microRNA-146b inhibits glioma cell migration and invasion by targeting MMPs

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• 作者：Hongping Xia ; Yanting Qi ; Samuel S. Ng ; Xiaona Chen ; Dan Li ; Shen Chen ; Ruiguang Ge ; Songshan Jiang ; Guo Li ; Yangchao Chen ; Ming-Liang He ; Hsiang-fu Kung ; Lihui Lai ; Marie C. Lin
• 关键词：miR-146b ; Matrix metalloproteinase ; Glioblastoma ; Migration ; Invasion
• 刊名：Brain Research
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：7 May 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：1269
• 期：Complete
• 页码：158-165
• 全文大小：1095 K

文摘

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of endogenous, small non-protein coding single-stranded RNA molecules, which are crucial post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression. Previous studies have shown that miRNAs participate in a wide range of biological functions and play important roles in various human diseases including glioma. However, the role of miRNAs in mediating glioblastoma cell migration and invasion has not been elucidated. Using miRNA microarray, we identified miR-146b as one of the miRNAs that is significantly dysregulated in human glioblastoma tissue. We showed that miR-146b overexpression by transfection with the precursor miR-146b, or knock-down by Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA)-modified anti-miR-146b, has no effect on the growth of human glioblastoma U373 cells. However, precursor miR-146b transfection significantly reduced the migration and invasion of U373 cells, while LNA-anti-miR-146b transfection generated the opposite result. Furthermore, we discovered that a matrix metalloproteinase gene, MMP16, is one of the downstream targets of miR-146b. Taken together, our findings suggest that miR-146b is involved in glioma cell migration and invasion by targeting MMPs, and implicate miR-146b as a metastasis-inhibiting miRNA in glioma.