MicroRNA‑598 inhibits the proliferation and invasion of non‑small cell lung cancer cells by directly targeting ZEB2

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  • Authors:
    • Xiangdong Tong
    • Peng Su
    • Haitao Yang
    • Fusheng Chi
    • Lin Shen
    • Xiao Feng
    • Hongqian Jiang
    • Xiuchun Zhang
    • Zhenyuan Wang
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  • Published online on: October 3, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2018.6825
  • Pages: 5417-5423
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Abstract

An increasing number of studies have observed that microRNAs (miRNAs) are abnormally expressed in non‑small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and that their aberrant expression links with the progression and development of NSCLC. Therefore, it is necessary to full elucidate the specific roles of miRNAs in NSCLC, as this may facilitate the identification of novel therapeutic targets. In the present study, it was observed that miRNA‑598 (miR‑598) expression was significantly downregulated in NSCLC tissues and cell lines. Decreased miR‑598 was negatively correlated with TNM stage and lymph node metastasis in NSCLC patients. In addition, ectopic expression of miR‑598 reduced NSCLC cell proliferation and invasion in vitro. The zinc finger E‑box‑binding homeobox 2 (ZEB2) was validated as a direct target of miR‑598 in NSCLC cells. ZEB2 was upregulated in NSCLC tissues and the upregulation of ZEB2 was inversely correlated with the miR‑598 level. The results revealed that restored ZEB2 expression abrogated the inhibitory effects of miR‑598 overexpression in NSCLC cells. In conclusion, the results of the present study revealed that miR‑598 may inhibit the progression of NSCLC by directly targeting ZEB2, which suggests that this miRNA may be identified as a potential novel prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target for patients with NSCLC.

Introduction

Lung cancer ranks the third most frequent human malignancy and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally (1). According to pathological characteristics, lung cancer could be classified into two subtypes, including small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (2). NSCLC accounts for ~85% of all lung cancer cases (3). Several risk factors have been identified to implicate in the NSCLC oncogenesis and progression, including environmental disruption, tobacco use and exposure to carcinogens (46). However, the detailed mechanisms underlying the formation and progression of NSCLC remain largely unknown. Despite the development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic methods, increased treatment outcome has yet to be achieved in NSCLC (7). Tumor recurrence, invasiveness and metastasis are the primary difficulty in the therapy of patients with NSCLC (8). In addition, the vast majority of NSCLC patients are diagnosed at advanced stage, and these patients are unsuitable for surgical resection (9). It is therefore urgent to fully understand the mechanisms that contribute to the pathogenesis and development of NSCLC, and to develop novel therapeutic strategy for treating patients with NSCLC.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are defined as a group of endogenous, non-coding and short RNAs formed of 18–23 nucleotides (10). By directly binding to the 3′-untranslated regions (3′-UTRs) of their target genes, miRNAs inhibit protein expression via inducing mRNA degradation or translation suppression (11). Each miRNA is able to regulate numerous human genes, and this phenomenon makes miRNAs as one of the largest families of gene regulators (12). A number of studies have demonstrated that miRNAs are dysregulated in almost all types of human malignancy, including NSCLC (1315). miRNAs may play either as oncogenic or tumor suppressive roles which mainly depends on the biological roles of their target genes (16). Dysregulation of miRNAs serve important roles in NSCLC onset and development through regulating various biological processes, including cell proliferation, apoptosis, metastasis, epithelial-mesenchymal transition and angiogenesis (1719). Hence, investigation of deregulated miRNAs in NSCLC might provide valuable therapeutic tools for the treatment of patients with this disease.

It has been reported that miR-598 implicates in the initiation and progression of several human cancers (2022). However, the expression and functions of miR-598 in NSCLC as well as its potential regulatory mechanisms are still unknown. In this study, miR-598 expression was detected in NSCLC tissues and cell lines, and the clinical significance of miR-598 in NSCLC was also clarified. Furthermore, we determined the biological roles of miR-598 in NSCLC and investigated its underlying mechanisms. Our findings indicated that miR-598 may represent as an effective prognosis biomarker and therapeutic target for patients with NSCLC.

Materials and methods

Clinical samples

In total, 52 fresh primary NSCLC tissues and adjacent non-cancerous tissues were collected from The people's Hospital of Liaoning Province (Shenyang, China) between June 2015 and March 2017. No patients had received chemotherapy or radiotherapy prior to surgery resection. All of these tissues were quickly snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at −80°C until further use. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of The People's Hospital of Liaoning Province. Written informed consents were also provided by all participants before their enrollment in this research.

Cell lines and culture conditions

Four NSCLC cell lines (SK-MES-1, H522, H460, and A549) and a non-tumorigenic bronchial epithelium BEAS-2B cell line were acquired from Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (Shanghai, China). NSCLC cell lines were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 100 U/ml penicillin G and 100 µg/ml streptomycin (all from Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA). BEAS-2B cell line was grown in LHC-9 medium (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) supplemented with 10% FBS. All cell lines were maintained in a humidified atmosphere containing 5% CO2 at 37°C.

RNA oligoribonucleotides, plasmid and cell transfection

The miR-598 mimics and miRNA mimics negative control (miR-NC) were ordered from Shanghai GenePharma Co. Ltd (Shanghai, China). The zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 2 (ZEB2) overexpression plasmid pcDNA3.1-ZEB2 and control plasmid pcDNA3.1 were synthesized by Guangzhou RiboBio Co., Ltd. (Guangzhou, China). Cells were inoculated into 6-well plates one night before transfection. Cells were transfected with miRNA mimics or recombinant plasmid using Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen Life Technologies; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) as per manufacturer's instructions. Transfection efficiency was evaluated by detecting miR-598 and ZEB2 protein expression using the reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and Western blot analysis, respectively.

RT-qPCR

Total RNA was isolated from tissue specimens or cells using the TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen Life Technologies; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) in accordance with the manufacturer's protocol. Complementary DNA (cDNA) was produced from total RNA using a TaqMan® MicroRNA Reverse Transcription kit, and miR-598 expression was detected using a TaqMan MicroRNA Assay kit (both from Applied Biosystems; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). U6 snRNA was used as an internal control for miR-598 expression. To quantify ZEB2 mRNA expression, total RNA was reverse transcribed to cDNA using a PrimeScript™ RT Reagent kit, and then cDNA was subjected to qPCR using a SYBR Premix Ex Taq mastermix (Takara Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Dalian China). GAPDH was used to normalize ZEB2 expression. All data was analyzed with the 2−∆∆Cq method (23).

Cell Counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay

CCK-8 assay was utilized to assess cell proliferative ability. In brief, transfected cells were harvested at 24 h after transfection, and seeded into 96-well plates with a density of 3,000 cells per well. The cells were then incubated at 37°C with 5% CO2 for 0, 24, 48 and 72 h. CCK-8 assay was conducted at every time point by adding 10 µl of CCK-8 solution (Dojindo Molecular Technologies, Inc., Kumamoto, Japan) into each well. Following incubation at 37°C for 2 h, the optical density (OD) was detected using a microplate reader (Molecular Devices, LLC, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) at a wavelength of 450 nm.

Cell invasion assay

Transwell inserts (24-well insert; pore size, 8 µm; Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY, USA) that were initially coated with Matrigel (BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) were applied to measure cell invasive capacity. At 48 h after transfection, cells were collected, suspended in FBS-free DMEM and placed into the top chamber of the Transwell inserts (1×105 cells/insert). A total of 500 µl DMEM containing 10% FBS was used as the chemoattractant in the lower chambers. After 24 h of incubation at 37°C with 5% CO2, non-invaded cells were gently removed with a cotton swab. The cells on the lower surface of the Transwell inserts were fixed with 100% ethanol at room temperature for 15 min and stained with 0.05% crystal violet at room temperature for 15 min. The invaded cells were imaged under an inverted microscope (IX83; Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) and the number of invaded cells was counted in five randomly selected fields at 200-fold magnification.

Target prediction and luciferase reporter assay

The putative targets of miR-598 were predicted by using the microRNA.org (http://www.microrna.org/microrna/) and TargetScan (http://www.targetscan.org/). The wild-type (WT) and mutant (MUT) ZEB2 3′-UTR fragments containing putative and mutated binding sequences for miR-598 were amplified by Shanghai GenePharma Co. Ltd, individually inserted into the pGL3 luciferase promoter vector (Promega Corporation, Madison, WI, USA), and were defined as pGL3-ZEB2-3′-UTR WT and pGL3-ZEB2-3′-UTR MUT, respectively. For reporter assay, cells were inoculated into 24-well plates one night prior to transfection. Cells were transfected with pGL3-ZEB2-3′-UTR WT or pGL3-ZEB2-3′-UTR MUT, and miR-598 mimics or miR-NC, using Lipofectamine 2000 following the manufacturer's instructions. At 48 h after transfection, the luciferase activities were measured using a Dual-Luciferase Reporter Assay System (Promega Corporation), according to the manufacturer's protocol. The firefly luciferase activity was normalized to Renilla luciferase activity.

Western blot analysis

Tissues or cells were lysed using radioimmunoprecipitation assay buffer (Sigma-Aldrich; Merck Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany) and protein concentration was evaluated using a bicinchoninic acid kit (Beyotime Institute of Biotechnology, Haimen, China). Equal amounts of protein were separated using 10% SDS-PAGE electrophoresis and transferred to PVDF membranes. Afterwards, the membranes were blocked with 5% skimmed dry milk in tris-buffered saline-0.1% Tween (TBST) at room temperature for 2 h and incubated at 4°C with primary antibodies. After overnight incubation, the membranes were washed thrice with TBST and incubated at room temperature for 2 h with goat anti-rabbit horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated secondary antibody (1:5,000 dilution; cat. no. ab6721; Abcam, Cambridge, UK). After washing with TBST for three times, protein signals were visualized using an enhanced chemiluminescence detection kit (Pierce; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). The primary antibodies used in this study included rabbit anti-human polyclonal ZEB2 (1:1,000 dilution; cat. no. ab138222) and rabbit anti-human monoclonal GAPDH (1:1,000 dilution; cat. no. ab181603; both Abcam). GAPDH served as a loading control.

Statistical analysis

Statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS 17.0 software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Data were presented as mean ± standard deviation, and analyzed with two-tailed Student's t-test or one-way analysis of variance followed by Student-Newman-Keuls post hoc test. The correlation between miR-598 expression and the clinicopathological features of NSCLC was analyzed by the χ2 test. Spearman's correlation analysis was employed to investigate the correlation between miR-598 and ZEB2 mRNA in NSCLC tissues. P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

miR-598 is downregulated in NSCLC tissues and cell lines

To reveal the expression pattern of miR-598 in NSCLC, total RNA was isolated form 52 pairs of primary NSCLC tissues and adjacent non-cancerous tissues and then subjected to the detection of miR-598 expression. The data of RT-qPCR analysis showed that expression level of miR-598 was decreased in NSCLC tissues compared with that in adjacent non-cancerous tissues (Fig. 1A) (P<0.05). To clarify the clinical significance of miR-598 in NSCLC, all patients were divided into miR-598 high expression group (n=26) or the miR-598 low expression (n=26) based on median expression of miR-598. As shown in Table I, reduced expression level of miR-598 was correlated with TNM stage (P=0.002) and lymph node metastasis (P=0.025). However, miR-598 expression was not significantly associated with sex (P=0.780), age (P=0.188), tumor size (P=0.402), and tumor differentiation (P=0.578). Moreover, miR-598 expression was downregulated in four NSCLC cell lines (SK-MES-1, H522, H460, and A549) when compared with that of non-tumorigenic bronchial epithelium BEAS-2B cell line (Fig. 1B) (P<0.05). These findings suggest that miR-598 is downregulated in NSCLC and may be closely related with NSCLC progression.

Table I.

Association between miR-598 expression and the clinicopathological characteristics of non-small cell lung cancer.

Table I.

Association between miR-598 expression and the clinicopathological characteristics of non-small cell lung cancer.

miR-598 expression level

Clinicopathological characteristicsLowHighP-value
Sex 0.780
  Male1514
  Female1112
Age (years) 0.188
  <55  8  4
  ≥551822
Tumor size (cm) 0.402
  <51613
  ≥51013
Tumor differentiation 0.578
  I–II1113
  III–IV1513
TNM stage 0.002
  I–II  617
  III–IV20  9
Lymph node metastasis 0.025
  Absence  715
  Presence1911

[i] TNM, tumor, node, metastasis; miR, microRNA.

miR-598 inhibits cell proliferation and invasion of NSCLC

To investigate the biological roles of miR-598 in NSCLC, H522 and H460 cells, which exhibited relatively lower miR-598 expression among the four NSCLC cell lines, were transfected with miR-598 mimics to restore miR-598 expression. RT-qPCR analysis confirmed that miR-598 expression was markedly overexpressed in H522 and H460 cells that were transfected with miR-598 mimics (Fig. 2A) (P<0.05). CCK-8 and cell invasion assays were performed to examine the effects of miR-598 restoration on proliferation and invasion of NSCLC cells, respectively. The results showed that miR-598 upregulation prohibited the proliferation (Fig. 2B) (P<0.05) and invasion (Fig. 2C) (P<0.05) of H522 and H460 cells. These results suggest that miR-598 may serve tumor-suppressing roles in NSCLC progression.

miR-598 directly targets ZEB2 in NSCLC cells

It is well established that miRNAs exert biological functions by regulating the expression of their target genes. Bioinformatic analysis predicted that ZEB2 is a major target of miR-598 (Fig. 3A). ZEB2 implicates in the tumorigenesis and tumor development of NSCLC (2427); thus, ZEB2 was selected as a candidate for further analysis. To confirm this prediction, luciferase reporter assays were performed. H522 and H460 cells were transfected with pGL3-ZEB2-3′-UTR WT or pGL3-ZEB2-3′-UTR MUT, and miR-598 mimics or miR-NC. As indicated in Fig. 3B, miR-598 mimics transfection resulted in a significant reduction of the luciferase activities of reporter which contains the WT 3′-UTR of ZEB2 (P<0.05). On the contrary, upregulation of miR-598 did not alter the luciferase activities in H522 and H460 cells when the 3′-UTR of ZEB2 was mutated. Moreover, RT-qPCR and Western blot analysis demonstrated that miR-598 overexpression obviously reduced the ZEB2 expression in H522 and H460 cells at both mRNA (Fig. 3C) (P<0.05) and protein (Fig. 3D) (P<0.05) levels. Taken together, ZEB2 is a direct target of miR-598 in NSCLC cells.

Increased ZEB2 is detected and negatively correlated with miR-598 in NSCLC tissues

Since ZEB2 is validated as a direct target gene of miR-598 in NSCLC, we detected the expression levels of ZEB2 in NSCLC tissues and determined its possible correlation with miR-598. Significantly higher ZEB2 mRNA levels were detected in NSCLC tissues than in adjacent non-cancerous tissues (Fig. 4A) (P<0.05). Western blot analysis also revealed that the expression of ZEB2 protein was upregulated in NSCLC tissues compared with that in adjacent non-cancerous tissues (Fig. 4B). Next, we further examined the relationship between expression levels of ZEB2 mRNA and miR-598 in NSCLC tissues using Spearman's correlation analysis. A significant negative correlation between miR-598 and ZEB2 mRNA levels was observed in NSCLC tissues (Fig. 4C) (r=−0.5415, P<0.0001). The above results further suggest that ZEB2 is a direct target gene of miR-598 in NSCLC.

Restored ZEB2 expression abrogates the inhibitory effects of miR-598 in NSCLC cells

Rescue experiments were performed to further determine whether ZEB2 mediates the tumor suppressive roles of miR-598 in NSCLC cells. H522 and H460 cells were cotransfected with miR-598 mimics and pcDNA3.1 or pcDNA3.1-ZEB2 lacking the 3′-UTR sequence. The downregulation of ZEB2 protein caused by miR-598 overexpression was recovered in H522 and H460 cells after cotransfection with pcDNA3.1-ZEB2 (Fig. 5A) (P<0.05). After a series of functional assays, we found that restored ZEB2 expression abolished the inhibitory effects of miR-598 overexpression on H522 and H460 cell proliferation (Fig. 5B) (P<0.05) and invasion (Fig. 5C) (P<0.05). These results suggest that miR-598 inhibits the development of NSCLC, at least partly, by reducing ZEB2 expression.

Discussion

An increasing number of evidences observed that miRNAs are abnormally expressed in NSCLC, and their aberrant expression links with the progression and development of NSCLC (2830). Therefore, it is of great value to fully clarify the detailed roles of miRNAs in NSCLC which may facilitate the identification of effective therapeutic targets. In this study, we examined the biological roles of miR-598 in the progression of NSCLC. We found that miR-598 was downregulated in NSCLC tissues and cell lines. The downregulation of miR-598 was correlated with TNM stage and lymph node metastasis of NSCLC patients. Restoration of miR-598 expression inhibited the proliferative and invasive abilities of NSCLC cells. In addition, we identified ZEB2 as a direct target gene of miR-598 in NSCLC cells. Furthermore, ZEB2 expression was upregulated in NSCLC tissues, and the upregulation of ZEB2 mRNA was inversely correlated with miR-598 expression in NSCLC tissues. Moreover, ZEB2 overexpression abrogated the inhibitory effects of miR-598 in NSCLC cells. These results suggest that miR-598 may play tumor-suppressing roles in NSCLC partly through inhibiting ZEB2 expression.

miR-598 is aberrantly deregulated in multiple types of human cancer, and miR-598 dysregulation contributes to the malignant phenotype of these human cancer types. For example, miR-598 is decreased in glioblastoma tissues and cell lines. miR-598 overexpression represses glioblastoma cell proliferation and invasion by directly targeting MACC1 and regulating the Met/AKT pathway (20). miR-598 expression is also downregulated in osteosarcoma tissues, serum and cell lines. miR-598 directly targets PDGFB and MET to serve as a tumor suppressor in osteosarcoma by regulating cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and apoptosis in vitro, as well as tumor growth in vivo (21). A study by Chen et al (22) reported that miR-598 is lowly expressed in colorectal cancer. Resumption of miR-598 expression restricts cell metastasis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition via blockade of JAG1/Notch2 pathway. These findings suggest that miR-598 might be developed as a therapeutic target for treating patients with these human malignancies types.

Several targets of miR-598 have been identified, and the identification of miR-598 targets may promote the development of novel therapeutic methods for human cancers. In our current study, ZEB2 was validated as a direct target gene of miR-598 in NSCLC. ZEB2 is a member of the zinc finger family and functions as E-cadherin transcriptional repressor (31). An increasing number of studies have reported that ZEB2 is frequently upregulated in numerous types of human cancer, such as gastric cancer (32), head and neck carcinoma (33), colorectal cancer (34) and bladder cancer (35). In addition, ZEB2 expression was found to be related with clinicopathological features and prognosis of human cancers. For instance, ZEB2 is overexpressed in ovarian cancer, and high expression of ZEB2 is strongly correlated with pathological type of the tumor, FIGO stage, T stage and N stage (36). Ovarian cancer patients with high ZEB2 level exhibits poorer prognosis than those patients with low ZEB2 level (37). ZEB2 plays oncogenic roles in the carcinogenesis and cancer progression by affecting a great deal of pathological behaviors, such as cell proliferation, cycle, apoptosis, angiogenesis, metastasis, epithelial-mesenchymal transition and chemoresistance (34,38,39). According, targeting ZEB2 may be a valuable prognosis biomarker and therapeutic target for antitumor therapy.

ZEB2 is highly expressed in NSCLC, and plays crucial roles in the occurrence and development of NSCLC (24,25). It is directly targeted by several miRNAs in human NSCLC. For example, miR-215 and miR-200c target ZEB2 to inhibit NSCLC cell growth, metastasis, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and promote apoptosis in vitro as well as decrease tumor growth in vivo (26,27). Besides, miR-154 (40), miR-338 (41), and miR-205 (42) directly reduce ZEB2 expression and therefore to inhibit NSCLC progression. These findings suggest that miRNA-based therapy against the expression of ZEB2 may represent as a promising therapeutic strategy for the treatment of patients with NSCLC.

In conclusion, miR-598 was downregulated in NSCLC tissues and cell lines. Low miR-598 expression was correlated with TNM stage and lymph node metastasis of NSCLC. Additionally, miR-598 may serve as a tumor suppressor in NSCLC, at least in part, via ZEB2 expression regulation, suggesting that miR-598 may be developed as a novel therapeutic target in treating NSCLC. However, further investigations are required to explore whether miR-598 potential may be fully realised in NSCLC.

Acknowledgements

Not applicable.

Funding

No funding was received.

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the present study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Authors' contributions

XT, PS and ZW designed the study. HJ and XZ processed the tissue specimens. XT, PS, HY and FC performed the functional assays. LS and XF analyzed the data.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

The present study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of The People's Hospital of Liaoning Province. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients prior to the use of their clinical tissues.

Patient consent for publication

Written informed consent was obtained from all patients for the publication of their data.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Tong X, Su P, Yang H, Chi F, Shen L, Feng X, Jiang H, Zhang X and Wang Z: MicroRNA‑598 inhibits the proliferation and invasion of non‑small cell lung cancer cells by directly targeting ZEB2 Retraction in /10.3892/etm.2022.11455. Exp Ther Med 16: 5417-5423, 2018
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Tong, X., Su, P., Yang, H., Chi, F., Shen, L., Feng, X. ... Wang, Z. (2018). MicroRNA‑598 inhibits the proliferation and invasion of non‑small cell lung cancer cells by directly targeting ZEB2 Retraction in /10.3892/etm.2022.11455. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 16, 5417-5423. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2018.6825
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Tong, X., Su, P., Yang, H., Chi, F., Shen, L., Feng, X., Jiang, H., Zhang, X., Wang, Z."MicroRNA‑598 inhibits the proliferation and invasion of non‑small cell lung cancer cells by directly targeting ZEB2 Retraction in /10.3892/etm.2022.11455". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 16.6 (2018): 5417-5423.
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Tong, X., Su, P., Yang, H., Chi, F., Shen, L., Feng, X., Jiang, H., Zhang, X., Wang, Z."MicroRNA‑598 inhibits the proliferation and invasion of non‑small cell lung cancer cells by directly targeting ZEB2 Retraction in /10.3892/etm.2022.11455". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 16, no. 6 (2018): 5417-5423. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2018.6825