Review Article

Epi-miRNAs: Regulators of the Histone Modification Machinery in Human Cancer

Table 5

miRNA-mediated regulation of histone lysine methyltransferases.

Site of methyl group additionTarget genemiRNAsCancer tissue or cancer cell lineReference

H3K9SUV39H1 (KMT1A)miR-125a-5pGastric cancer[83]
SUV39H1 (KMT1A)miR-125bHepatocellular carcinoma cells[84]
SUV39H1 (KMT1A)miR-122Hepatocellular carcinoma cells[85]
SUV39H2 (KMT1B)miR-675Liver stem cells[86]
G9a (KMT1C)miR-212Lung cancer (NSCLC)[87]
SETDB1 (KMT1E)miR-381-3pBreast cancer[88]
H3K4 (MLL1)Mll1 (KMT2A)miR-22-3pProstatic cancer[89]
H3K36ASH1L (KMT2H)miR-142Leukemia[90]
ASH1L (KMT2H)miR-142Thyroid tumors[91]
KMT3B (NSD1)miR-181aEndometrial cancer[92]
H4K5SMYD3 (KMT3E)miR-124Cholangiocarcinoma[93]
SMYD3 (KMT3E)miR-346Hepatocellular carcinoma[94]
H3K79DOT1L (KMT4)miR-133bColorectal cancer[95]
H4K20SET8 (KMT5A)miR-502Breast cancer[96]
SET8 (KMT5A)miR-502Ovarian cancer[97]
SET8 (KMT5A)miR-502Non-small-cell lung cancer[98, 99]
SET8 (KMT5A)miR-502Colorectal cancer[100]
SET8 (KMT5A)miR-502Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma[101]
SET8 (KMT5A)miR-502Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma[102]
SET8 (KMT5A)miR-502Clear cell renal cell carcinoma[103]
SET8 (KMT5A)miR-502Hepatocellular carcinoma[104]
SET8 (KMT5A)miR-7Breast cancer[105]
H3K27KMT6B (EZH1)miR-17-5pNSCLC[106]
KMT6B (EZH1)miR-765Breast cancer[107]
KMT6B (EZH1)miR-93Breast cancer stem cells[108]
KMT6B (EZH1)miR-574-5pProstate cancer stem cells[109]
KMT6 (EZH2)miR-101NSCLC[110]
KMT6 (EZH2)miR-101Prostate cancer[111]
KMT6 (EZH2)miR-101renal cancer[112]
KMT6 (EZH2)miR-101Endometrial cancer[113]
KMT6 (EZH2)miR-26aLung cancer[114]
KMT6 (EZH2)miR-26aBurkitt lymphoma[115]
KMT6 (EZH2)miR-26aRhabdomyosarcoma[116]
KMT6 (EZH2)miR-26aProstate cancer[117]
KMT6 (EZH2)miR-26aNasopharyngeal carcinoma[118]
KMT6 (EZH2)miR-137Liver cancer[119]
KMT6 (EZH2)miR-124Hepatocellular cell carcinoma[120]
KMT6 (EZH2)miR-138Squamous cell carcinoma cell lines[121]
KMT6 (EZH2) and HDAC3miR-31Esophageal cancer[125]
KMT6 (EZH2)miR-98Ovarian cancer stem cells[126]