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MicroRNA-21 Targets Sprouty2 and Promotes Cellular Outgrowths
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The posttranscriptional regulator, microRNA-21 (miR-21), is up-regulated in many forms of cancer, as well as during cardiac hypertrophic growth. To understand its role, we overexpressed it in cardiocytes where it revealed a unique type of cell-to-cell “linker” in the form of long slender outgrowths and branches. We subsequently confirmed that miR-21 directly targets and down-regulates the expression of Sprouty2 (SPRY2), an inhibitor of branching morphogenesis and neurite outgrowths. We found that β-adrenergic receptor (βAR) stimulation induces up-regulation of miR-21 and down-regulation of SPRY2 and is, likewise, associated with connecting cell branches. Knockdown of SPRY2 reproduced the branching morphology in cardiocytes, and vice versa, knockdown of miR-21 using a specific ‘miRNA eraser’ or overexpression of SPRY2 inhibited βAR-induced cellular outgrowths. These structures enclose sarcomeres and connect adjacent cardiocytes through functional gap junctions. To determine how this aspect of miR-21 function translates in cancer cells, we knocked it down in colon cancer SW480 cells. This resulted in disappearance of their microvillus-like protrusions accompanied by SPRY2-dependent inhibition of cell migration. Thus, we propose that an increase in miR-21 enhances the formation of various types of cellular protrusions through directly targeting and down-regulating SPRY2.
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“MiR-21 targets SPRY2 in cardiomyocytes and SW480 colon cancer cells, enhancing cell migration (Sayed et al., 2008).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sayed, D., Rane, S., Lypowy, J., He, M., Chen, I.-Y., Vashistha, H., Yan, L., Malhotra, A., Vatner, D., & Abdellatif, M.
- Affiliations
- Cardiovascular Institute Hospital (JP)
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (US)
- Venue
- Molecular Biology of the Cell
- Published
- 2008-08
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 3272-3282
- ISSN
- 1059-1524 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-4586
- PMC
- PMC2488276
- OpenAlex
- W2160447597
- Cited by
- 355
- References
- 65
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- FWCI
- 13.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- Molecular Biology of the Cell (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
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- Rutgers University Community Repository (Rutgers University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL081381, R01HL057970)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Congenital heart defects research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Keywords
- miR-21, Sprouty2, cardiomyocytes, beta-adrenergic signaling, cell protrusions, gap junctions, cardiac hypertrophy, colon cancer, cell migration, neurite outgrowth, branching morphogenesis, post-transcriptional regulation
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cell Communication, Cell Movement, Colonic Neoplasms, Male, Membrane Proteins, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Receptors, Adrenergic, beta, RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional, Subcellular Fractions, Down-Regulation, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Gap Junctions, MicroRNAs, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Cell Proliferation, Mice
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