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MiR-93-5p enhances growth and angiogenesis capacity of HUVECs by down-regulating EPLIN.


ABSTRACT: Tumor angiogenesis is essential in delivering oxygen and nutrients to growing tumors, and therefore considered as a hallmark of cancer. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to play important roles in regulating tumor angiogenesis. MicroRNA-93-5p (miR-93-5p) has been identified as an oncogenic miRNA in a variety of human malignancies and involved in tumor angiogenesis in astrocytoma. However, the direct effect(s) of miR-93-5p on the biological behaviors of endothelial cells have not been investigated. Thus, in the present study we investigated the role(s) of miR-93-5p in regulating the functions of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). We found that triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) tissues with higher levels of miR-93-5p showed higher blood vessel density. Overexpression of miR-93-5p accelerated HUVECs proliferation and migration and promoted HUVECs lumen formation and sprouting in vitro, while blockade of miR-93-5p suppressed HUVECs migration and angiogenic capacity. The mechanistic studies revealed that miR-93-5p can promote angiogenic process through inhibiting epithelial protein lost in neoplasm (EPLIN) expression in HUVECs. In sum, our results have indicated that miR-93-5p promoted angiogenesis through down-regulating EPLIN and therefore represented a promising target for developing novel anti-angiogenic therapeutics.

SUBMITTER: Liang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5739794 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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MiR-93-5p enhances growth and angiogenesis capacity of HUVECs by down-regulating EPLIN.

Liang Liang L   Zhao Lei L   Zan Ying Y   Zhu Qing Q   Ren Juan J   Zhao Xinhan X  

Oncotarget 20171106 63


Tumor angiogenesis is essential in delivering oxygen and nutrients to growing tumors, and therefore considered as a hallmark of cancer. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to play important roles in regulating tumor angiogenesis. MicroRNA-93-5p (miR-93-5p) has been identified as an oncogenic miRNA in a variety of human malignancies and involved in tumor angiogenesis in astrocytoma. However, the direct effect(s) of miR-93-5p on the biological behaviors of endothelial cells have not been investigat  ...[more]

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