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Cancer Cell International
Published in: Cancer Cell International 1/2016

Open Access 01-12-2016 | Primary research

MiR-145 functions as a tumor suppressor via regulating angiopoietin-2 in pancreatic cancer cells

Authors: Hao Wang, Cheng Hang, Xi-Long Ou, Jin-Shan Nie, Yi-Tao Ding, Shi-Gui Xue, Hua Gao, Jian-Xin Zhu

Published in: Cancer Cell International | Issue 1/2016

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Abstract

Background

Pancreatic cancer is currently one of the leading causes of cancer deaths without any effective therapies. Mir-145 has been found to be tumor-suppressive in various types of cancers. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of miR-145 in pancreatic cancer cells and explore its underlying mechanism.

Methods

Quantitative real time PCR was used to determine the expression level of miR-145 and angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) mNRA, and the expression level of Ang-2 protein was measured by western blotting. The anti-cancer activities of miR-145 were tested both in in vitro by using cell invasion and colony formation assay and in vivo by using xenograft assay. The direct action of miR-145 on Ang-2 was predicted by TargetScan and confirmed by luciferase report assay. The vascularization of xenografts were performed by immunohistochemical analysis.

Results

The expression level of miR-145 was significantly lower and the expression levels of Ang-2 mRNA and protein was significantly higher in the more aggressive pancreatic cancer cells (MiaPaCa-2 and Panc-1) when compared to that in BxPC3 cells. Overexpression of miR-145 in the BxPC3, MiaPaCa-2 and Panc-1 cells suppressed the cell invasion and colony formation ability, and the expression level of Ang-2 protein in MiaPaCa-2 and Panc-1 cells was also suppressed after pre-miR-145 transfection. Intratumoral delivery of miR-145 inhibited the growth of pancreatic cancer xenografts and angiogenesis in vivo, and also suppressed the expression level of angiopoietin-2 protein. Luciferase report assay showed that Ang-2 is a direct target of miR-145, and down-regulation of angiopoietin-2 by treatment with Ang-2 siRNA in the BxPC3, MiaPaCa-2 and Panc-1 cells suppressed cell invasion and colony formation ability. The reverse transcription PCR results also showed that Tie1 and Tie2 were expressed in BxPC3, MiaPaCa-2 and Panc-1 cells.

Conclusion

MiR-145 functions as a tumor suppressor in pancreatic cancer cells by targeting Ang-2 for translation repression and thus suppresses pancreatic cancer cell invasion and growth, which suggests that restoring of miR-145 may be a potential therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer.
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Metadata
Title
MiR-145 functions as a tumor suppressor via regulating angiopoietin-2 in pancreatic cancer cells
Authors
Hao Wang
Cheng Hang
Xi-Long Ou
Jin-Shan Nie
Yi-Tao Ding
Shi-Gui Xue
Hua Gao
Jian-Xin Zhu
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Cancer Cell International / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1475-2867
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12935-016-0331-4

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