MicroRNA-143 suppresses gastric cancer cell growth and induces apoptosis by targeting COX-2

AIM: To investigate the function of microRNA-143 (miR-143) in gastric cancer and explore the target genes of miR-143.

METHODS: A quantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis was performed to evaluate miR-143 expression in gastric cancer cell lines. After transfecting gastric cancer cells with miR-143-5p and miR-143-3p precursors, Alamar blue and apoptosis assays were used to measure the respective proliferation and apoptosis rates. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression was determined by real-time RT-PCR and Western blot assays after miR-143 transfection. Reporter plasmids were constructed, and a luciferase reporter assay was used to identify the miR-143 binding site on COX-2.

RESULTS: Both miR-143-5p and miR-143-3p were significantly downregulated in multiple gastric cancer cell lines. Forced miR-143-5p and miR-143-3p expression in gastric cancer cells produced a profound cytotoxic effect. MiR-145-5p transfection into gastric cancer cells resulted in a greater growth inhibitory effect (61.23% ± 3.16% vs. 46.58% ± 4.28%, P < 0.05 in the MKN-1 cell line) and a higher apoptosis rate (28.74% ± 1.93% vs. 22.13% ± 3.31%, P < 0.05 in the MKN-1 cell line) than miR-143-3p transfection. Further analysis indicated that COX-2 expression was potently suppressed by miR-143-5p but not by miR-143-3p. The activity of a luciferase reporter construct that contained the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) of COX-2 was downregulated by miR-143-5p (43.6% ± 4.86%, P < 0.01) but not by miR-143-3p. A mutation in the miR-145-5p binding site completely ablated the regulatory effect on luciferase activity, which suggests that there is a direct miR-145-5p binding site in the 3'-UTR of COX-2.

CONCLUSION: Both miR-143-5p and miR-143-3p function as anti-oncomirs in gastric cancer. However, miR-143-5p alone directly targets COX-2, and it exhibits a stronger tumor suppressive effect than miR-143-3p.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

World journal of gastroenterology - 19(2013), 43 vom: 01., Seite 7758-65

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, Xiao-Li [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Pei-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Huan-Jun [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Qiu [VerfasserIn]
Dan, Zi-Li [VerfasserIn]
Tian, De-An [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Peng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3' Untranslated Regions
Anti-oncomir
Apoptosis
Cyclooxygenase 2
Cyclooxygenase-2
EC 1.14.99.1
Gastric cancer
Journal Article
MIRN143 microRNA, human
MicroRNA-143
MicroRNAs
PTGS2 protein, human
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 03.07.2014

Date Revised 09.04.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3748/wjg.v19.i43.7758

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM236277898