I like me some shrimp!!! Now their micro-RNA can suppress the stem like qualities of some melanoma cells???!!!

Me and Bubba, man! "... like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. There's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it."          ~ Forest Gump

Who knew those little shrimpies could demonstrate another route through which to target and defeat melanoma?????

Shrimp miR-S8 suppresses the stemness of human melanoma stem-like cells by targeting the transcription factor YB-1.  Yang, Wei, Shang, et al.  Cancer Res. 2017 Aug 30. 

Cross-species regulation of gene expression by microRNA is a possible untapped opportunity for miRNA-based therapy. In this study, we report a novel approach to ablate melanoma stem-like cells by targeting the transcription factor YB-1, which is significantly and selectively upregulated in these cells in melanoma. Silencing YB-1 expression was sufficient to significantly inhibit the stemness of melanoma stem-like cells. In exploring YB-1 targeting, we discovered that the shrimp microRNA miR-S8 could suppress human YB-1 expression in melanoma stem-like cells. Mechanistic investigations revealed that miR-S8 recognized the 3'UTR of YB-1 mRNA and mediated its degradation. In tumor cell and xenograft experiments, miR-S8 suppressed the tumorigenic capacity of melanoma stem-like cells by targeting human YB-1. Overall, our results illuminated a novel aspect of miRNA-mediated cross-species gene expression and its use in regulating cancer stem-like cells.

Oh, yeah!!  If this works out....I'll really be like'n some shrimp!!! - c