Journal
BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY
Volume 104, Issue -, Pages 637-644Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.05.041
Keywords
MicroRNAs; miR15a/16; TGF-beta signaling pathways; LNCaP cells
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81502208]
- Department of Education of Liaoning Province [L2014310]
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Background: To determine whether and how miR15a/16 regulate TGF-beta signaling pathways during the progression of prostate cancer. Methods: We used bioinformatics prediction, reporter gene assay, real-time PCR, Matrigel invasion assay and Western blot to dissect the molecular mechanism of how miR-15a/miR-16 may cause metastasis in prostate tumor. Results: MiR-15a/16 targeted and inhibited the expression of endogenous Smad3 and ACVR2A proteins. The overexpression of miR15a/16 down-regulated p-smad3 expression, affected the expression of both MMP2 and Ecadherin, and down-regulated the expression of the EMT-mediated factors Snail and Twist in LNCaP prostate cancer cells. The overexpression of miR15a/16 decreased the invasion of LNCaP cells. MiR-15a/miR-16 cluster could reverse the invasion of activin A-mediated prostate cancer cells. After the inhibition of the activin/smad signaling pathway, the inhibitory effect of invasion in prostate cancer cells by miR-15a/miR-16 cluster disappeared. Conclusion: Our data indicated that miR15a/16 inhibited the components of TGF-beta signaling pathways in LNCaP cell line, which might relate to the progression and metastasis of prostate cancer.
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