Figure 3: miR-22 targets multiple oncogenes.
From: miR-22 has a potent anti-tumour role with therapeutic potential in acute myeloid leukaemia
(a) Downregulation of CRTC1, FLT3, MYCBP and ETV6 by forced expression of miR-22 in MONOMAC-6 cells. Expression of these genes was detected 48 h post transfection of MSCV-PIG (Ctrl) or MSCV-PIG-miR-22 (miR-22). (b) Crtc1, Flt3, Mycbp and Etv6 levels in MLL-ENL-ERtm cells after withdrawal of 4-OHT for 0, 7 or 10 days. (c) Expression levels of Crtc1, Flt3, Mycbp and Etv6 in mouse BM progenitor cells retrovirally transduced with MSCV-PIG+MSCV-neo (Ctrl), MSCV-PIG-miR-22+MSCV-neo (miR-22), MSCV-PIG+MSCV-neo-MLL-AF9 (MLL-AF9) or MSCV-PIG-miR-22+MSCV-neo-MLL-AF9 (MLL-AF9+miR-22). (d) Expression levels of Crtc1, Flt3, Mycbp and Etv6 in BM blast cells of leukaemic mice transplanted with MLL-AF9, MLL-AF9+miR-22 or MLL-AF9+miR-22mut primary leukaemic cells. (e,f) Expression levels of Crtc1, Flt3 and Mycbp in BM blast cells of leukaemic mice transplanted with MSCV-PIG or MSCV-PIG-miR-22-retrovirally transduced AE9a (e) or FLT3-ITD/NPM1c+ (f) primary leukaemic cells. (g) Putative miR-22 target sites and mutants in the 3′UTRs of CRTC1 (upper panel) and FLT3 (lower panel). (h) Effects of miR-22 on luciferase activity of the reporter gene bearing wild type or mutant 3′UTRs of CRTC1 or FLT3 in HEK293T cells. The mean±s.d. values from three replicates are shown. *P<0.05, t-test.
