Stephen Jones Lab Publications
Title
MicroRNA biogenesis is required for Myc-induced B-cell lymphoma development and survival
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Cell Biology
Publication Date
2010-07-01
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Alleles; Animals; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; DEAD-box RNA Helicases; Endoribonucleases; Gene Deletion; *Genes, myc; Genes, p53; Lymphoma, B-Cell; Mice; Mice, Knockout; MicroRNAs
Disciplines
Cell Biology
Abstract
Many tumor cells express globally reduced levels of microRNAs (miRNA), suggesting that decreased miRNA expression in premalignant cells contributes to their tumorigenic phenotype. In support of this, Dicer, an RNase III-like enzyme that controls the maturation of miRNA, was recently shown to function as a haploinsufficient tumor suppressor in nonhematopoietic cells. Because the Myc oncoprotein, a critical inducer of B-cell lymphomas, was reported to suppress the expression of multiple miRNAs in lymphoma cells, it was presumed that a deficiency of Dicer and subsequent loss of miRNA maturation would accelerate Myc-induced lymphoma development. We report here that, surprisingly, a haploinsufficiency of Dicer in B cells failed to promote B-cell malignancy or accelerate Myc-induced B-cell lymphomagenesis in mice. Moreover, deletion of Dicer in B cells of CD19-cre(+)/Emicro-myc mice significantly inhibited lymphomagenesis, and all lymphomas that did arise in these mice lacked functional Cre expression and retained at least one functional Dicer allele. Uncharacteristically, the lymphomas that frequently developed in the CD19-cre(+)/Dicer(fl/fl)/Emicro-myc mice were of very early precursor B-cell origin, a stage of B-cell development prior to Cre expression. Therefore, loss of Dicer function was not advantageous for lymphomagenesis, but rather, Dicer ablation was strongly selected against during Myc-induced B-cell lymphoma development. Moreover, deletion of Dicer in established B-cell lymphomas resulted in apoptosis, revealing that Dicer is required for B-cell lymphoma survival. Thus, Dicer does not function as a haploinsufficient tumor suppressor in B cells and is required for B-cell lymphoma development and survival.
DOI of Published Version
10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-4736
Source
Cancer Res. 2010 Jul 15;70(14):6083-92. Epub 2010 Jun 29. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Cancer research
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Repository Citation
Arrate, Maria Pia; Vincent, Tiffaney; Odvody, Jessica; Kar, Rekha; Jones, Stephen N.; and Eischen, Christine M., "MicroRNA biogenesis is required for Myc-induced B-cell lymphoma development and survival" (2010). Stephen Jones Lab Publications. 5.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jones/5