The PLAGL2/MYCN/miR-506-3p Interplay Regulates Neuroblastoma Cell Fate and Associates with Neuroblastoma Progression

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dc.contributor.authorZhao, Zhenze
dc.contributor.authorShelton, Spencer D.
dc.contributor.authorOviedo, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Amy L.
dc.contributor.authorBryant, Collin P.
dc.contributor.authorOmidvarnia, Soroush
dc.contributor.authorDu, Liqin
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-11T17:58:41Z
dc.date.available2020-03-11T17:58:41Z
dc.date.issued2020-01
dc.description.abstractBackground: The oncogene MYCN is critical for tumorigenesis of several types of cancers including neuroblastoma. We previously reported that miR-506-3p repressed MYCN expression in neuroblastoma cells. However, the mechanism underlying such regulation was undetermined since there is no miR-506-3p target site in MYCN 3’UTR. Methods: By a systematic investigation combining microarray, informatics and luciferase reporter assay, we identified that the transcriptional factor pleiomorphic adenoma gene-like 2 (PLAGL2) is a direct target of miR-506-3p that mediates its regulation on MYCN expression. Using CHIP-PCR and luciferase reporter assay, we validated the transcriptional regulation of MYCN by PLAGL2 and we further demonstrated the transcriptional regulation of PLAGL2 by MYCN. We examined the function of PLAGL2 in regulating neuroblastoma cell fate by cell viability assay, colony formation and Western blotting of differentiation markers. We examined the effect of retinoic acid, the differentiation agent used in neuroblastoma therapy, on miR-506-3p, PLAGL2 and MYCN expressions by quantitative PCR and Western blots. We investigated the clinical relevance of PLAGL2 expression by examining the correlation of tumor PLAGL2 mRNA levels with MYCN mRNA expression and patient survival using public neuroblastoma patient datasets. Results: We found that miR-506-3p directly down-regulated PLAGL2 expression, and we validated a PLAGL2 binding site in the MYCN promoter region responsible for promoting MYCN transcription, thereby establishing a mechanism through which miR-506-3p regulates MYCN expression. Conversely, we discovered that MYCN regulated PLAGL2 transcription through five N-Myc-binding E-boxes in the PLAGL2 promoter region. We further confirmed the reciprocal regulation between endogenous PLAGL2 and MYCN in multiple neuroblastoma cell lines. Moreover, we found that PLAGL2 knockdown induced neuroblastoma cell differentiation and reduced cell proliferation, and combined knockdown of PLAGL2 and MYCN showed a synergistic effect. More strikingly, we found that high tumor PLAGL2 mRNA levels were significantly correlated with high MYCN mRNA levels and poor patient survival in neuroblastoma patients. Furthermore, we found that retinoic acid increased expression of miR-506-3p and repressed expression of MYCN and PLAGL2. Conclusions: Our findings altogether suggest that the interplay network formed by PLAGL2, MYCN and miR-506-3p is an important mechanism in regulating neuroblastoma cell fate, determining neuroblastoma prognosis, and mediating the therapeutic function of retinoic acid.
dc.description.departmentChemistry and Biochemistry
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dc.format.extent20 pages
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dc.identifier.citationZhao, Z., Shelton, S. D., Oviedo, A., Baker, A. L., Bryant, C. P., Omidvarnia, S., & Du, L. (2020). The PLAGL2/MYCN/miR-506-3p interplay regulates neuroblastoma cell fate and associates with neuroblastoma progression. Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research, 39(1).
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13046-020-1531-2
dc.identifier.issn1756-9966
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/9382
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.rights.holder© 2020 The Author(s).
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
dc.sourceJournal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research, 2020, Vol. 39, No. 1.
dc.subjectneuroblastoma
dc.subjectPLAGL2
dc.subjectMYCN
dc.subjectretinoic acid
dc.subjectcell differentiation
dc.subjectmiR-506-3p
dc.subjectChemistry and Biochemistry
dc.titleThe PLAGL2/MYCN/miR-506-3p Interplay Regulates Neuroblastoma Cell Fate and Associates with Neuroblastoma Progression
dc.typeArticle

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