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MiR-200c regulates tumor growth and chemosensitivity to cisplatin in osteosarcoma by targeting AKT2
Yang Liu1, Shu-Tao Zhu2, Xiao Wang2
1Department of Orthopedic, Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, Baobei Road 8, 475000, Kaifeng, Henan, China. hhyyly163@163.com.
Abstract:
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) expression aberration has been discovered in almost all human cancers, thus offering a group of potential diagnostic markers, prognostic factors and therapeutic targets in tumorigenesis. Now our data showed that miR-200c, which is downregulated in osteosarcoma tissues, drives chemosensitivity to cisplatin in osteosarcoma. We demonstrated that AKT2 is a direct target of miR-200c, Spearman's rank correlation analysis showed that the expression levels of AKT2 and miR-200c in 35 pairs of osteosarcoma specimens were inversely correlated. Moreover, miR-200c inhibited cell proliferation and cell migration. Taken together, for the first time, our results demonstrate that miR-200c plays a significant role in osteosarcoma tumor growth and chemosensitivity by regulating AKT2, which may provide a novel therapeutic strategy for treatment of osteosarcoma.
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