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Published on: February 9, 2024
MiR-93-5p promotes cervical cancer progression by targeting THBS2/MMPS signal pathway
1Department of Reproductive, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai, China. yszy04512@tom.com.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to investigate the potential effects of microRNA-93-5p (miR-93-5p) on the development of cervical cancer (CC), and to explore the underlying mechanism.
Patients And Methods:
The expression level of miR-93-5p in CC tissues and cells was detected by quantitative Real Time-Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR). Online prediction software and Luciferase reporter assay were used to evaluate the possible target of miR-93-5p. Furthermore, the effects of miR-93-5p on siHa cells were determined by Western blot, Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8), scratch-wound and transwell assays, respectively.
Results:
In our study, miR-93-5p was found highly expressed in CC tissues and cells. Thrombospondin-2 (THBS2) was predicted and experimentally verified as a direct target of miR-93-5p. Subsequent experiments showed that decreased expression of THBS2 resulting from miR-93-5p up-regulation could significantly promote the proliferation, invasion and migration of siHa cells. At the same time, miR-93-5p remarkably increased the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), whereas decreased the expression of extracellular matrix (ECM).
Conclusions:
Our research discovered the promotion function of miR-93-5p on CC by targeting THBS2/Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPS) signaling pathway. We revealed that miR-93-5p might be a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of CC.
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