MiR-132 Inhibits Tumor Metastasis
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Institute of Biophysics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences,Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academiy of Sciences;Graduate School of The Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing Military General Hospital,Institute of Biophysics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences;Beijing Military General Hospital

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This work was supported by grants from The National Natural Science Foundation of China (30871250), and The National Major Science and Technology Project in The Twelfth Five- Year Plan Period (2011ZX09401-012)

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    It has been shown that some miRNAs are related with tumor invasion and metastasis directly or indirectly. Our aim is to find a specific miRNA which plays an essential role in tumor metastasis. Although it has been shown that miR-132 was associated with blood vessel growth, neural development and differentiation, and inflammation, relationship between miR-132 and tumor metastasis was not studied in any research. In order to identify the effect of miR-132 on tumor metastasis, the migration ability in vitro was detected on breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 cells transducted with miR-132 (miR-132 group) and or mock miRNA (control group) by transwell assay. The results demonstrated significantly lower migration ratio in miR-132 case compared to that in control case, indicating inhibition effects on cancer migration of miR-132. To clarify the inhibition mechanism by which miR-132 inhibits cancer metastasis, target genes of miR-132 were screened and identified. They are CHIP (STUB1), G3BP1 and G3BP2. The expression levels of these 3 genes in MCF7 cells (metastasis cell line) and MDA-MB-231 cells with or without transduction of miR-132 or mock miRNA were detected by PCR and Real-time PCR. Two key genes, G3BP1/G3BP2, were founded to be involved in the regulation of miR-132 to tumor metastasis, demonstrating that miR-132 could silence G3BP1/G3BP2, which resulted in the suppression of tumor metastasis. Our research suggests that miR-132 may be an important potential target used for inhibition of cancer metastasis and clinical therapy of cancer, and shed light on the suppression mechanisms of miR-132.

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GUAN Di, LIU Chun-Ying, CHEN Chen, YIN Qin-Wei. MiR-132 Inhibits Tumor Metastasis[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2013,40(2):159-164

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  • Received:May 15,2012
  • Revised:May 18,2012
  • Accepted:May 18,2012
  • Online: February 26,2013
  • Published: February 20,2013