BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)has been a pervasive malignancy throughout the world with elevated mortality.Efficient therapeutic targets are beneficial to treat and predict the disease.Currently,the exact mo...BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)has been a pervasive malignancy throughout the world with elevated mortality.Efficient therapeutic targets are beneficial to treat and predict the disease.Currently,the exact molecular mechanisms leading to the progression of HCC are still unclear.Research has shown that the microRNA-142-3p level decreases in HCC,whereas bioinformatics analysis of the cancer genome atlas database shows the ASH1L expression increased among liver tumor tissues.In this paper,we will explore the effects and mechanisms of microRNA-142-3p and ASH1L affect the prognosis of HCC patients and HCC cell bioactivity,and the association between them.AIM To investigate the effects and mechanisms of microRNA-142-3p and ASH1L on the HCC cell bioactivity and prognosis of HCC patients.METHODS In this study,we grouped HCC patients according to their immunohistochemistry results of ASH1L with pathological tissues,and retrospectively analyzed the prognosis of HCC patients.Furthermore,explored the roles and mechanisms of microRNA-142-3p and ASH1L by cellular and animal experiments,which involved the following experimental methods:Immunohistochemical staining,western blot,quantitative real-time-polymerase chain reaction,flow cytometric analysis,tumor xenografts in nude mice,etc.The statistical methods involved in this study contained t-test,one-way analysis of variance,theχ^(2)test,the Kaplan-Meier approach and the log-rank test.RESULTS In this study,we found that HCC patients with high expression of ASH1L possess a more recurrence rate as well as a decreased overall survival rate.ASH1L promotes the tumorigenicity of HCC and microRNA-142-3p exhibits reduced expression in HCC tissues and interacts with ASH1L through targeting the ASH1L 3′untranslated region.Furthermore,microRNA-142-3p promotes apoptosis and inhibits proliferation,invasion,and migration of HCC cell lines in vitro via ASH1L.For the exploration mechanism,we found ASH1L may promote an immunosuppressive microenvironment in HCC and ASH1L affects the expression of the cell junction protein zonula occludens-1,which is potentially relevant to the immune system.CONCLUSION Loss function of microRNA-142-3p induces cancer progression and immune evasion through upregulation of ASH1L in HCC.Both microRNA-142-3p and ASH1L can feature as new biomarker for HCC in the future.展开更多
目的:探讨miR-129-5p通过调控高迁移率族蛋白B1基因(high mobility group box 1,HMGB1)影响乳腺癌MCF-7细胞对紫杉醇(paclitaxel,PTX)的敏感性。方法:采用脂质体转染技术将miR-129-5p mimics、HMGB1小干扰RNA(si-HMGB1)分别转染入MCF-7...目的:探讨miR-129-5p通过调控高迁移率族蛋白B1基因(high mobility group box 1,HMGB1)影响乳腺癌MCF-7细胞对紫杉醇(paclitaxel,PTX)的敏感性。方法:采用脂质体转染技术将miR-129-5p mimics、HMGB1小干扰RNA(si-HMGB1)分别转染入MCF-7细胞,用PTX刺激培养细胞后,用实时荧光定量PCR检测转染后MCF-7细胞miR-129-5p和HMGB1 m RNA的表达,Western blotting检测转染后MCF-7细胞HMGB1蛋白的表达,CCK-8增殖实验检测转染后PTX对MCF-7细胞增殖的影响,流式细胞术检测转染后对PTX诱导MCF-7细胞凋亡的影响。结果:转染miR-129-5p mimics后,MCF-7细胞中miR-129-5p的表达水平明显高于阴性对照组细胞(P<0.01);过表达miR-129-5p后可明显增强PTX抑制MCF-7细胞的增殖和诱导细胞凋亡的能力(均P<0.05),并显著抑制HMGB1 m RNA和蛋白的表达(均P<0.05)。转染si-HMGB1后,显著降低MCF-7细胞HMGB1 m RNA和蛋白的表达(均P<0.05);干扰HMGB1表达进一步促进PTX抑制MCF-7细胞的增殖并诱导细胞凋亡(均P<0.05)。结论:miR-129-5p通过下调HMGB1的表达增强乳腺癌MCF-7细胞对PTX的敏感性。展开更多
基金Supported by the Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem Innovation Fund,No.22HHXBJC00001the Key Discipline Special Project of Tianjin Municipal Health Commission,No.TJWJ2022XK016.
文摘BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)has been a pervasive malignancy throughout the world with elevated mortality.Efficient therapeutic targets are beneficial to treat and predict the disease.Currently,the exact molecular mechanisms leading to the progression of HCC are still unclear.Research has shown that the microRNA-142-3p level decreases in HCC,whereas bioinformatics analysis of the cancer genome atlas database shows the ASH1L expression increased among liver tumor tissues.In this paper,we will explore the effects and mechanisms of microRNA-142-3p and ASH1L affect the prognosis of HCC patients and HCC cell bioactivity,and the association between them.AIM To investigate the effects and mechanisms of microRNA-142-3p and ASH1L on the HCC cell bioactivity and prognosis of HCC patients.METHODS In this study,we grouped HCC patients according to their immunohistochemistry results of ASH1L with pathological tissues,and retrospectively analyzed the prognosis of HCC patients.Furthermore,explored the roles and mechanisms of microRNA-142-3p and ASH1L by cellular and animal experiments,which involved the following experimental methods:Immunohistochemical staining,western blot,quantitative real-time-polymerase chain reaction,flow cytometric analysis,tumor xenografts in nude mice,etc.The statistical methods involved in this study contained t-test,one-way analysis of variance,theχ^(2)test,the Kaplan-Meier approach and the log-rank test.RESULTS In this study,we found that HCC patients with high expression of ASH1L possess a more recurrence rate as well as a decreased overall survival rate.ASH1L promotes the tumorigenicity of HCC and microRNA-142-3p exhibits reduced expression in HCC tissues and interacts with ASH1L through targeting the ASH1L 3′untranslated region.Furthermore,microRNA-142-3p promotes apoptosis and inhibits proliferation,invasion,and migration of HCC cell lines in vitro via ASH1L.For the exploration mechanism,we found ASH1L may promote an immunosuppressive microenvironment in HCC and ASH1L affects the expression of the cell junction protein zonula occludens-1,which is potentially relevant to the immune system.CONCLUSION Loss function of microRNA-142-3p induces cancer progression and immune evasion through upregulation of ASH1L in HCC.Both microRNA-142-3p and ASH1L can feature as new biomarker for HCC in the future.
文摘目的:探讨miR-129-5p通过调控高迁移率族蛋白B1基因(high mobility group box 1,HMGB1)影响乳腺癌MCF-7细胞对紫杉醇(paclitaxel,PTX)的敏感性。方法:采用脂质体转染技术将miR-129-5p mimics、HMGB1小干扰RNA(si-HMGB1)分别转染入MCF-7细胞,用PTX刺激培养细胞后,用实时荧光定量PCR检测转染后MCF-7细胞miR-129-5p和HMGB1 m RNA的表达,Western blotting检测转染后MCF-7细胞HMGB1蛋白的表达,CCK-8增殖实验检测转染后PTX对MCF-7细胞增殖的影响,流式细胞术检测转染后对PTX诱导MCF-7细胞凋亡的影响。结果:转染miR-129-5p mimics后,MCF-7细胞中miR-129-5p的表达水平明显高于阴性对照组细胞(P<0.01);过表达miR-129-5p后可明显增强PTX抑制MCF-7细胞的增殖和诱导细胞凋亡的能力(均P<0.05),并显著抑制HMGB1 m RNA和蛋白的表达(均P<0.05)。转染si-HMGB1后,显著降低MCF-7细胞HMGB1 m RNA和蛋白的表达(均P<0.05);干扰HMGB1表达进一步促进PTX抑制MCF-7细胞的增殖并诱导细胞凋亡(均P<0.05)。结论:miR-129-5p通过下调HMGB1的表达增强乳腺癌MCF-7细胞对PTX的敏感性。
