A miR-130a-YAP positive feedback loop promotes organ size and tumorigenesis

Organ size determination is one of the most intriguing unsolved mysteries in biology. Aberrant activation of the major effector and transcription co-activator YAP in the Hippo pathway causes drastic organ enlargement in development and underlies tumorigenesis in many human cancers. However, how robust YAP activation is achieved during organ size control remains elusive. Here we report that the YAP signaling is sustained through a novel microRNA-dependent positive feedback loop. miR-130a, which is directly induced by YAP, could effectively repress VGLL4, an inhibitor of YAP activity, thereby amplifying the YAP signals. Inhibition of miR-130a reversed liver size enlargement induced by Hippo pathway inactivation and blocked YAP-induced tumorigenesis. Furthermore, the Drosophila Hippo pathway target bantam functionally mimics miR-130a by repressing the VGLL4 homolog SdBP/Tgi. These findings reveal an evolutionarily conserved positive feedback mechanism underlying robustness of the Hippo pathway in size control and tumorigenesis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Cell research - 25(2015), 9 vom: 13. Sept., Seite 997-1012

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shen, Shuying [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Xiaocan [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Huan [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Ji, Xinyan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Li [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Tingbo [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Dawang [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Xin-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Jonathan C [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Jindan [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Xing-Guo [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Bin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acyltransferases
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
CCN1 protein, human
Cysteine-Rich Protein 61
Drosophila Proteins
EC 2.3.-
EC 2.3.1.-
Journal Article
MIRN130 microRNA, human
MicroRNAs
Phosphoproteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
TAFAZZIN protein, human
Transcription Factors
VGLL4 protein, human
YAP-Signaling Proteins
YAP1 protein, human

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Date Completed 08.06.2016

Date Revised 03.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/cr.2015.98

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM251821188