Xu Jie, Zheng Jie, Wang Jian, Shao Jianping
Department of Breast Surgery, The Fifth Central Hospital of Tianjin, Tianjin 300450, P.R. China.
Exp Ther Med. 2019 Aug;18(2):1458-1464. doi: 10.3892/etm.2019.7689. Epub 2019 Jun 18.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are widely expressed in human cells and closely associated with various types of cancer, including breast cancer. miR-876-5p has been indicated to participate in the tumorigenesis of certain types of cancer, such as hepatocellular carcinoma. Nevertheless, the roles of miR-876-5p in breast cancer remain unclear. In the present study, it was revealed that miR-876-5p expression levels were decreased in breast cancer cells compared with a normal cell line. miR-876-5p ectopic expression suppressed breast cancer cell proliferation and arrested progression of the cell cycle. In addition, miR-876-5p suppressed breast cancer cell migration and invasion. miR-876-5p was demonstrated to directly target transcription factor AP-2-α (TFAP2A) in breast cancer cells, and restoration of TFAP2A rescinded the suppressive role of miR-876-5p. In summary, the results from the present study provide evidence that miR-876-5p suppresses breast cancer progression by regulating cell proliferation, migration and invasion in a TFAP2A-dependent manner.
微小RNA(miRNA)在人类细胞中广泛表达,并与包括乳腺癌在内的各种类型癌症密切相关。已有研究表明,miR-876-5p参与某些类型癌症的肿瘤发生过程,如肝细胞癌。然而,miR-876-5p在乳腺癌中的作用仍不清楚。在本研究中,结果显示与正常细胞系相比,乳腺癌细胞中miR-876-5p的表达水平降低。miR-876-5p的异位表达抑制了乳腺癌细胞的增殖,并使细胞周期进程停滞。此外,miR-876-5p抑制了乳腺癌细胞的迁移和侵袭。研究证实,miR-876-5p在乳腺癌细胞中直接靶向转录因子AP-2-α(TFAP2A),而TFAP2A的恢复消除了miR-876-5p的抑制作用。总之,本研究结果提供了证据,表明miR-876-5p通过以TFAP2A依赖的方式调节细胞增殖、迁移和侵袭来抑制乳腺癌进展。