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MiR-15a-5p Confers Chemoresistance in Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Inhibiting Autophagy Induced by Daunorubicin
Authors:Emeline Bollaert  Melissa Claus  Virginie Vandewalle  Sandrine Lenglez  Ahmed Essaghir  Jean-Baptiste Demoulin  Violaine Havelange
Affiliation:1.Experimental Medicine Unit, de Duve Institute, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Avenue Hippocrate 75 box B1.74.05, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; (E.B.); (M.C.); (V.V.); (S.L.); (A.E.); (J.-B.D.);2.Department of Hematology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
Abstract:Anthracyclines remain a cornerstone of induction chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Refractory or relapsed disease due to chemotherapy resistance is a major obstacle in AML management. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been observed to be involved in chemoresistance. We previously observed that miR-15a-5p was overexpressed in a subgroup of chemoresistant cytogenetically normal AML patients compared with chemosensitive patients treated with daunorubicin and cytarabine. MiR-15a-5p overexpression in AML cells reduced apoptosis induced by both drugs in vitro. This study aimed to elucidate the mechanisms by which miR-15a-5p contributes to daunorubicin resistance. We showed that daunorubicin induced autophagy in myeloid cell lines. The inhibition of autophagy reduced cell sensitivity to daunorubicin. The overexpression of miR-15a-5p decreased daunorubicin-induced autophagy. Conversely, the downregulation of miR-15a-5p increased daunorubicin-induced autophagy. We found that miR-15a-5p targeted four genes involved in autophagy, namely ATG9a, ATG14, GABARAPL1 and SMPD1. Daunorubicin increased the expression of these four genes, and miR-15a-5p counteracted this regulation. Inhibition experiments with the four target genes showed the functional effect of miR-15a-5p on autophagy. In summary, our results indicated that miR-15a-5p induces chemoresistance in AML cells through the abrogation of daunorubicin-induced autophagy, suggesting that miR-15a-5p could be a promising therapeutic target for chemoresistant AML patients.
Keywords:microRNA  chemoresistance  daunorubicin  autophagy  acute myeloid leukemia  target genes
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