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Detection of a Circulating MicroRNA Custom Panel in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Published on: March 14, 2019
MicroR-545 mediates colorectal cancer cells proliferation through up-regulating epidermal growth factor receptor
Xinli Huang1, Sen Lu2,3
1The Key Laboratory of Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Center of Liver Transplantation, Ministry of Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The functional impact of recently discovered miRNAs in human cancer remains to be clarified. One miRNA in colorectal cancer which has attracted attention is miR-545. In this study, we examined the function of miR-545 in proliferation of colorectal cancer cells. Expressions of HOTAIR, miRNA-545, and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mRNA were measured in 100 paired cancerous and non-cancerous tissues as well as in SW480 and LOVO colorectal cancer cell (CRC) lines by quantitative RT-PCR. The relative protein level of EGFR was measured using western blotting. Effects of miRNA-545 and HOTAIR on gastric cancer cells were studied by overexpression and RNA interference approaches. Insight of mechanism of promotion cancer by miR-545 was gained from luciferase reporter assay and gene expression analysis. CRC proliferation was evaluated using clone formation and MTT assay. Differential expressions of HOTAIR, miR-545, and EGFR were observed in cancerous tissues in comparison to non-cancerous tissues. By expressional management of miR-545, we observed that miR-545 negatively regulated cell proliferation. Also luciferase reporter assay revealed that miR-545 inhibited regulated EGFR expression by affecting its 3'-UTR activity. In addition, miR-545 expression was suppressed by HOTAIR overexpression whereas enhanced by HOTAIR silence. Suppression of EGFR expression by miR-545 mimic was abrogated by HOTAIR overexpression. Monitoring of tumor growth in mice showed that miR-545 overexpression suppressed LOVO tumor growth. Our data suggested that HOTAIR long non-coding RNA mediates microR-545 regulating colorectal cancer cells proliferation.
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