Tianjin Life Science Research Center and Basic Medical School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
FEBS Lett. 2011 May 6;585(9):1322-30. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.03.067. Epub 2011 Apr 7.
RAC1 regulates a diverse array of cellular events including migration and invasion. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have a key role in the regulation of gene expression. In this study, we demonstrated that microRNA-142-3p (miR-142-3p) acted as a negative regulator of human RAC1. Overexpression of miR-142-3p decreased RAC1 mRNA and protein levels. Moreover, the overexpression of miR-142-3p suppressed, while blocking of miR-142-3p increased colony formation, migration and invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines (QGY-7703 and SMMC-7721). RAC1 overexpression without the 3'untranslated region abolished the effect of miR-142-3p in the QGY-7703 and SMMC-7721 cells. These results demonstrated that miR-142-3p directly and negatively regulates RAC1 in HCC cells, which highlights the importance of miRNAs in tumorigenesis.
RAC1 调节多种细胞事件,包括迁移和侵袭。MicroRNAs (miRNAs) 在基因表达调控中起着关键作用。在这项研究中,我们证明了 microRNA-142-3p (miR-142-3p) 作为人类 RAC1 的负调节剂。miR-142-3p 的过表达降低了 RAC1 mRNA 和蛋白水平。此外,miR-142-3p 的过表达抑制了肝癌 (HCC) 细胞系 (QGY-7703 和 SMMC-7721) 中的集落形成、迁移和侵袭,而阻断 miR-142-3p 则增加了集落形成、迁移和侵袭。没有 3'非翻译区的 RAC1 过表达消除了 miR-142-3p 在 QGY-7703 和 SMMC-7721 细胞中的作用。这些结果表明,miR-142-3p 直接负调控 HCC 细胞中的 RAC1,这突显了 miRNAs 在肿瘤发生中的重要性。