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Published in final edited form as: Biochem Pharmacol. 2010 Jul 15;80(12):2057–2065. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2010.07.003

Table 2. Putative mRNA targets of human microRNAs whose levels were affected by resveratrol treatment of SW480 cells.

Putative target mRNA Main functions of the encoded factors Role in oncogenesis hsa-miR- downregulated by resveratrol hsa-miR- upregulated by resveratrol
TGFβ1 Binds TGFβR1, TGFβR2 and TGFβR3 / Cytostatic / Induces EMT / Anti-inflammatory / Activation of hsa-miR-21 maturation / Reduces the immune response Tumor-suppressor at pre-malignant stage / Pro-metastasis at malignant stage 663
TGFβ3 Binds TGFβR1, TGFβR2 and TGFβR3 Not clear / Possibly tumor suppressor in skin / Inhibits colon metastasis in TGF m 1-/-Rag2- mice 29c / 631
TGFβR1 / ALK5 SMAD2,3 phosphorylation / TGFβ1-3 signal transduction Mutated in CRCs 21 / 181a2 1 / 206
TGFβR2 TGFβR1 phosphorylation and activation / TGFβ1-3 signal transduction Mutated in CRCs 17 / 23a / 23b / 103-1 / 103-2 / 181a2
TGFβR3 / BETAGLY CAN Sequestration of TGFβ1-3 (secreted form) / Presentation of TGFβ2 to TGFβ receptors (trans-membrane form) / Loss facilitates EMT in neoplastic cells / TGFβ-independent effects? Downregulation correlated with tumor progression or metastasis 16-1 / 23a / 23b / 103-1 / 103-2 / 424 1 / 206 /497
BAMBI TGFβ decoy receptor impairing the formation of TGFβR1- TGFβR2 complexes / Related to TGFβR1, but lacks the intracellular kinase domain / Overexpressed in metastasis Increases cellular growth / Enhances WNT signaling and inhibit of TGFβ-SMAD signaling 17 / 146a / 205 146b-5p
SMAD2 Regulatory SMAD phosphorylated and relocated in the nucleus in association with SMAD4 under TGFβ signaling / Transcriptional regulation Mutated in CRCs 16-1 / 25 / 30d / 30e-5p / 92a-2 / 146a / 205 / 181a2 / 424 30c-1 / 146b-5p / 206 / 340
SMAD3 same as SMAD2 Mutated in CRCs / Overexpressed in late stage sporadic CRCs / pSMAD3L mediates Mesenchymal cell invasion 16-1 / 23a / 23b /103-1 / 103-2 / 146a / 424 1 / 206 / 146b-5p / 497 / 663
SMAD4 Interacts with phosphorated regulatory SMADs and relocates them the nucleus / Mediates TGFβ canonical signaling / Transcriptional regulation / Lost or decreased in colon cancer Tumor suppressor 16-1 / 23a / 23b / 25 / 26a / 92a-2 / 146a / 205 / 424 1 / 206 / 146b-5p / 206 / 340 / 497
SMAD7 Inhibitory SMAD / Interference with regulatory SMADs activation / Negative regulator of BMP and TGFβ signaling pathways / Decreases WNT signaling by recruiting SMURF2 to βCATENIN / Inhibition of NF-κB signaling Oncogenic by inhibition of TGFβ-mediated growth inhibition / Tumor-supressor by inhibition of TGFβ-induced metastasis and WNT signaling 16-1 / 17 / 21 / 25 / 92a-2 / 181a2 / 424 340 / 497
SMURF1 E3 ubiquitin ligase / Ubiquitinates SMAD1 and SMAD5 / Degradation of type I receptors, regulatory SMADS, SMAD4 and SMAD7 Not clear 16-1 / 17 / 25 / 29c / 92a-2 103-2 / 340 / 424 / 659 1 / 206 / 194-2 / 103-1 /497
SMURF2 E3 ubiquitin ligase / Ubiquitinates SMAD1 and SMAD2 / Degradation of type I receptors, regulatory SMADS, SMAD4 and SMAD7 / SMAD2-SMURF2 complexes mediate the degradation of the transcriptional corepressor SnoN Highly expressed in lymph node metastases / Decreases WNT signaling by ubiquitinating βCATENIN 16-1 / 21 / 424
DICER1 RNase III / Pre-miRNA processing in cytoplasm / miR-103 validated target Inhibition drifts epithelial cancer toward mesenchymal fate 16-1 / 17 / 21 / 23a / 23b / 25 / 29c / 92a-2 / 103-1 / 103-2 /181a2 1 / 206
PTEN PI3K phosphatase / Inhibition of cell proliferation Tumor suppressor 17 / 23a / 23b / 25 / 26a / 29c / 92a-2 / 103-1 /103-2 / 181a2 / 205 494
PDCD4 Upregulated during apoptosis / Inhibits cell proliferation and tumor angiogenesis pathways / miR-21 validated target / Downregulated in CRCs Tumor suppressor 16-1 / 17 / 21 / 23a / 23b /160 / 181a2 / 424 340 / 497
MLH3 Mut-L homolog 3 / DNA Mismatch repair Tumor-suppressor 16-1 / 23a / 23b / 29c / 30d / 30e-/ 5p / 103-1 / 103-2/ 424 1 / 206 / 30c-1/ 497
MSH2 Mut-S homolog 2 / DNA Mismatch repair Tumor-suppressor 21
MSH3 Mut-S homolog 3 / DNA Mismatch repair Tumor-suppressor 17
E-CADHERI N / CDH1 Adherens Junctions / Maintenance of epithelial phenotype / Lost in EMT and metastasis Inhibitor of invasion 17 / 23a / 23b / 25 / 92a-2 / 103-1 / 103-2