[HTML][HTML] The SH3BGR/STAT3 pathway regulates cell migration and angiogenesis induced by a gammaherpesvirus microRNA

W Li, Q Yan, X Ding, C Shen, M Hu, Y Zhu, D Qin… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
W Li, Q Yan, X Ding, C Shen, M Hu, Y Zhu, D Qin, H Lu, BJ Krueger, R Renne, SJ Gao, C Lu
PLoS pathogens, 2016journals.plos.org
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a gammaherpesvirus etiologically
associated with KS, a highly disseminated angiogenic tumor of hyperproliferative spindle
endothelial cells. KSHV encodes 25 mature microRNAs but their roles in KSHV-induced
tumor dissemination and angiogenesis remain unknown. Here, we investigated KSHV-
encoded miR-K12-6-3p (miR-K6-3p) promotion of endothelial cell migration and
angiogenesis, which are the underlying mechanisms of tumor dissemination and …
Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS)-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a gammaherpesvirus etiologically associated with KS, a highly disseminated angiogenic tumor of hyperproliferative spindle endothelial cells. KSHV encodes 25 mature microRNAs but their roles in KSHV-induced tumor dissemination and angiogenesis remain unknown. Here, we investigated KSHV-encoded miR-K12-6-3p (miR-K6-3p) promotion of endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis, which are the underlying mechanisms of tumor dissemination and angiogenesis. We found that ectopic expression of miR-K6-3p promoted endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis. Mass spectrometry, bioinformatics and luciferase reporter analyses revealed that miR-K6-3p directly targeted sequence in the 3’ untranslated region (UTR) of SH3 domain binding glutamate-rich protein (SH3BGR). Overexpression of SH3BGR reversed miR-K6-3p induction of cell migration and angiogenesis. Mechanistically, miR-K6-3p downregulated SH3BGR, hence relieved STAT3 from SH3BGR direct binding and inhibition, which was required for miR-K6-3p maximum activation of STAT3 and induction of cell migration and angiogenesis. Finally, deletion of miR-K6 from the KSHV genome abrogated its effect on the SH3BGR/STAT3 pathway, and KSHV-induced migration and angiogenesis. Our results illustrated that, by inhibiting SH3BGR, miR-K6-3p enhances cell migration and angiogenesis by activating the STAT3 pathway, and thus contributes to the dissemination and angiogenesis of KSHV-induced malignancies.
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