1. Nitroxoline suppresses metastasis in bladder cancer via EGR1/circNDRG1/miR-520h/smad7/EMT signaling pathway.
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Ren L, Jiang M, Xue D, Wang H, Lu Z, Ding L, Xie H, Wang R, Luo W, Xu L, Wang M, Yu S, Cheng S, Xia L, Yu H, Huang P, Xu N, and Li G
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- Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Movement genetics, Cell Proliferation genetics, Early Growth Response Protein 1 genetics, Early Growth Response Protein 1 metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Humans, Nitroquinolines, RNA, Circular genetics, Signal Transduction genetics, Smad7 Protein genetics, Smad7 Protein metabolism, Transcription Factors metabolism, MicroRNAs genetics, MicroRNAs metabolism, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms drug therapy, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms genetics, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms pathology
- Abstract
Bladder cancer is one of the most common and deadly cancer worldwide. Current chemotherapy has shown limited efficacy in improving outcomes for patients. Nitroxoline, an old and widely used oral antibiotic, which was known to treat for urinary tract infection for decades. Recent studies suggested that nitroxoline suppressed the tumor progression and metastasis, especially in bladder cancer. However, the underlying mechanism for anti-tumor activity of nitroxoline remains unclear. Methods: CircRNA microarray was used to explore the nitroxoline-mediated circRNA expression profile of bladder cancer lines. Transwell and wound-healing assay were applied to evaluate the capacity of metastasis. ChIP assay was chosen to prove the binding of promotor and transcription factor. RNA-pulldown assay was performed to explore the sponge of circRNA and microRNA. Results: We first identified the circNDRG1 (has_circ_0085656) as a novel candidate circRNA. Transwell and wound-healing assay demonstrated that circNDRG1 inhibited the metastasis of bladder cancer. ChIP assay showed that circNDRG1 was regulated by the transcription factor EGR1 by binding the promotor of host gene NDRG1. RNA-pulldown assay proved that circNDRG1 sponged miR-520h leading to the overexpression of smad7, which was a negative regulatory protein of EMT. Conclusions: Our research revealed that nitroxoline may suppress metastasis in bladder cancer via EGR1/circNDRG1/miR-520h/smad7/EMT signaling pathway., Competing Interests: Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interest exists., (© The author(s).)
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- 2022
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