MicroRNA-139, an Emerging Gate-Keeper in Various Types of Cancer

Author:

Stavast Christiaan J.ORCID,van Zuijen Iris,Erkeland Stefan J.ORCID

Abstract

Mounting data show that MIR139 is commonly silenced in solid cancer and hematological malignancies. MIR139 acts as a critical tumor suppressor by tuning the cellular response to different types of stress, including DNA damage, and by repressing oncogenic signaling pathways. Recently, novel insights into the mechanism of MIR139 silencing in tumor cells have been described. These include epigenetic silencing, inhibition of POL-II transcriptional activity on gene regulatory elements, enhanced expression of competing RNAs and post-transcriptional regulation by the microprocessor complex. Some of these MIR139-silencing mechanisms have been demonstrated in different types of cancer, suggesting that these are more general oncogenic events. Reactivation of MIR139 expression in tumor cells causes inhibition of tumor cell expansion and induction of cell death by the repression of oncogenic mRNA targets. In this review, we discuss the different aspects of MIR139 as a tumor suppressor gene and give an overview on different transcriptional mechanisms regulating MIR139 in oncogenic stress and across different types of cancer. The novel insights into the expression regulation and the tumor-suppressing activities of MIR139 may pave the way to new treatment options for cancer.

Funder

Dutch Cancer Society

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

General Medicine

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