miR-145 Antagonizes SNAI1-Mediated Stemness and Radiation Resistance in Colorectal Cancer

Molecular Therapy : the Journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy
Yun ZhuE Ramsay Camp

Abstract

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been closely linked with therapy resistance and cancer stem cells (CSCs). However, EMT pathways have proven challenging to therapeutically target. MicroRNA 145 (miR-145) targets multiple stem cell transcription factors and its expression is inversely correlated with EMT. Therefore, we hypothesized that miR-145 represents a therapeutic target to reverse snail family transcriptional repressor 1 (SNAI1)-mediated stemness and radiation resistance (RT). Stable expression of SNAI1 in DLD1 and HCT116 cells (DLD1-SNAI1; HCT116-SNAI1) increased expression of Nanog and decreased miR-145 expression compared to control cells. Using a miR-145 luciferase reporter assay, we determined that ectopic SNAI1 expression significantly repressed the miR-145 promoter. DLD1-SNAI1 and HCT116-SNAI1 cells demonstrated decreased RT sensitivity and, conversely, miR-145 replacement significantly enhanced RT sensitivity. Of the five parental colon cancer cell lines, SW620 cells demonstrated relatively high endogenous SNAI1 and low miR-145 levels. In the SW620 cells, miR-145 replacement decreased CSC-related transcription factor expression, spheroid formation, and radiation resistance. In rectal cancer patient-der...Continue Reading

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