TY - JOUR AB - Our recent studies of microRNA (miRNA) expression signatures in human cancers revealed that microRNA-26a (miRNA-26a) and microRNA-26b (miRNA-26b) were significantly reduced in cancer tissues. To date, few reports have provided functional analyses of miR-26a or miR-26b in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The aim of the present study was to investigate the functional significance of miR-26a and miR-26b in RCC and to identify novel miR-26a/b-mediated cancer pathways and target genes involved in RCC oncogenesis and metastasis. Downregulation of miR-26a or miR-26b was confirmed in RCC clinical specimens. Restoration of miR-26a or miR-26b in RCC cell lines (786-O and A498) revealed that these miRNAs significantly inhibited cancer cell migration and invasion. Our in silico analysis and luciferase reporter assays showed that lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2) and procollagen-lysine, 2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase 2 (PLOD2) were directly regulated by these miRNAs. Moreover, downregulating the PLOD2 gene significantly inhibited cell migration and invasion in RCC cells. Thus, our data showed that two genes promoting metastasis, LOXL2 and PLOD2, were epigenetically regulated by tumor-suppressive microRNAs, miR-26a and miR-26b, providing important insights into the molecular mechanisms of RCC metastasis. AD - Department of Functional Genomics, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba 260-8670, Japan Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan Department of Urology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba 260-8670, Japan AU - Kurozumi,Akira AU - Kato,Mayuko AU - Goto,Yusuke AU - Matsushita,Ryosuke AU - Nishikawa,Rika AU - Okato,Atsushi AU - Fukumoto,Ichiro AU - Ichikawa,Tomohiko AU - Seki,Naohiko DA - 2016/05/01 DO - 10.3892/ijo.2016.3440 EP - 1846 IS - 5 JO - Int J Oncol KW - LOXL2 microRNA miR-26a miR-26b PLOD2 renal cell carcinoma PY - 2016 SN - 1019-6439 1791-2423 SP - 1837 ST - Regulation of the collagen cross-linking enzymes LOXL2 and PLOD2 by tumor-suppressive microRNA-26a/b in renal cell carcinoma T2 - International Journal of Oncology TI - Regulation of the collagen cross-linking enzymes LOXL2 and PLOD2 by tumor-suppressive microRNA-26a/b in renal cell carcinoma UR - https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2016.3440 VL - 48 ER -