国际肿瘤学杂志 ›› 2014, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (3): 165-168.doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2014.03.002

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双向负反馈环路lin28-let-7与肿瘤

彭景涛, 莫仁, 凡杰   

  1. 200080 上海交通大学附属第一人民医院泌尿外科
  • 出版日期:2014-03-08 发布日期:2014-03-17
  • 通讯作者: 凡杰, E-mail: jief67@sina.com E-mail:jief67@sina.com
  • 基金资助:
    上海市科学技术委员会科研计划项目(124119a2200)

A double-negative feedback loop lin28-let-7 and tumor

Peng Jingtao, Mo Ren, Fan Jie   

  1. Department of Urology, Shanghai First People′s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200080, China
  • Online:2014-03-08 Published:2014-03-17
  • Contact: Fan Jie, E-mail: jief67@sina.com E-mail:jief67@sina.com

摘要: let-7家族是重要的肿瘤抑制因子,在干细胞分化和肿瘤抑制中起重要作用。RNA结合蛋白lin28是重要的干细胞因子,能维持细胞干性,促进细胞恶性转化。lin28可与let-7前体结合,阻断let-7成熟;而let-7可结合至lin28 mRNA的3′非翻译区(UTR),抑制lin28表达。lin28-let-7形成一个双向负反馈环路,参与干细胞分化、肿瘤发生、侵袭转移、耐药复发等生物过程,可作为肿瘤治疗新靶点。

关键词: 肿瘤, 微RNAs, RNA结合蛋白质类, 肿瘤干细胞

Abstract: The microRNA let-7 family, functioning as a tumor suppressor, has emerged as a regulator of stem cell differentiation and tumor repression. The RNA-binding protein lin28 is a stem cell pluripotency factor, which contributes to the maintenance of stem cell characteristics and promoting cell malignant transformation. lin28 can block the maturity of let-7 by combining with the precursors of let-7 family miRNAs, which is itself able to repress lin28 by binding to the 3′-UTR of lin28 transcripts, thus forming a feedback loop. The doublenegative feedback loop comprising lin28 and let-7 is involved in several biological processes such as differentiation of stem cell, tumorigenesis, invasion and metastasis, drug resistance and relapse, which could be a potential target for cancer therapy.

Key words: Neoplasms, MicroRNAs, RNA-binding proteins, Neoplastic stem cells