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Arsenic-Induced Carcinogenesis: The Impact of miRNA Dysregulation
Ana P Ferragut Cardoso1, Laila Al-Eryani2, J Christopher States1
1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202.
Abstract:
Arsenic is a toxic metalloid widely present in the earth's crust, and is a proven human carcinogen. Chronic arsenic exposure mainly through drinking water causes skin, lung, and urinary bladder cancers, and is associated with liver, prostate, and kidney cancers, cardiovascular and neurological disorders, and diabetes. Several modes of action have been suggested in arsenic carcinogenesis. However, the molecular etiology of arsenic-induced cancer remains unclear. Recent evidence clearly indicates that gene expression modifications induced by arsenic may involve epigenetic alterations, including miRNA dysregulation. Many miRNAs have been implicated in different human cancers as a consequence of losses and or gains of miRNA function that contribute to cancer development. Progress in identifying miRNA dysregulation induced by arsenic has been made using different approaches and models. The present review discusses the recent data regarding dysregulated expression of miRNA in arsenic-induced malignant transformation in vitro, gaps in current understanding and deficiencies in current models for arsenic-induced carcinogenesis, and future directions of research that would improve our knowledge regarding the mechanisms involved in arsenic-induced carcinogenesis.
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