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Suppression of RNA editing by miR-17 inhibits the stemness of melanoma stem cells

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MOLECULAR THERAPY-NUCLEIC ACIDS
Volume 27, Issue -, Pages 439-455

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2021.12.021

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  1. National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFD0900504]
  2. Innovation Group Project of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) [311021006]

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This study revealed that down-regulation of miR-17 in melanoma stem cells inhibits stemness and promotes differentiation by targeting ADAR2, leading to the suppression of tumor progression.
More and more evidence suggests that microRNA (miRNA) and RNA editing play key roles in the development and progression of tumor. However, the influence of miRNA-mediated RNA editing on tumor stem cells remains unclear. In this study, the results demonstrated that miR-17, which was down-regulated in melanoma stem cells, acted as a tumor inhibitor by suppressing the stemness of melanoma stem cells and promoting cell differentiation. MiR-17 targeted ADAR2 (adenosine deaminase acting on RNA 2), a gene encoding an editing enzyme required for the maintenance of melanoma stem cell stemness. In melanoma stem cells, ADAR2 was responsible for DOCK2 mRNA editing, which was able to increase the stability of DOCK2 mRNA. The in vitro and in vivo data demonstrated that DOCK2 mRNA editing upregulated the expressions of stemness and anti-apoptotic genes by activating Rac1 and then phosphorylating Akt and NF-kappa B, thus leading to oncogenesis of melanoma stem cells. Our findings contribute new perspectives to miRNA-regulated RNA editing in tumor progression.

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