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Published on: May 16, 2012
MicroRNA-370 suppresses SOX12 transcription and acts as a tumor suppressor in bladder cancer
1Department of Urology, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China. liutiejun6484@163.com.
Objective:
Dysregulation of microRNA-370 (miR-370) is involved in a variety of cancers, but its roles in bladder cancer (BC) remain largely unexplored. Therefore, we designed this study to explore the role of miR-370 in BC.
Patients And Methods:
We took advantage of biochemical assays, including RT-qPCR, Western blot, CCK-8, flow cytometry, transwell, xenograft tumor formation, and immunohistochemistry (IHC) for research.
Results:
The expression of miR-370 was found to be downregulated during the development of BC, highly correlating with the malignant transformation of tumors. The overexpression of miR-370 led to enhanced apoptosis in BC cells, while inhibiting cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, effectively blocking cancer metastasis. Additionally, we identified SOX12, a known human oncogene, as a direct target of miR-370, showing that upregulation of SOX12 attenuated miR-370-mediated tumor suppression, promoted tumor growth, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in BC.
Conclusions:
Taken together, these findings help to elucidate the roles of miR-370 as a tumor suppressor in BC, providing a potential target for diagnosis and treatment of BC.
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