Inhibition of miR-1193 leads to synthetic lethality in glioblastoma multiforme cells deficient of DNA-PKcs

Cell Death Dis. 2020 Jul 30;11(7):602. doi: 10.1038/s41419-020-02812-3.

Abstract

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most malignant primary brain tumor and has the highest mortality rate among cancers and high resistance to radiation and cytotoxic chemotherapy. Although some targeted therapies can partially inhibit oncogenic mutation-driven proliferation of GBM cells, therapies harnessing synthetic lethality are 'coincidental' treatments with high effectiveness in cancers with gene mutations, such as GBM, which frequently exhibits DNA-PKcs mutation. By implementing a highly efficient high-throughput screening (HTS) platform using an in-house-constructed genome-wide human microRNA inhibitor library, we demonstrated that miR-1193 inhibition sensitized GBM tumor cells with DNA-PKcs deficiency. Furthermore, we found that miR-1193 directly targets YY1AP1, leading to subsequent inhibition of FEN1, an important factor in DNA damage repair. Inhibition of miR-1193 resulted in accumulation of DNA double-strand breaks and thus increased genomic instability. RPA-coated ssDNA structures enhanced ATR checkpoint kinase activity, subsequently activating the CHK1/p53/apoptosis axis. These data provide a preclinical theory for the application of miR-1193 inhibition as a potential synthetic lethal approach targeting GBM cancer cells with DNA-PKcs deficiency.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Apoptosis
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins / metabolism
  • Base Sequence
  • Brain Neoplasms / enzymology*
  • Brain Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / metabolism
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Checkpoint Kinase 1 / metabolism
  • DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded
  • DNA-Activated Protein Kinase / deficiency*
  • DNA-Activated Protein Kinase / metabolism
  • Flap Endonucleases / metabolism
  • Genomic Instability
  • Glioblastoma / enzymology*
  • Glioblastoma / genetics*
  • Humans
  • MicroRNAs / genetics
  • MicroRNAs / metabolism*
  • Models, Biological
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Signal Transduction
  • Synthetic Lethal Mutations / genetics*
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / metabolism
  • YY1 Transcription Factor / metabolism

Substances

  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • MIRN1193 microRNA, human
  • MicroRNAs
  • Transcription Factors
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
  • YY1 Transcription Factor
  • YY1AP1 protein, human
  • ATR protein, human
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins
  • CHEK1 protein, human
  • Checkpoint Kinase 1
  • DNA-Activated Protein Kinase
  • PRKDC protein, human
  • Flap Endonucleases
  • FEN1 protein, human