Review Article

MicroRNA: Important Player in the Pathobiology of Multiple Myeloma

Table 1

Selected miRNA deregulations in MM.

miRNADeregulation in MM (versus normal control unless specified)Targets/function/clinical relevanceAssociation with clinical parameters

21Upregulated in MM and MGUS [84, 88]; 
upregulated in primary PCL versus MM [86]
PIAS3 [126], 
PTEN [125], 
Rho-B [102, 125], 
BTG2 [125]; 
induced by STAT3 in response to IL-6 [83]

221, 222221: upregulated in MM [84, 87, 88]; 
222: upregulated in MGUS [84, 88], MM [87, 88]; 
221 and 222: upregulated in relapse/refractory MM [85]
p27Kip1, PUMA, PTEN and p57Kip2 [132]

17-92 cluster (17, 18a, 19a, 19b-1, 20a, 92a)Upregulated in MM but not in MGUS [84]; 
upregulated in MM [87, 88, 133]; 
Positively regulated by Myc [110]; 
lower plasma miR-92a level in MM than MGUS, SMM and normal.[97]
BIM, SOCS1 [84]; P21 [87]Higher 92a was associated with shorter OS [86]; 
Higher 17, 20a, and 92-1 were associated with shorter PFS [110, 134]; 
higher 17 and 18a were associated with shorter OS [90]; 
Higher plasma miR-20a was associated with shorter relapse-free survival [96]

106b~25 cluster (106b, 93, 25)Upregulated in MM and MGUS [84]; 
upregulated in MM [133]; 
miR-25 is overexpressed in MM [128]
PCAF [84]miR-106b was correlated with treatment response [86]

181a/bUpregulated in MM and MGUS [84]; 
upregulated in MM [85, 87, 88]
PCAF [84]miR-181a* and miR-181b were correlated with treatment response [86]

25, 30d, 125bUpregulated in MM [84, 87, 128]P53 [128]

32Upregulated in MM not in MGUS [84]PCAF [84]

15a and 16-1Decreased in relapsed/refractory MM [85]; 
decreased in MM [88]; 
decreased in patients with 13del as compared to those without [88]; 
expressed in MM independent of chr13 status [134, 135]
AKT3, rpS6, MAP-kinases, MAP3KIP, VEGF [85]Decreased in patients with ISS stage III [94]; 
higher expression correlates with shorter PFS [134]

192, 194, 215Downregulated in MM by promoter hypermethylation [92]Activated by TP53 and targeted MDM2, IGF1, IGF1R [92]

34 familyDownregulated in MM by promoter hypermethylation [115, 117]BCL2, CDK6 and NOTCH1 [120]

203Downregulated in MM [91, 135]; 
decreased in MGUS and MM by promoter hypermethylation [116]
CREB1 [116]

33bDownregulated in MM [107]Involved in MLN2238-induced apoptotic signaling in MM cells [107]

29bWide variation of expression in MM and further decreased with the presence of BMSCs [106]DNMT3A/B [124], 
CDK6 [106], 
MCL-1 [106, 129], 
Sp1 [106]; 
Targeted VEGFA, IL8; induced SOCS1 [127]

425, 152, 24Downregulated in hyperdiploid MM versus nonhyperdiploid MM [93]CCND1, TACC3, MAFB, FGFR3, MYC [93]

214Downregulated in MM versus normal PCs [91], possibly by methylation [121]PSMD10 [121]

126*Downregulated in t(4;14) MM cells; 
inhibited by MMSET by heterochromatin modification [122]
c-Myc [122]