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Recent work by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital pinpoints critical changes in an enzyme known as DICER, which create a cascade of effects on this microRNAome.The team identified primary actors circ2082, a circular RNA, and RBM3, an RNA-binding protein, which form a complex with DICER to trap it in the nucleus of glioblastoma cells, therefore disrupting the cytoplasmic microRNAome.Findings are published in Science Advances."We are always trying to find the magic bullet to fight cancer. The problem with the magic bullet is that it's only going to hit a few tumour cells, since the other tumour cells don't have that target. We are looking for the common vulnerability -- what is the common thing that we can target?" said Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD, chair of the Brigham's Department of Neurosurgery."With this discovery, we can target something way upstream: a very common target at the epigenetic level," added Chiocca.Prior research showed the number of microRNAs expressed in cancer cells to be low when compared to non-cancerous cells.In addressing this observation, primary researchers Jakub Godlewski, PhD, and Agnieszka Bronisz, PhD, both formerly at the Brigham and now based at the Mossakowski Medical Research Centre of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, led a team that determined the absence of DICER enzyme is likely the cause of this cytoplasmic microRNA depletion.The team discovered DICER was being trapped in the nucleus by repressive interactions with RBM3 and circ2082.In order to characterise these new actors, researchers used patient-derived glioblastoma cells, which allowed them to study outcomes genetically and phenotypically similar to real patient outcomes. The cells were studied both in vitro and in vivo through implantation into the brains of lab mice.The level of microRNA expression in these mice changed their survival rates. If circ2082 was knocked down, the nuclear DICER complex of circ2082, DICER, and RBM3 was disrupted, more microRNAs were present in the cytoplasm, and the survival outcome was far greater.In these mice whose tumours had circ2082 knocked down, death by tumorigenesis never occurred, while their non-knockdown counterparts all experienced death by tumorigenesis.The downstream effect of this circ2082 expression also heavily influenced morbidity in human patients whose tissues were retrospectively analysed. Patients with circ2082-dependent signature-less widely expressed had overall longer lifespans after a cancer diagnosis."Targeting these upstream tumour proliferators has the potential to dramatically change the cancer treatment landscape. We look forward to the clinical translation of this research as we search for the right inhibitors," said Chiocca.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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