Apr 10;31(4):576-590.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2017.03.004.
Per Hydbring 1 Yinan Wang 2 Anne Fassl 3 Xiaoting Li 4 Veronica Matia 3 Tobias Otto 3 Yoon Jong Choi 3 Katharine E Sweeney 3 Jan M Suski 3 Hao Yin 5 Roman L Bogorad 5 Shom Goel 6 Haluk Yuzugullu 7 Kevin J Kauffman 5 Junghoon Yang 5 Chong Jin 2 Yingxiang Li 8 Davide Floris 3 Richard Swanson 9 Kimmie Ng 10 Ewa Sicinska 11 Lars Anders 12 Jean J Zhao 7 Kornelia Polyak 13 Daniel G Anderson 14 Cheng Li 15 Piotr Sicinski 16
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 2 Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Life Sciences, Center for Life Sciences and Center for Statistical Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
  • 3 Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
  • 4 School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
  • 5 David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
  • 6 Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
  • 7 Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • 8 Department of Bioinformatics, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
  • 9 Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • 10 Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
  • 11 Department of Oncologic Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
  • 12 Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
  • 13 Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
  • 14 David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
  • 15 Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Life Sciences, Center for Life Sciences and Center for Statistical Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. Electronic address: cheng_li@pku.edu.cn.
  • 16 Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: peter_sicinski@dfci.harvard.edu.
Abstract

Cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are hyperactivated in numerous human tumors. To identify means of interfering with cyclins/CDKs, we performed nine genome-wide screens for human MicroRNAs (miRNAs) directly regulating cell-cycle proteins. We uncovered a distinct class of miRNAs that target nearly all cyclins/CDKs, which are very effective in inhibiting Cancer cell proliferation. By profiling the response of over 120 human Cancer cell lines, we derived an expression-based algorithm that can predict the response of tumors to cell-cycle-targeting miRNAs. Using systemic administration of nanoparticle-formulated miRNAs, we inhibited tumor progression in seven mouse xenograft models, including three treatment-refractory patient-derived tumors, without affecting normal tissues. Our results highlight the utility of using cell-cycle-targeting miRNAs for treatment of refractory Cancer types.

Keywords

cancers; cell cycle; cyclin-dependent kinases; cyclins; microRNAs.

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