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CANCER GENE THERAPY
卷 17, 期 6, 页码 398-408出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/cgt.2009.88
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colorectal tumor; miR-143 and-145; chemically modified miRNAs; xenografted tumor; tumor suppression
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- Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan
We examined the expression levels of microRNAs (miRNAs (miRs)) in colorectal tumors ( 63 cancer specimens and 65 adenoma specimens) and paired non-tumorous tissues. Decreased expression of miR-143 and -145 was frequently observed in the adenomas and cancers tested, compared with miR-34a downregulation and miR-21 upregulation. Expression profiles of miR-143 and -145 were not associated with any clinical features. As the downregulation of miR-143 and -145 was observed even in the early phase of adenoma formation, the decreased expression of both miRs would appear to contribute mainly to the initiation step of tumorigenesis, not to the progression stage, and not to clinical prognostic factors. For clinical application, we changed the sequences of the passenger strand in the miR-143 duplex and performed chemical modification at the 30-overhang portion of miR-143, leading to greater activity and stability to nuclease. The cell growth inhibitory effect of the chemically modified synthetic miR-143 in vitro was greater than that of endogenous miR-143. The miR-143 showed a significant tumor-suppressive effect on xenografted tumors of DLD-1 human colorectal cancer cells. These findings suggest that miR-143 and -145 are important oncorelated genes for the initiation step of colorectal tumor development and that the chemically modified synthetic miR-143 may be a hopeful candidate as an RNA medicine for the treatment of colorectal tumors. Cancer Gene Therapy (2010) 17, 398-408; doi:10.1038/cgt.2009.88; published online 22 January 2010
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