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Epstein-Barr virus-encoded microRNA BART7 downregulates major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related peptide A and reduces the cytotoxicity of natural killer cells to nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Evasion from natural killer (NK) cell surveillance enables cancer to proliferate and spread at the early stages. NK cells mediate specific cytolysis by activation of the triggering receptors on their cell surface, of which the communication between natural killer group 2, member D (NKG2D) and major...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6096257/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30127876 http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.9041 |
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author | Wong, Thian-Sze Chen, Siqi Zhang, Min-Juan Chan, Jimmy Yu-Wai Gao, Wei |
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description | Evasion from natural killer (NK) cell surveillance enables cancer to proliferate and spread at the early stages. NK cells mediate specific cytolysis by activation of the triggering receptors on their cell surface, of which the communication between natural killer group 2, member D (NKG2D) and major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related peptide A (MICA) is a key regulatory axis. It has been indicated that cancer cells can reduce the surface expression of MICA, which thereby reduces the cytotoxicity of NK cells. In nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), however, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. The present study indicated that MICA expression in NPC was regulated by TGFβ1. Furthermore, the human MICA gene was demonstrated to contain the c-Myc binding site in the promoter region. Notably, the results suggested that TGFβ1 upregulated MICA expression by promoting c-Myc expression. Additionally, the findings demosntrated that TGFβ1 expression in NPC was negatively controlled by Epstein-Barr virus-encoded microRNA BART7 (ebv-miR-BART7). In ebv-miR-BART7-expressing NPC, the TGFβ1/c-Myc/MICA regulatory axis was significantly inhibited. Notably, functional analysis indicated that NPC cells expressing ebv-miR-BART7 were less sensitive to the cytolysis mediated by NK cells. In conclusion, the present results revealed that ebv-miR-BART7-expressing NPC may impair NK cells recognition and activity, which suggests that targeting ebv-miR-BART7 may be a useful therapeutic strategy in NPC immunotherapy. |
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spelling | pubmed-60962572018-08-20 Epstein-Barr virus-encoded microRNA BART7 downregulates major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related peptide A and reduces the cytotoxicity of natural killer cells to nasopharyngeal carcinoma Wong, Thian-Sze Chen, Siqi Zhang, Min-Juan Chan, Jimmy Yu-Wai Gao, Wei Oncol Lett Articles Evasion from natural killer (NK) cell surveillance enables cancer to proliferate and spread at the early stages. NK cells mediate specific cytolysis by activation of the triggering receptors on their cell surface, of which the communication between natural killer group 2, member D (NKG2D) and major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related peptide A (MICA) is a key regulatory axis. It has been indicated that cancer cells can reduce the surface expression of MICA, which thereby reduces the cytotoxicity of NK cells. In nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), however, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. The present study indicated that MICA expression in NPC was regulated by TGFβ1. Furthermore, the human MICA gene was demonstrated to contain the c-Myc binding site in the promoter region. Notably, the results suggested that TGFβ1 upregulated MICA expression by promoting c-Myc expression. Additionally, the findings demosntrated that TGFβ1 expression in NPC was negatively controlled by Epstein-Barr virus-encoded microRNA BART7 (ebv-miR-BART7). In ebv-miR-BART7-expressing NPC, the TGFβ1/c-Myc/MICA regulatory axis was significantly inhibited. Notably, functional analysis indicated that NPC cells expressing ebv-miR-BART7 were less sensitive to the cytolysis mediated by NK cells. In conclusion, the present results revealed that ebv-miR-BART7-expressing NPC may impair NK cells recognition and activity, which suggests that targeting ebv-miR-BART7 may be a useful therapeutic strategy in NPC immunotherapy. D.A. Spandidos 2018-09 2018-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6096257/ /pubmed/30127876 http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.9041 Text en Copyright: © Wong et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Articles Wong, Thian-Sze Chen, Siqi Zhang, Min-Juan Chan, Jimmy Yu-Wai Gao, Wei Epstein-Barr virus-encoded microRNA BART7 downregulates major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related peptide A and reduces the cytotoxicity of natural killer cells to nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
title | Epstein-Barr virus-encoded microRNA BART7 downregulates major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related peptide A and reduces the cytotoxicity of natural killer cells to nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
title_full | Epstein-Barr virus-encoded microRNA BART7 downregulates major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related peptide A and reduces the cytotoxicity of natural killer cells to nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
title_fullStr | Epstein-Barr virus-encoded microRNA BART7 downregulates major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related peptide A and reduces the cytotoxicity of natural killer cells to nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
title_full_unstemmed | Epstein-Barr virus-encoded microRNA BART7 downregulates major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related peptide A and reduces the cytotoxicity of natural killer cells to nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
title_short | Epstein-Barr virus-encoded microRNA BART7 downregulates major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related peptide A and reduces the cytotoxicity of natural killer cells to nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
title_sort | epstein-barr virus-encoded microrna bart7 downregulates major histocompatibility complex class i chain-related peptide a and reduces the cytotoxicity of natural killer cells to nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6096257/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30127876 http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.9041 |
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