Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a cancer type with high postoperative relapse rates and poor long-term survival largely due to tumor invasion, distant metastasis, and multidrug resistance. Deregulated microRNAs (miRNAs) are implicated in several cancer types including CCA. The specific roles of the miRNA let-7c in cholangiocarcinoma are not known and need to be further elucidated. In our translational study we show that microRNA let-7c expression was significantly downregulated in human cholangiocarcinoma tissues when compared to adjacent tissues of the same patient. Let-7c inhibited the tumorigenic properties of cholangiocarcinoma cells including their self-renewal capacity and sphere formation in vitro and subcutaneous cancer cell growth in vivo. Ectopic let-7c overexpression suppressed migration and invasion capacities of cholangiocarcinoma cell lines in vitro, however, promoted distant invasiveness in vivo. Furthermore, we found that let-7c regulated the aforementioned malignant biological properties, at least in part, through regulation of EZH2 protein expression and through the DVL3/beta-catenin axis. The miRNA let-7c thus plays an important dual role in regulating tumorigenic and metastatic abilities of human cholangiocarcinoma through mechanisms involving EZH2 protein and the DVL3/beta-catenin axis.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China [81071775, 81272659, 81101621, 81172064, 81001068, 81272425, 81372353, 81402443]
Xie Yu,Zhang Hang,Guo Xing-Jun,et al.Let-7c inhibits cholangiocarcinoma growth but promotes tumor cell invasion and growth at extrahepatic sites[J].CELL DEATH & DISEASE.2018,9:doi:10.1038/s41419-018-0286-6.
APA:
Xie, Yu,Zhang, Hang,Guo, Xing-Jun,Feng, Ye-Chen,He, Rui-Zhi...&Qin, Ren-Yi.(2018).Let-7c inhibits cholangiocarcinoma growth but promotes tumor cell invasion and growth at extrahepatic sites.CELL DEATH & DISEASE,9,
MLA:
Xie, Yu,et al."Let-7c inhibits cholangiocarcinoma growth but promotes tumor cell invasion and growth at extrahepatic sites".CELL DEATH & DISEASE 9.(2018)