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Effect and mechanism of miR-146a on malignant biological behaviors of lung adenocarcinoma cell line.


ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to assess the expression of microRNA-146a (miR-146a) in human lung adenocarcinoma cells, its effect on cellular behaviors, and the underlying molecular mechanisms. Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) was used to measure miR-146a expression in the human normal lung epithelial cell line, BEAS-2B, and human lung adenocarcinoma cell lines, A549, PC-9 and H1299, to determine whether miR-146a acts as an oncogene or anti-oncogene. miR-146a mimics were transfected into target cells to observe the proliferation, apoptosis, invasion and migration of human lung adenocarcinoma cells. The target genes of miR-146a were predicted using bioinformatics analysis, and binding sites were validated by dual-luciferase reporter assay. Target gene expression at the mRNA and protein levels was measured by RT-qPCR and western blot analysis, respectively. The expression levels of miR-146a in human lung adenocarcinoma cell lines were lower than its expression in BEAS-2B (P<0.01). A549 cell line is a EGFR wild-type lung adenocarcinoma cell line, which is also the most widely studied in NSCLC, and therefore this was chosen as the target cell line for further investigation. Overexpression of miR-146a in A549 cells can inhibit cell proliferation (P<0.05), promote apoptosis (P<0.05), and reduce the cells' migratory ability (P<0.01). Bioinformatics prediction indicated that interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 1 (IRAK1) and TNF receptor associated factor 6 (TRAF6) are the target genes of miR-146a. Dual-luciferase reporter assay showed that miR-146a could specifically bind to 3'-untranslated regions of IRAK1 and TRAF6. The protein and mRNA levels of IRAK1 and TRAF6 were significantly downregulated after miR-146a overexpression in A549 cells (P<0.01). The results of this study demonstrated that the expression of miR-146a in human lung adenocarcinoma cells was significantly lower than in normal lung epithelial cells, indicating that miR-146a acts as an anti-oncogene. miR-146a suppresses the proliferation and migration of human lung adenocarcinoma cells by downregulating the expression of IRAK1 and TRAF6.

SUBMITTER: Yuan F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7202298 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effect and mechanism of miR-146a on malignant biological behaviors of lung adenocarcinoma cell line.

Yuan Fang F   Zhang Suyun S   Xie Wenying W   Yang Sheng S   Lin Tingyan T   Chen Xiangqi X  

Oncology letters 20200323 6


The aim of the present study was to assess the expression of microRNA-146a (miR-146a) in human lung adenocarcinoma cells, its effect on cellular behaviors, and the underlying molecular mechanisms. Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) was used to measure miR-146a expression in the human normal lung epithelial cell line, BEAS-2B, and human lung adenocarcinoma cell lines, A549, PC-9 and H1299, to determine whether miR-146a acts as an oncogene or anti-oncogene. miR-146a mimics were trans  ...[more]

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