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ONCOLOGY REPORTS
卷 35, 期 2, 页码 1057-1064出版社
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/or.2015.4406
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glioma; miR-506; STAT3; proliferation
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MicroRNA-506 (miR-506) has been reported to act as a tumor suppressive or an oncogenic miRNA in different types of tumors. However, the roles and underlying molecular mechanism of miR-506 in glioma remain unclear. In the present study, we performed quantitative PCR to investigate the level of miR-506 in 36 pairs of glioma tumor and matched adjacent tissues, and found that miR-506 was downregulated in the glioma tumors compared to the expression in the adjacent normal tissues. Furthermore, a functional assay found that ectopic expression of miR-506 in glioma cells markedly suppressed cell proliferation, colony formation, migration and invasion, and suppressed tumor growth in vivo. Moreover, signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) was identified as a direct target of miR-506. Western blot assay showed that overexpression of miR-506 not only induced changes in STAT3 expression but also altered expression of its downstream genes, including, Bcl2, cyclin D1 and matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2), in the human glioma cells. In addition, STAT3 mRNA expression was increased in the glioma tissues, and was inversely correlated with miR-506. Importantly, overexpression of STAT3 in glioma cells attenuated the suppressive effects of miR-506 on cell proliferation, colony formation, migration and invasion. These results showed that miR-506 functions as a tumor suppressor in glioma by targeting STAT3, suggesting that miR-506 may serve as a potential target in the treatment of human glioma.
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