FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Cytosine methylation of mature microRNAs inhibits their functions and is associated with poor prognosis in glioblastoma multiforme BT AF Cheray, Mathilde Etcheverry, Amandine Jacques, Camille Pacaud, Romain Bougras-Cartron, Gwenola Aubry, Marc Denoual, Florent Peterlongo, Pierre Nadaradjane, Arulraj Briand, Josephine Akcha, Farida Heymann, Dominique Vallette, François M. Mosser, Jean Ory, Benjamin Cartron, Pierre-François AS 1:1,2;2:3,4,5,6;3:7;4:1,2,8;5:1,8;6:3,4,5;7:6;8:9;9:2;10:2,8;11:10;12:2,8;13:1,2,8;14:3,4,5,6;15:7;16:1,2,8,11; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:PDG-RBE-BE-LEX;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:; C1 RCINA, INSERM, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France Faculté de Médecine, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France CNRS, UMR 6290, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes (IGdR), F-35043, Rennes, France Université Rennes1, UEB, UMS 3480 Biosit, Faculté de Médecine, F-35043, Rennes, France Plate-forme Génomique Environnementale et Humaine Biosit, Université Rennes1, F-35043, Rennes, France CHU Rennes, Service de Génétique Moléculaire et Génomique, F-35033, Rennes, France INSERM, UMR 1238, équipe labellisée ligue 2012, 1 Rue Gaston Veil, 44035, Nantes, France LaBCT, Institut de Cancérologie de l’Ouest, Saint Herblain, France IRISA Inria Rennes Bretagne Atlantique, équipe GenScale, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042, Rennes, France Ifremer, Laboratoire d’Ecotoxicologie, Rue de l’Ile d’Yeu, BP21105, cedex 03 44311, Nantes, France Institut de Cancérologie de l’Ouest, CRCINA INSERM U1232, Equipe 9 –Apoptose et Progression tumorale, LaBCT, Boulevard du Pr J Monod, 44805, Saint-Herblain, France C2 INSERM, FRANCE UNIV NANTES, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE UNIV RENNES, FRANCE UNIV RENNES, FRANCE CHU RENNES, FRANCE INSERM, FRANCE ICO, FRANCE INRIA, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE ICO, FRANCE SI NANTES SE PDG-RBE-BE-LEX IN WOS Ifremer UPR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 3.693 TC 55 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00610/72196/70980.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00610/72196/70981.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00610/72196/70982.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00610/72196/70983.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00610/72196/70984.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00610/72196/70985.zip https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00610/72196/70986.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00610/72196/70987.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00610/72196/70988.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;miRNA;Cytosine-methylation;Epigenetics;DNMT3A;AGO4;Glioblastoma;Epitranscriptomics AB Background Literature reports that mature microRNA (miRNA) can be methylated at adenosine, guanosine and cytosine. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in cytosine methylation of miRNAs have not yet been fully elucidated. Here we investigated the biological role and underlying mechanism of cytosine methylation in miRNAs in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Methods RNA immunoprecipitation with the anti-5methylcytosine (5mC) antibody followed by Array, ELISA, dot blot, incorporation of a radio-labelled methyl group in miRNA, and miRNA bisulfite sequencing were perfomred to detect the cytosine methylation in mature miRNA. Cross-Linking immunoprecipiation qPCR, transfection with methylation/unmethylated mimic miRNA, luciferase promoter reporter plasmid, Biotin-tagged 3'UTR/mRNA or miRNA experiments and in vivo assays were used to investigate the role of methylated miRNAs. Finally, the prognostic value of methylated miRNAs was analyzed in a cohorte of GBM pateints. Results Our study reveals that a significant fraction of miRNAs contains 5mC. Cellular experiments show that DNMT3A/AGO4 methylated miRNAs at cytosine residues inhibit the formation of miRNA/mRNA duplex and leading to the loss of their repressive function towards gene expression. In vivo experiments show that cytosine-methylation of miRNA abolishes the tumor suppressor function of miRNA-181a-5p miRNA for example. Our study also reveals that cytosine-methylation of miRNA-181a-5p results is associated a poor prognosis in GBM patients. Conclusion Together, our results indicate that the DNMT3A/AGO4-mediated cytosine methylation of miRNA negatively. PY 2020 PD FEB SO Molecular Cancer SN 1476-4598 PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC VL 19 IS 1 UT 000519936000002 DI 10.1186/s12943-020-01155-z ID 72196 ER EF