Project description:SPINK1 overexpression defines the second largest subtype of prostate cancer (PCa), however molecular mechanisms underlying its upregulation remains poorly understood. Here, we identified the role of miR-338-5p and miR-421 in post-transcriptional regulation of SPINK1. We established that miR-338-5p/miR-421 mediates several cellular responses against SPINK1-positive cancer by targeting oncogenic long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) MALAT1, inducing cell-cycle arrest, inhibiting epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), cancer-stemness and drug resistance. Moreover, ectopic expression of miR-338-5p/miR-421 abrogates SPINK1-mediated oncogenesis, tumor growth and distant metastases in murine model. Importantly, RNA-sequencing expression analysis revealed an inverse correlation between miRNAs and SPINK1 or MALAT1 in PCa patients’ specimens. Further, we demonstrate Polycomb group protein EZH2-mediated epigenetic silencing of miR-338-5p/miR-421 in SPINK1-positive subtype. Thus, restoring miR-338-5p/miR-421 expression using epigenetic drugs or synthetic mimics could abrogate SPINK1-mediated oncogenesis by targeting multiple oncogenic pathways and eliciting anti-cancer pleiotropic effects. Taken together, the present study unravels the molecular mechanism underlying SPINK1 overexpression and suggests miR-338-5p and miR-421 replacement therapy for the treatment of SPINK1-positive malignancies.
Project description:Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in Pichia stipitis CBS 6054 grown aerobically in xylose, compared to the same strain grown aerobically in glucose. A six array study using total RNA recovered from three separate cultures of Pichia stipitis CBS 6054 grown in glucose and three separate cultures of Pichia stipitis CBS 6054 grown in xylose. Each array measures the expression level of 374,100 probes (average probe length 53.6 +/- 4.1 nt) tiled across the Pichia stipitis CBS 6054 genome with a median spacing distance of 33 nt. During data processing, probes are filtered to include only those probes corresponding to annotated protein-coding genes.
