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MiR-539 inhibits the malignant behavior of breast cancer cells by targeting SP1

Authors :
Cai, Fenglin
Chen, Luhong
Sun, Yuting
He, Chunlan
Fu, Deyuan
Tang, Jinhai
Source :
Biochemistry and Cell Biology. May-June, 2020, Vol. 98 Issue 3, p426, 8 p.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

The aberrant expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) is involved in the initiation and progression of human cancers. In our study, we found that miR-539 was down-regulated in breast cancer tissues and cell lines. Decreased expression of miR-539 was significantly associated with lymph node metastasis in patients with breast cancer. Overexpression of miR-539 inhibited the proliferation and promoted apoptosis of breast cancer cells. Moreover, highly expressed miR-539 significantly suppressed the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and sensitized cells to cisplatin treatment. Mechanistically, miR-539 was found to target the specificity protein 1 (SP1) and down-regulated the expression of SP1 in breast cancer cells. Knockdown of miR-539 consistently increased the expression of SP1. The expression of miR-539 in breast cancer tissues was negatively correlated with the expression of SP1. Restoration of SP1 significantly attenuated the inhibitory effect of miR-539 on the proliferation of breast cancer cells. Taken together, our results indicate that miR-539 has a tumor suppressive role in breast cancer via targeting SP1, suggesting miR-539 as a promising target for the diagnosis of breast cancer. Key words: miR-539, breast cancer, SP1. L'expression anormale des microARN (miARN) a ete impliquee dans l'initiation et la progression des cancers chez l'humain. Les auteurs ont trouve ici que le miR-539 etait regule a la baisse dans les tissus et les lignees de cancer du sein. L'expression reduite du miR-539 etait significativement associee aux metastases ganglionnaires chez les personnes atteintes du cancer du sein. La surexpression du miR-539 inhibait la proliferation et favorisait l'apoptose des cellules de cancer du sein. De plus, le miR-539 fortement exprime reprimait significativement la transition epithelio-mesenchymateuse (TEM) et sensibilisait les cellules au traitement au cisplatine. D'un point de vue du mecanisme, le miR-539 s'est avere cibler la proteine SP1 (specificity protein 1) et reguler a la baisse l'expression de SP1 dans les cellules de cancer du sein. De la meme maniere, le knockdown du miR-539 augmentait l'expression de SP1. L'expression du miR-539 etait negativement correlee avec celle de SP1 dans les tissus de cancer du sein. Le retablissement de SP1 attenuait significativement l'effet inhibiteur du miR-539 sur la proliferation des cellules de cancer du sein. L'ensemble de ces resultats indiquait que le miR-539 exerce un role de suppresseur tumoral dans le cancer du sein en ciblant SP1, suggerant le miR-539 comme cible prometteuse dans le diagnostic du cancer du sein. [Traduit par la Redaction] Mots-cles : miR-539, cancer du sein, SP1.<br />Introduction Breast cancer is the most common malignancy with high mortality among women worldwide (Fan et al. 2014; Kotsopoulos 2018). The conventional therapeutic approaches for breast cancer include surgical resection, [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
08298211
Volume :
98
Issue :
3
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.627110188
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1139/bcb-2019-0111