Deregulated MicroRNAs in Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts from Front Tumor Tissues of Lung Adenocarcinoma as Potential Predictors of Tumor Promotion
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ABSTRACT: Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) promote tumor progression through several mechanisms. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a key role in CAFs tumor-promoting properties, however, their role in CAFs from different topological areas in lung cancer progression remains unclear. This study aimed to characterize the miRNA expression profile of fibroblasts isolated from matched tumor front (F-CAFs), inner tumor (In-CAFs), and normal adjacent tissue (NFs) in lung adenocarcinoma, using microarray analysis and RT-qPCR. Proliferation and invasion assays of A549 lung cancer cells were performed in the presence of conditioned medium from F-CAFs, In-CAFs and NFs. Pathway enrichment analysis and miRNA-target networks were performed to identify tumorigenesis-related miRNAs. Both F-CAFs and In-CAFs enhanced the proliferation and invasion of A549 cells compared to NFs; however, F-CAFs showed a significantly stronger effect than In-CAFs. qPCR demonstrated three downregulated miRNAs in F-CAFs versus NFs (miR-145-3p, miR-299-3 p, miR-505-3p) and two in F-CAFs versus In-CAFs (miR-410-3p, miR-485-5p). Deregulated miRNAs showed significant association to “pathways in cancer”, “Wnt signaling pathway”, and “TGF-beta signaling pathway”, targeting tumor-promoting growth factors as IGF1 and VEGFA. Our findings suggest that deregulated miRNAs in F-CAFs, which showed the strongest effect on the invasive and proliferative capacity of A546 cancer cells, present potential predictive association with tumor-promoting properties.
ORGANISM(S): synthetic construct
PROVIDER: GSE113805 | GEO | 2018/04/28
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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