Journal
CANCER LETTERS
Volume 403, Issue -, Pages 175-185Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2017.06.006
Keywords
miR-218; E2F1; CDK6; Cyclin D1; Gastric cancer
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81472625, 81101526, 81672452]
- Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province [2014A020212741]
- Guangzhou Municipal University [1201410235, 1201561588]
- Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou [201707010354]
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Studies in several cancers have suggested that miR-218 has anti-tumor activities, but its function is yet to be elucidated. In this study, we investigated the regulation and function of miR-218 (miR-218-5p) in the cell cycle progression of gastric cancer (GC). We found that miR-218 could suppress proliferation of gastric cancer cells, induce cell cycle arrest at the G1 phase and inhibit tumor growth and metastasis in vivo. We also demonstrated that miR-218 specifically targeted the 3'-UTR regions of CDK6 and cyclin D1 and inhibited the expression of these molecules, which in turn repressed the pRb/E2F1 signaling pathway. Overexpression of CDK6 and Cyclin Dl reversed miR-218-mediated inhibition of pRI3/E2F1 signaling and attenuated the miR-218-induced cell cycle arrest. More importantly, miR-218 expression was significantly reduced and inversely correlated with the levels of CDK6 and Cyclin Dl in gastric cancer tissues. Decreased miR-218 expression was also correlated with advanced clinical stage, lymph node metastasis, and poor prognosis in gastric cancer patients. Furthermore, we showed that miR-218 expression was directly activated by E2F1 through the transactivation of miR-218 host genes, SLIT2 and SLIT3, revealing a negative feedback regulation of miR-218 expression. Taken together, our results describe a regulatory loop miR-218-CDK6/CyclinD1-E2F1 whose disruption may contribute to cell cycle progression in gastric cancer and indicate the potential application of miR-218 in cancer therapy. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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