MicroRNA-144-3p suppresses gastric cancer progression by inhibiting epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition through targeting PBX3

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MicroRNAs are aberrantly expressed in a wide variety of human cancers. The present study aims to elucidate the effects and molecular mechanisms of miR-144-3p that underlie gastric cancer (GC) development. It was observed that miR-144-3p expression was significantly decreased in GC tissues compared to that in paired non-tumor tissues; moreover, its expression was lower in tissues of advanced stage and larger tumor size, as well as in lymph node metastasis tissues compared to that in control groups. miR-144-3p expression was associated with depth of invasion (P = 0.030), tumor size (P = 0.047), lymph node metastasis (P = 0.047), and TNM stage (P = 0.048). Additionally, miR-144-3p significantly inhibited proliferation, migration, and invasion in GC cells. It also reduced F-actin expression and suppressed epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in GC cells. Furthermore, pre-leukemia transcription factor 3 (PBX3) was a direct target gene of miR-144-3p. PBX3 was overexpressed in GC tissues and promoted EMT in GC cells. The effects of miR-144-3p mimics or inhibitors on cell migration, invasion, and proliferation were reversed by PBX3 overexpression or downregulation respectively. These results suggest that miR-144-3p suppresses GC progression by inhibiting EMT through targeting PBX3.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:484

Enthalten in:

Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 484(2017), 2 vom: 04. März, Seite 241-247

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Butian [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Shengping [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chenglong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

146150-81-4
EMT
Gastric cancer
Homeodomain Proteins
Journal Article
MIRN144 microRNA, human
MiR-144-3p
MicroRNAs
Migration
PBX3
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
Proto-oncogene protein Pbx3

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Date Completed 27.06.2017

Date Revised 18.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.01.084

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM268230463