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ArticleHuman molecular genetics2021

The SWI/SNF complex regulates the expression of miR-222, a tumor suppressor microRNA in lung adenocarcinoma.

Paola Peinado, Alvaro Andrades, Jordi Martorell-Marugán, Jeffrey R Haswell, Frank J Slack, Pedro Carmona-Sáez, Pedro P Medina

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Article in Human molecular genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Paola PeinadoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain.
Alvaro AndradesDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain.
Jordi Martorell-MarugánGENYO, Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research, Pfizer/University of Granada/Andalusian Regional Government, Granada 18016, Spain.
Jeffrey R HaswellDepartment of Pathology, Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Frank J SlackDepartment of Pathology, Cancer Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Pedro Carmona-SáezGENYO, Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research, Pfizer/University of Granada/Andalusian Regional Government, Granada 18016, Spain.
Pedro P MedinaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain.
Universidad de Granada · ESPfizer-University of Granada-Junta de Andalucía Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research · ESBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USHarvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency · US

Funding

Precision microRNA medicine in cancerR35CA232105 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SLACK, FRANK J. · 2019 to 2025
$7.2M
NCI NIH HHS R35 CA232105
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SWitch/Sucrose Non-Fermentable (SWI/SNF) chromatin remodeling complexes are key epigenetic regulators that are recurrently mutated in cancer. Most studies of these complexes are focused on their role in regulating protein-coding genes. However, here, we show that SWI/SNF complexes control the expression of microRNAs. We used a SMARCA4-deficient model of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) to track changes in the miRNome upon SMARCA4 restoration. We found that SMARCA4-SWI/SNF complexes induced significant changes in the expression of cancer-related microRNAs. The most significantly dysregulated microRNA was miR-222, whose expression was promoted by SMARCA4-SWI/SNF complexes, but not by SMARCA2-SWI/SNF complexes via their direct binding to a miR-222 enhancer region. Importantly, miR-222 expression decreased cell viability, phenocopying the tumor suppressor role of SMARCA4-SWI/SNF complexes in LUAD. Finally, we showed that the miR-222 enhancer region resides in a topologically associating domain that does not contain any cancer-related protein-coding genes, suggesting that miR-222 may be involved in exerting the tumor suppressor role of SMARCA4. Overall, this study highlights the relevant role of the SWI/SNF complex in regulating the non-coding genome, opening new insights into the pathogenesis of LUAD.

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Genes, Tumor SuppressorAdenocarcinoma of LungCell Line, TumorChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA-Binding ProteinsEnhancer Elements, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMicroRNAsModels, BiologicalTranscription FactorsChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA-Binding ProteinsMicroRNAsMIR222, humanSWI-SNF-B chromatin-remodeling complexTranscription Factors

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PMID34240140
PMCPMC9989735
OpenAlexW3182213736

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