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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 48, Issue 16, Pages 3104-3111Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.02.007
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miR-137; Glioma; Cox-2
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- National High Technology Research and Development Program 863 [2012AA02A508]
- National Basic Research (973) Program of China [2010CB529406, 2011CB933100]
- International Cooperation in Science and Special Technology [2011DFA31470]
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MicroRNAs are strongly implicated in cancer but their specific roles and functions in the major cancers have yet to be fully elucidated. In this study, we defined the expression and function of miR-137, which we found to be downregulated in glioma samples and glioma cells by qRT-PCR. Ectopic expression of miR-137 in glioma cell lines inhibited proliferation and invasion. Using computational and expression analysis, Cox-2 was identified as a candidate target of miR-137. Reporter assay with 30UTR of Cox-2 cloned downstream of the luciferase gene showed reduced luciferase activity in the presence of miR-137, providing strong evidence that miR-137 was a direct regulator of Cox-2. Expression analysis further revealed that Cox-2 was elevated in glioma and associated with survival of patients. Furthermore, we observed that Cox-2 knockdown resulted in effects similar to those with miR-137 transfection in glioma cells. In conclusion, our study demonstrates that miR-137 deregulation is common in glioma, and restoration of its function inhibits cell proliferation and invasion, suggesting that miR-137 may act as a tumour suppressor. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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