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miR-622 通过直接靶向 VEGFA 可抑制乳头状甲状腺癌的肿瘤形成

 

Authors Wang R, Ma Q, Ji L, Yao Y, Ma M, Wen Q

Received 12 November 2017

Accepted for publication 12 January 2018

Published 16 March 2018 Volume 2018:11 Pages 1501—1509

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S156810

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Peer reviewers approved by Dr Lucy Goodman

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Editor who approved publication: Dr Yao Dai

Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) were reportedly to play crucial roles in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) tumorigenesis and development. Therefore, the discovery of miRNAs may provide a new and powerful tool for diagnosis and treatment of PTC. 
Purpose:
 The aim of this study was to investigate the biological function and underlying mechanism of miR-622 in PTC. 

Materials and methods: The expression levels of miR-622 in PTC patient tissues and cell lines were determined by quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR). The biological function including cell proliferation, colony formation, migration and invasion, as well as underling mechanism of miR-622 in PTC, were also evaluated by a series of in vitro and in vivo experiments.
Results: miR-622 expression level was significantly downregulated in PTC tissues and cell lines. Decreased miR-622 expression was associated with advanced clinical stage and lymph node metastasis (<0.01). The overexpression of miR-622 in TPC-1 cells inhibited cell proliferation, migration and invasion in vitro, as well as suppress tumor growth in vivo. Moreover, we also demonstrated that miR-622 specifically targeted the 3'-UTR regions of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) and inhibited its expression both mRNA level and protein levels. Overexpression of VEGFA reversed miR-622-mediated inhibition effect on cell proliferation, migration and invasion in thyroid cancer cells. More importantly, VEGFA expression was significantly increased and inversely correlated with the levels of miR-622 in PTC tissues.
Conclusion: These results show that miR-622 acts as a tumor suppressor in thyroid cancer, at least in part, via targeting VEGFA, and suggest that miR-622 may serves as a potential target for treatment of thyroid cancer patients.
Keywords: thyroid cancer, miR-622, VEGFA, proliferation, invasion