Neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) represents a variant of prostate cancer that occurs in response to treatment resistance or, to a much lesser extent, de novo. Unravelling the molecular mechanisms behind transdifferentiation of cancer cells to neuroendocrine-like cancer cells is essential for development of new treatment opportunities. This review focuses on summarizing the role of small molecules, predominantly microRNAs, in this phenomenon. A published literature search was performed to identify microRNAs, which are reported and experimentally validated to modulate neuroendocrine markers and/or regulators and to affect the complex neuroendocrine phenotype. Next, available patients' expression datasets were surveyed to identify deregulated microRNAs, and their effect on NEPC and prostate cancer progression is summarized. Finally, possibilities of miRNA detection and quantification in body fluids of prostate cancer patients and their possible use as liquid biopsy in prostate cancer monitoring are discussed. All the addressed clinical and experimental contexts point to an association of NEPC with upregulation of miR-375 and downregulation of miR-34a and miR-19b-3p. Together, this review provides an overview of different roles of non-coding RNAs in the emergence of neuroendocrine prostate cancer.

• Klíčová slova
• exosomes, extracellular vesicles, liquid biomarkers, lncRNA, microRNA, neuroendocrine differentiation/transdifferentiation, patients’ dataset, prostate cancer,
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• přehledy MeSH

Hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 beta (HNF1B) is a tissue specific transcription factor, which seems to play an important role in the carcinogenesis of several tumors. In our study we focused on analyzing HNF1B in prostate carcinoma (PC) and adenomyomatous hyperplasia (AH), as well as its possible relation to the upstream gene EZH2 and downstream gene ECI2. The results of our study showed that on an immunohistochemical level, the expression of HNF1B was low in PC, did not differ between PC and AH, and did not correlate with any clinical outcomes. In PC, mutations of HNF1B gene were rare, but the methylation of its promotor was a common finding and was positively correlated with Gleason score and stage. The relationship between HNF1B and EZH2/ECI2 was equivocal, but EZH2 and ECI2 were positively correlated on both mRNA and protein level. The expression of EZH2 was associated with poor prognosis. ECI2 did not correlate with any clinical outcomes. Our results support the oncosuppressive role of HNF1B in PC, which may be silenced by promotor methylation and other mechanisms, but not by gene mutation. The high expression of EZH2 (especially) and ECI2 in PC seems to be a potential therapeutic target.

• MeSH
• enoyl-CoA-izomeráza genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• EZH2 protein genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• hepatocytární jaderný faktor 1-beta genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• hyperplazie prostaty genetika   metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• imunohistochemie metody   MeSH
• kohortové studie MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• messenger RNA genetika   MeSH
• metylace DNA MeSH
• mutace MeSH
• nádory prostaty genetika   metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• prognóza MeSH
• promotorové oblasti (genetika) MeSH
• prostata patologie   MeSH
• regulace genové exprese u nádorů MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• stupeň nádoru MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• ECI2 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• enoyl-CoA-izomeráza MeSH
• EZH2 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• EZH2 protein MeSH
• hepatocytární jaderný faktor 1-beta MeSH
• HNF1B protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• messenger RNA MeSH

Downregulation of miR26A1 has been reported in various B-cell malignancies; however, the mechanism behind its deregulation remains largely unknown. We investigated miR26A1 methylation and expression levels in a well-characterized series of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). From 450K methylation arrays, we first observed miR26A1 (cg26054057) as uniformly hypermethylated in MCL (n = 24) (all >75%), while CLL (n = 18) showed differential methylation between prognostic subgroups. Extended analysis using pyrosequencing confirmed our findings and real-time quantitative PCR verified low miR26A1 expression in both CLL (n = 70) and MCL (n = 38) compared to normal B-cells. Notably, the level of miR26A1 methylation predicted outcome in CLL, with higher levels seen in poor-prognostic, IGHV-unmutated CLL. Since EZH2 was recently reported as a target for miR26A1, we analyzed the expression levels of both miR26A1 and EZH2 in primary CLL samples and observed an inverse correlation. By overexpression of miR26A1 in CLL and MCL cell lines, reduced EZH2 protein levels were observed using both Western blot and flow cytometry. In contrast, methyl-inhibitor treatment led to upregulated miR26A1 expression with a parallel decrease of EZH2 expression. Finally, increased levels of apoptosis were observed in miR26A1-overexpressing cell lines, further underscoring the functional relevance of miR26A1. In summary, we propose that epigenetic silencing of miR26A1 is required for the maintenance of increased levels of EZH2, which in turn translate into a worse outcome, as shown in CLL, highlighting miR26A1 as a tumor suppressor miRNA.

• Klíčová slova
• Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, DNA methylation, mantle cell lymphoma, microRNA, tumor suppressor,
• MeSH
• apoptóza genetika   MeSH
• chronická lymfatická leukemie genetika   patologie   MeSH
• epigeneze genetická MeSH
• EZH2 protein biosyntéza   genetika   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• lymfom z plášťových buněk genetika   patologie   MeSH
• metylace DNA genetika   MeSH
• mikro RNA biosyntéza   genetika   MeSH
• nádorové buněčné linie MeSH
• promotorové oblasti (genetika) MeSH
• regulace genové exprese u nádorů MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• EZH2 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• EZH2 protein MeSH
• mikro RNA MeSH
• MIRN26A microRNA, human MeSH Prohlížeč