期刊
MOLECULAR MEDICINE REPORTS
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 682-690出版社
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2014.2662
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microRNA-21; multidrug resistance; lung cancer
Lung cancer is a predominant cause of cancer-related mortality and numerous lung cancer patients succumb to the disease due to drug resistance. A number of microRNAs (miRNAs) are upregulated in cancer and are involved in tumorigenesis, functioning as oncogenes. Several functional studies have shown that miR-21 is important in carcinogenesis; however, none of these studies has investigated multidrug resistance (MDR) reversal in human lung cancer cells. In the present study, the effect of miR-21 on MDR reversal was analyzed in A549/DDP lung cancer cells. The data demonstrated the following after miR-21 silencing: Proliferation of the tumor cells was inhibited, cell apoptosis and oxidative damage were increased, the cell cycle was blocked at the G0/G1 phase, expression levels of P-glycoprotein were reduced, accumulation of Rhodamine 123 was increased, and the MDR-related genes encoding MDR1, MPR, glutathione S-transferase-, B-cell lymphoma 2, cyclin-dependent kinase 1, cystathione and glutathione were downregulated. Further mechanistic analysis revealed that miR-21 silencing reduced AKT phosphorylation and transcriptional activation of E2F-1 and Twist. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that miR-21 silencing reversed lung cancer cell MDR by modulation of MDR-related gene expression and inhibition of the AKT signaling pathway, suggesting that miR-21 may be a potential therapeutic candidate in patients with MDR lung cancer.
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