Regulatory role of miRNAs in nasopharyngeal cancer involving PTEN/PI3K/AKT, TGFβ/SMAD, RAS/MAPK, Wnt/β-catenin and pRB-E2F signaling pathways: a review
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Author(s)
S M N Mydin, Rabiatul Basria
Azlan, Adam
Okekpa, Simon I
Gooderham, Nigel J
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNA) are small and conserved noncoding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression at the posttranscriptional level. These groups of RNAs are crucial in various cellular processes, especially in mediating disease pathogenesis, particularly cancer. The dysregulation of miRNAs was reported in many cancer types, including nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC), which is a malignant tumor of the nasopharynx. In this review, miRNAs involvement in crucial signaling pathways associated with NPC such as PTEN/PI3K/AKT, TGFβ/SMAD, RAS/MAPK, Wnt/β-catenin and pRB-E2F was investigated. miRNAs could function as tumor suppressor-miR or onco-miR in NPC profoundly influenced cell cycle, apoptosis, proliferation, migration, and metastasis. This comprehensive review of current literature provided a thorough profile of miRNAs and their interplay with the aforementioned signaling pathways in NPC. Understanding these molecular interactions could remarkably impact the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic strategies for NPC.
Date Issued
2024-03-01
Date Acceptance
2024-01-17
Citation
Cell Biochemistry and Function, 2024, 42 (2)
ISSN
0263-6484
Publisher
Wiley
Journal / Book Title
Cell Biochemistry and Function
Volume
42
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the author’s accepted manuscript made available under a CC-BY licence in accordance with Imperial’s Research Publications Open Access policy (www.imperial.ac.uk/oa-policy)
License URL
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38362935
Subjects
beta Catenin
Carcinoma
Cell Line, Tumor
Cell Movement
Cell Proliferation
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
Humans
MicroRNAs
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
PTEN Phosphohydrolase
Signal Transduction
Transforming Growth Factor beta
cancer
disease
microRNA
nasopharyngeal Cancer
onco-mir
tumor suppressor-miR
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Article Number
e3945
Date Publish Online
2024-02-16