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  • 1
    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 137, No. 18 ( 2021-05-6), p. 2481-2494
    Abstract: B-cell receptor (BCR) signaling and T-cell interactions play a pivotal role in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) pathogenesis and disease aggressiveness. CLL cells can use microRNAs (miRNAs) and their targets to modulate microenvironmental interactions in the lymph node niches. To identify miRNA expression changes in the CLL microenvironment, we performed complex profiling of short noncoding RNAs in this context by comparing CXCR4/CD5 intraclonal cell subpopulations (CXCR4dimCD5bright vs CXCR4brightCD5dim cells). This identified dozens of differentially expressed miRNAs, including several that have previously been shown to modulate BCR signaling (miR-155, miR-150, and miR-22) but also other candidates for a role in microenvironmental interactions. Notably, all 3 miR-29 family members (miR-29a, miR-29b, miR-29c) were consistently down-modulated in the immune niches, and lower miR-29(a/b/c) levels associated with an increased relative responsiveness of CLL cells to BCR ligation and significantly shorter overall survival of CLL patients. We identified tumor necrosis factor receptor–associated factor 4 (TRAF4) as a novel direct target of miR-29s and revealed that higher TRAF4 levels increase CLL responsiveness to CD40 activation and downstream nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling. In CLL, BCR represses miR-29 expression via MYC, allowing for concurrent TRAF4 upregulation and stronger CD40–NF-κB signaling. This regulatory loop is disrupted by BCR inhibitors (bruton tyrosine kinase [BTK] inhibitor ibrutinib or phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase [PI3K] inhibitor idelalisib). In summary, we showed for the first time that a miRNA-dependent mechanism acts to activate CD40 signaling/T-cell interactions in a CLL microenvironment and described a novel miR-29–TRAF4–CD40 signaling axis modulated by BCR activity.
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    ISSN: 0006-4971 , 1528-0020
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    Publication Date: 2021
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 128, No. 22 ( 2016-12-02), p. 4125-4125
    Abstract: We and others have shown that deregulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) is associated with the biology of B cell malignancies, including regulation of B cell proliferation and survival (Musilova & Mraz, Leukemia, 2015). We focused on studying miRNAs that associate with the aggressiveness of FL and its transformation to diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). First, we analyzed the expression of 380 miRNAs (TaqMan Arrays, ABI) in 8 paired primary samples of FL that subsequently transformed to DLBCL. We identified statistically significant changes (P 〈 0.05, fold change 〉 1.8) in the expression of 5 miRNAs. The most significant change was the down-regulation of miR-150 (~5 fold, P=0.01). Similarly, we observed significantly reduced miR-150 levels in an independent cohort of non-paired samples of FL before vs. after transformation to DLBCL, and miR-150 was significantly less expressed in de novo DLBCL in comparison with FL. MicroRNA miR-150 is of particular interest as we have shown that its expression determines BCR signaling propensity in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) B cells, and low levels associated with worse survival (Mraz et al., Blood, 2014). Therefore, we analyzed miR-150 expression in a cohort of 89 FL samples. We noticed that miR-150 expression was lower in samples from patients with a FLIPI score ≥3 (P=0.03), and with high Ki67 positivity ( 〉 20%; P=0.003). Moreover, FL patients with low miR-150 levels ( 〈 median) had significantly shorter survival (median survival 6.2 years vs. not reached; P=0.007; HR 3.0 [CI: 1.3-6.8]). To determine the potential reason for variable miR-150 levels in FL B cells, we tested the effect of microenvironmental interactions on its expression. In this experiment, a short term (48hrs) co-culture of B cell lymphoma cells with stromal cells (HS-5) led to down-regulation of miR-150 levels (P 〈 0.05). Next we investigated the functional role of miR-150 by silencing its newly identified target, namely GAB1, in lymphoma B cells. The transfection of siGAB1 resulted in a significant reduction of BCR signaling after anti-IgM treatment (10ug/ml, assessed by calcium influx). We further showed that GAB1 is an adaptor molecule that allows for higher activity of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. CONCLUSION: Low miR-150 levels associate with a shorter overall survival in FL. This could be used as a reasonable prognostic marker since high miRNA stability allows reliable analyses of miR-150 levels from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples. Interactions with stromal cells and/or soluble microenvironmental factors down-modulate miR-150 levels in B cells, which support their BCR signalling potential. We are further investigating to what extent the miR-150 down-regulation is causally connected with the aggressiveness and/or transformation of FL. This work was supported by: the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic under the project CEITEC 2020 (LQ1601); the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 692298; the research grant GACR (16-13334Y); the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic, grant nr. 16-29622A. All rights reserved. This work was financed from the SoMoPro II Programme (project No. 4SGA8684), co-financed by European Union and the South-Moravian Region. This publication reflects only the author's views and the Union is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein; Masaryk university as part of the project "New approaches in research, diagnostics and therapy of hematological malignancies III", number MUNI/A/1028/2015 with the support of the Specific University Research Grant, as provided by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic in the year 2016; the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic - conceptual development of research organization (FNBr, 65269705, Sup 3/16); the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, grant nr. LD15144 (COST CZ); the research grant TACR (TEO2000058/2014-2019); and EHA Research Fellowship award granted by the European Hematology Association. G.P. is a city of Ostrava scholarship holder. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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    In: Biomedical Papers, Palacky University Olomouc, Vol. 156, No. 2 ( 2012-6-1), p. 128-134
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    ISSN: 1213-8118 , 1804-7521
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    Publication Date: 2012
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    In: Pathology - Research and Practice, Elsevier BV, Vol. 206, No. 9 ( 2010-09), p. 647-650
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    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 79, No. 13_Supplement ( 2019-07-01), p. 3575-3575
    Abstract: Introduction: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most frequent primary brain malignancy of astrocytic origin. The prognosis remains very poor with the median overall survival (OS) being between 12 and 16 months from diagnosis despite early use of conventional medical therapy. Identifying new therapeutic targets, as well as prognostic and predictive biomarkers for accurate stratification of patients is therefore of utmost importance. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are regulators of gene expression having critical impact on both physiological processes and the molecular pathology of GBM, indicating their potential as biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Material and Methods: Our study included 219 GBM patients and 29 patients with non-dominant anterior temporal cortexes resected during surgery for intractable epilepsy. Informed consent approved by the local Ethical Commission was obtained from each patient. RNA (RIN & gt; 8) from 77 specimens was used for next-generation RNA sequencing (RNAseq). rRNA depletion and cDNA library preparation were done with RiboCop rRNA Depletion Kit V1.2 (Lexogen) and NEBNext Ultra II Directional RNA Library Prep Kit for Illumina (NEB), respectively. RNAseq was performed using NextSeq 500 High Output Kit and NextSeq 500 instrument (both Illumina). 8,414 lncRNAs and their sequential variants with non-zero RPKM at least in one sample were statistically evaluated. The alignment and target counts were performed with CLC genomic workbench. Selected significantly dysregulated lncRNAs between GBM and non-tumor controls were analyzed in a larger cohort of 188 specimens by qRT-PCR and the expression data normalized to PPIA was then evaluated by Mann-Whitney U test. Results: Statistical analysis revealed 538 (P & lt; 0.001) dysregulated lncRNAs in GBMs compared to non-tumor brain tissue samples. The expression of top 10 downregulated lncRNAs (SNAI3-AS1, LINC00882, RFPL1S, MIR137HG, TTLL7-IT1, PWAR6, LINC00634, LINC00632, DGCR5, LINC00982; logFC ≤ -2; P & lt; 0.001) and 1 upregulated lncRNA (BTN2A3P; logFC ≥ 2; P & lt; 0.001) in GBM and non-tumor controls was successfully validated by qRT-PCR (P & lt; 0.0001). Moreover, the statistical analysis revealed 22 lncRNAs significantly dysregulated between patients with OS less than 12 months and those with OS equal or more than 12 months (P & lt; 0.01). Conclusion: We observed significant dysregulation of lncRNAs in GBM tissues compared to non-tumor controls based on the results of both RNASeq and qRT-PCR. We also found 22 lncRNAs to be dysregulated in relation to overall survival. Our study indicates that lncRNAs could serve as promising diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in GBM. This work was supported by Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic grant nr. NV18-03-00398, grant of Czech Grant Agency nr. 17-17636S, and by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic under the project CEITEC 2020 (LQ1601). Citation Format: Marek Vecera, Jan Oppelt, Lenka Radova, Radim Lipina, Stefan Reguli, Martin Smrcka, Radim Jancalek, Michal Filip, Marketa Hermanova, Leos Kren, Jiri Sana, Alena Kopkova, Julia Kovacova, Ondrej Slaby. Dysregulated expression of lncRNAs in glioblastoma multiforme and their association with overall survival [abstract] . In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 3575.
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    American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) ; 2014
    In:  Cancer Research Vol. 74, No. 19_Supplement ( 2014-10-01), p. 1496-1496
    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 74, No. 19_Supplement ( 2014-10-01), p. 1496-1496
    Abstract: Background: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most frequently occurring primary malignant brain tumor with very poor prognosis, varying therapeutic response. Therefore, it is very important to find new biomarkers which can predict a clinical outcomes and help in treatment decisions. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs that function as post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression and play key role in pathogenesis of wide range of cancer, including GBM. Aim of our study is to identify miRNA signature associated with the more aggressive phenotype of GBMs, which will enable sensitive prediction of clinical outcome in GBM patients under standard therapeutic protocols. Methods: We determined the expression profile of 667 miRNAs in tumor tissues of 58 patients with primary GBM with completed concomitant chemoradiotherapy with temozolomide according to standard Stupp protocol and 12 non-malignant brain tissues obtained from patients with drug-resistant anteromedial temporal lobe epilepsy. Methylation status of MGMT promoter (methylation-specific HRM), isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH1) status (immunohistochemistry) and co-deletion of 1p/19q (FISH) was also evaluated. Results: We have confirmed frequencies of commonly used prognostic biomarkers in GBM patients (MGMT, IDH1, 1p/19q deletion), and observed significant correlation of MGMT methylation status, response to chemoradiotherapy with temozolomide and survival of GBM patients. We have identified specific signature of miRNAs diferentially expressed between GBM tissue and non-tumoral brain tissue from epilepsy surgeries (28 miRNAs, p & lt;10-10). We have confirmed some previous observations (e.g. up-regulation of miR-21, miR-155, down-regulation of miR-128a, miR-23a) and also identified miRNAs deregulated in GBM tissue which were observed for the first time (e.g. miR-220, miR-328, miR-888, miR-504). More importantly we have found miRNA signature (miR-224, miR-31, miR-454, miR-672, miR-885-5p, miR-432) significantly associated short progression-free survival (p & lt;10-6) and overall survival (p & lt;10-6). Conclusions: These findings indicate that miRNAs play an important role in GBM pathogenesis and may serve not only as promising predictors of therapeutic outcome but also as potential therapeutic targets in GBM patients. This work was supported by Grant NT13549-4/2012, NT13860 4/2012, NT11214-4/2010 and NT13514-4/2012 of the Czech Ministry of Health, MH CZ - DRO (MMCI, 00209805). Citation Format: Jiri Sana, Radek Lakomy, Pavel Fadrus, Martin Smrcka, Pavel Slampa, Leos Kren, Marketa Hermanova, Marek Svoboda, Ondrej Slaby. MicroRNA signature associated with poor outcome of glioblastoma patients. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2014 Apr 5-9; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2014;74(19 Suppl):Abstract nr 1496. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2014-1496
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    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 78, No. 13_Supplement ( 2018-07-01), p. 2459-2459
    Abstract: Introduction: Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most frequent primary brain tumor of astrocytic origin. The prognosis is unfavourable with the median overall survival (OS) being between 12 and 15 months from diagnosis. Identification of new therapeutic targets, as well as new prognostic and predictive biomarkers for more accurate stratification of patients presents significant unmet medical needs. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are regulators of gene expression playing important roles in the molecular pathology of GBM, indicating their potential as biomarkers and therapeutics targets. Material and Methods: Our study included 80 GBM patients treated with Stupp protocol and 16 patients with non-dominant anterior temporal cortexes resected during surgery for intractable epilepsy. Informed consent approved by the local Ethical Commission was obtained from each patient. IDH1 mutations and MGMT methylation status were evaluated in all GBMs. RNA (RIN & gt; 8) from 96 specimens was used for next-generation RNA sequencing (RNAseq). rRNA depletion and cDNA library preparation were performed with RiboCop rRNA Depletion Kit V1.2 (Lexogen) and NEBNext Ultra II Directional RNA Library Prep Kit for Illumina (NEB), respectively. RNAseq was done using NextSeq 500 High Output Kit and NextSeq 500 instrument (both Illumina). 24,087 protein-coding and 8,414 non-coding RNAs and their sequential variants with non-zero RPKM at least in one sample underwent statistical evaluation. CLC genomic workbench was used for the alignment and target counts. Results: Statistical analysis revealed 84 (P & lt; 0.001) dysregulated lncRNAs in GBMs compared to non-tumor brain tissue samples. The results also showed 485 dysregulated protein-coding RNAs with P & lt; 0.001 and 24 protein-coding RNAs with P & lt; 0.000001. 35 lncRNAs showed significant dysregulation when lncRNA profiles of GBM tissues with methylated MGMT promoter (≥ 25% methylation) were compared to those with unmethylated promoter (P & lt; 0.01). When lncRNA patterns of GBM samples with mutated IDH1 were compared to those with wild-type IDH1, 60 lncRNAs were found to be significantly dysregulated (P & lt; 0.001). Correlating lncRNA expression patterns with OS uncovered 6 lncRNA signature which enabled identifying patients with significantly worse prognosis (OS & lt; 6 months). Conclusion: We described significant dysregulation of lncRNAs and protein-coding RNAs in GBM tissue compared to non-tumor brain tissue and specific lncRNA patterns linked to MGMT methylation and IDH1 mutation status. We also identified 6 lncRNA signature allowing sensitive prognostic stratification of GBM patients. Our study indicates that lncRNAs could serve as promising diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in GBM. This work was supported by Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic, grant nr. 15-33158A, 15-34553A, 15-31627A, 15-34678A, 16-31314A, 16-31765A and by grant of Czech Grant Agency nr. 16-18257S. Citation Format: Marek Vecera, Romana Butova, Radim Lipina, Stefan Reguli, Martin Smrcka, Radim Jancalek, Michal Filip, Marketa Hermanova, Leos Kren, Pavol Mojak, Jaroslav Juracek, Tana Machackova, Natalia A. Gablo, Jiri Sana, Ondrej Slaby. Clinicopathological subgroups of glioblastoma patients are characterized by specific lncRNA expression patterns [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018; 2018 Apr 14-18; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 2459.
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    In: The Lancet Oncology, Elsevier BV, Vol. 17, No. 4 ( 2016-04), p. 484-495
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    ISSN: 1470-2045
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    Publisher: Elsevier BV
    Publication Date: 2016
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    Springer Science and Business Media LLC ; 2013
    In:  Tumor Biology Vol. 34, No. 4 ( 2013-8), p. 2315-2319
    In: Tumor Biology, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 34, No. 4 ( 2013-8), p. 2315-2319
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    ISSN: 1010-4283 , 1423-0380
    Language: English
    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2013
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    In: Journal of Personalized Medicine, MDPI AG, Vol. 13, No. 2 ( 2023-02-13), p. 320-
    Abstract: Background. Acquired calcified aortic valve stenosis is the most common valve disease in adulthood. In the etiopathogenesis of this complex pathology, the importance of inflammation is mentioned, in which non-infectious influences represented by the biological effects of metal pollutants may participate. The main goal of the study was to determine the concentration of 21 metals and trace elements—aluminium (Al), barium (Ba), cadmium (Cd), calcium (Ca), chrome (Cr), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), gold (Au), lead (Pb), magnesium (Mg), mercury (Hg), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), phosphorus (P), selenium (Se), strontium (Sr), sulfur (S), tin (Sn), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V) and zinc (Zn)—in the tissue of calcified aortic valves and to compare them with the concentrations of the same elements in the tissue of healthy aortic valves in the control group. Material and methods. The study group consisted of 49 patients (25 men, mean age: 74) with acquired, severe, calcified aortic valve stenosis with indicated heart surgery. The control group included 34 deceased (20 men, median age: 53) with no evidence of heart disease. Calcified valves were explanted during cardiac surgery and deep frozen. Similarly, the valves of the control group were removed. All valves were lyophilized and analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The concentrations of selected elements were compared by means of standard statistical methods. Results. Calcified aortic valves contained significantly higher (p 〈 0.05) concentrations of Ba, Ca, Co, Cr, Mg, P, Pb, Se, Sn, Sr and Zn and—in contrast—lower concentrations of Cd, Cu, Mo, S and V than valves of the control group. Significant positive correlations of concentrations between the pairs Ca-P, Cu-S and Se-S and strong negative correlations between the elements Mg-Se, P-S and Ca-S were found in the affected valves. Conclusion. Aortic valve calcification is associated with increased tissue accumulation of the majority of the analyzed elements, including metal pollutants. Some exposure factors may increase their accumulation in the valve tissue. A relationship between exposure to environmental burden and the aortic valve calcification process cannot be ruled out. Advances in histochemical and imaging techniques allowing imaging of metal pollutants directly in valve tissue may represent an important future perspective.
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    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2023
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