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miR-577 suppresses cell proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition by regulating the WNT2B mediated Wnt/β-catenin pathway in non-small cell lung cancer

  • Authors:
    • Bin Wang
    • Liwei Sun
    • Jinduo Li
    • Rong Jiang
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  • Published online on: July 16, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.9279
  • Pages: 2753-2761
  • Copyright: © Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs/miRs) serve important roles in regulating malignant phenotype in numerous cancers, such as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); however, the role and function of miR-577 in NSCLC remains unknown. In the present study, miR-577 expression levels were observed to be downregulated in NSCLC via reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) assay, and inhibited cell proliferation, cell migration and invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition progress in NSCLC cells. The predicted target genes of miR-577 were determined by enhanced green fluorescent protein reporter assay, RT-qPCR and western blot analyses. miR-577 was demonstrated to suppress the expression of WNT2B by targeting the 3'-untranslated region of WNT2B mRNA in H522 and A549 cells. WNT2B was upregulated in NSCLC cells as observed via RT-qPCR analysis, and the malignant phenotype of H522 and A549 cells were promoted by WNT2B overexpression. In addition, miR-577 inactivated the Wnt/β-catenin pathway by targeting WNT2B in NSCLC cells. Collectively, miR-577 may function as a suppressor gene by directly downregulatingWNT2B mRNA and protein expression levels in H522 and A549 cells, and may serve important roles in the malignancy of NSCLC.
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Wang B, Sun L, Li J and Jiang R: miR-577 suppresses cell proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition by regulating the WNT2B mediated Wnt/β-catenin pathway in non-small cell lung cancer. Mol Med Rep 18: 2753-2761, 2018.
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Wang, B., Sun, L., Li, J., & Jiang, R. (2018). miR-577 suppresses cell proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition by regulating the WNT2B mediated Wnt/β-catenin pathway in non-small cell lung cancer. Molecular Medicine Reports, 18, 2753-2761. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.9279
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Wang, B., Sun, L., Li, J., Jiang, R."miR-577 suppresses cell proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition by regulating the WNT2B mediated Wnt/β-catenin pathway in non-small cell lung cancer". Molecular Medicine Reports 18.3 (2018): 2753-2761.
Chicago
Wang, B., Sun, L., Li, J., Jiang, R."miR-577 suppresses cell proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition by regulating the WNT2B mediated Wnt/β-catenin pathway in non-small cell lung cancer". Molecular Medicine Reports 18, no. 3 (2018): 2753-2761. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.9279