PUBLICATION
MiR-150 negatively regulates c-Myb expression, which is evolutionarily conserved and plays an important role in developmental process
- Authors
- Lin, Y.C., Kuo, M.W., Yu, J., Kuo, H.H., Lin, R.J., Lo, W.L., and Yu, A.L.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-080801-18
- Date
- 2008
- Source
- Mol. Biol. Evol. 25(10): 2189-2198 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- microRNA, miR-150, c-Myb
- MeSH Terms
-
- 3' Untranslated Regions
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Evolution, Molecular*
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
- Humans
- Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Mice
- MicroRNAs/metabolism*
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb/genetics*
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb/metabolism*
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 18667440 Full text @ Mol. Biol. Evol.
Citation
Lin, Y.C., Kuo, M.W., Yu, J., Kuo, H.H., Lin, R.J., Lo, W.L., and Yu, A.L. (2008) MiR-150 negatively regulates c-Myb expression, which is evolutionarily conserved and plays an important role in developmental process. Mol. Biol. Evol.. 25(10):2189-2198.
Abstract
Human c-Myb proto-oncogene is highly expressed in hematopoietic progenitors as well as leukemia and certain solid tumor. However, the regulatory mechanisms of its expression and biological functions remain largely unclear. Recently, c-Myb has been shown to be targeted by microRNA-150 (miR-150) which thereby controls B cell differentiation in mice. In this study, we demonstrated that c-Myb is an evolutionarily conserved target of miR-150 in human and zebrafish, using reporter assays. Ectopic expression of miR-150 in breast cancer and leukemic cells repressed endogenous c-Myb at both mRNA and protein levels. Among several leukemia cell lines, primary leukemia cells, and normal lymphocytes, expression levels of miR-150 inversely correlated with c-Myb. MiR-150 over-expression or c-Myb silencing in zebrafish zygotes led to similar and serious phenotypic defects in zebrafish, and the phenotypic aberrations induced by miR-150 could be reversed by co-injection of c-Myb mRNA. Our findings suggest that c-Myb is an evolutionally conserved target of miR-150 and miR-150/c-Myb interaction is important for embryonic development and possibly oncogenesis.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping