Journal
EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH
Volume 363, Issue 2, Pages 310-314Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2018.01.026
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miR-637; Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; Akt1; Tumor-suppressor; Apoptosis
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81773066, 81772404]
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As a primate-specific microRNA, miR-637 has been discovered for nearly 10 years. Our previous study demonstrated that miR-637 acted as a suppressor in hepatocellular carcinoma. However, its biomedical significance in pancreatic cancer remains obscure. In the present study, miR-637 was found to be significantly downregulated in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cell lines and most of the PDAC specimens. Furthermore, the enforced overexpression of miR-637 dramatically inhibited cell proliferation and induced apoptosis of PDAC cells. Akt1, as a serine/threonine-protein kinase, has been identified as an oncogene in multiple cancers including pancreatic cancer. Our data confirmed that Akt1 was a novel target for miR-637, and its knockdown also induced cell growth inhibition and apoptosis in PDAC cells. In conclusion, our data indicated that miR-637 acted as a tumor-suppressor in PDAC, and the suppressive effect was mediated, at least partially, by suppressing Akt1 expression.
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