miR-204 Regulates Cell Proliferation and Invasion by Targeting EphB2 in Human Cervical Cancer

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that are involved in human carcinogenesis and progression. miR-204 has been reported to be a tumor suppressor in several cancer types. However, the function and underlying molecular mechanism of miR-204 in cervical cancer (CC) are still unclear. In the present study, the expression level of miR-204 was measured using the qRT-PCR method in 30 paired CC clinical samples and in 6 CC cell lines. We found that the expression of miR-204 was significantly downregulated in CC tissues and cell lines compared to normal cervical tissues and cell line. miR-204 was overexpressed by transfection with the miR-204 mimic in HeLa and C33A cell lines in the following experiments. The results showed that overexpression of miR-204 dramatically suppressed cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, caused cell cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase, promoted cell apoptosis in vitro, and inhibited tumor growth in vivo. Western blot results indicated that overexpressing miR-204 decreased the expressions of CDK2, cyclin E, MMP2, MMP9, Bcl2, whereas it enhanced Bax expression and suppressed the activation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathways in CC cells. Ephrin type B receptor 2 (EphB2) was identified as a direct target of miR-204 in CC cells according to bioinformatics analysis and luciferase reporter assay. Furthermore, knockdown of EphB2 mimicked the inhibitory effect of miR-204 on the proliferation, invasion, and migration of CC cells. These findings suggested that miR-204 might serve as a tumor suppressor in the development of CC by directly targeting EphB2.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Oncology research - 26(2018), 5 vom: 11. Juni, Seite 713-723

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Duan, Shanhong [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhengyu [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yarong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Liying [VerfasserIn]
Shu, Qi [VerfasserIn]

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EC 2.7.10.1
EPHB2 protein, human
Journal Article
MIRN204 microRNA, human
MicroRNAs
Receptor, EphB2

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Date Completed 02.10.2018

Date Revised 17.02.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3727/096504017X15016337254641

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM274742039