Journal
CANCER LETTERS
Volume 329, Issue 2, Pages 181-188Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2012.10.032
Keywords
Invasion; Metastasis; miR-29c; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; TIAM1
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- Guangdong Province Universities and Colleges Pearl River Scholar Funded Scheme [2011, 2050205]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81071835, 81101695]
- Guangdong Natural Science Foundation [S2012010009658, 10151008901000099]
- Science and Technology Project of Guangzhou City [12C22061586]
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Based on microarray analysis, we previously reported that miR-29c is significantly downregulated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). However, little is known about the effect and molecular mechanisms of action of miR-29c deregulation during the development and progression of NPC. Quantitative RT-PCR demonstrated that miR-29c was significantly downregulated in NPC cell lines and clinical specimens. Wound healing, Transwell migration and lung metastasis assays demonstrated that ectopic expression of miR-29c inhibited NPC cell migration and invasion in vitro and suppressed the formation of lung metastases in vivo. T cell lymphoma invasion and metastasis 1 (TIAM1) was confirmed as a miR-29c target gene using luciferase reporter assays, quantitative RT-PCR and Western blotting. Ectopic expression of TIAM1 significantly promoted the migration and invasion of SUNE-1 cell line stably overexpressing miR-29c. The prognostic value of TIAM1 was analyzed in 217 NPC patients using immunohistochemistry. Strikingly, patients with high TIAM1 expression had poorer overall, disease-free and distant metastasis-free survival than patients with low TIAM1 expression. Furthermore, multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that TIAM1 could serve as an independent prognostic factor in NPC. The newly identified miR-29c/TIAM1 pathway further elucidates the molecular mechanisms regulating invasion and metastasis in NPC, and may provide novel prognostic and treatment strategies for NPC patients. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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