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
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)
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.
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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