Journal
CANCER BIOMARKERS
Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 405-413Publisher
IOS PRESS
DOI: 10.3233/CBM-160579
Keywords
miR-765; INPP4B; proliferation; human hepatocellular carcinoma
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- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province [2012ZBAB205001]
- Science and Technology Projects Foundation of Jiangxi Province [20112BBG70037]
- Science and Technology Projects Foundation of Guangdong Province [2012B031800501]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [30600156]
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microRNAs (miRNAs) dysregulation is widely involved in cancer progression and contributed to sustained cell proliferation by directly targeting multiple targets. Therefore, better understanding the underlying mechanism of miRNA in carcinogenesis may improve diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for malignancy. In our study, we found that mir-765 is upregulated in both hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines and tissues, compared to human normal liver cell line and adjacent non-cancerous tissues, respectively. Overexpression of mir-765 increased HCC cells proliferation and tumorigenicity, whereas inhibition of mir-765 reverses this effect. Furthermore, we demonstrated that INPP4B as a direct target of mir-765 and ectopic expression of mir-765 repressed INPP4B expression, resulting in upregulation of p-AKT, Cyclin D1, and downregulation of p-FOXO3a, p21 expression in HCC. Strikingly, we found that silencing the expression of INPP4B is the essential biological function of miR-765 during HCC cell proliferation. Collectively, our findings reveal that miR-765 is a potential onco-miR that participates in carcinogenesis of human HCC by suppressing INPP4B expression, and might represent a potential therapeutic target for HCC patients.
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