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Down-Regulation of MicroRNA-210 Confers Sensitivity towards 1’S-1’-Acetoxychavicol Acetate (ACA) in Cervical Cancer Cells by Targeting SMAD4

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs that regulate genes posttranscriptionally. Past studies have reported that miR-210 is up-regulated in many cancers including cervical cancer, and plays a pleiotropic role in carcinogenesis. However, its role in regulating response towards anti-cancer agen...

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Autores principales: Phuah, Neoh Hun, Azmi, Mohamad Nurul, Awang, Khalijah, Nagoor, Noor Hasima
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Publicado: Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5424275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28401751
http://dx.doi.org/10.14348/molcells.2017.2285
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author Phuah, Neoh Hun
Azmi, Mohamad Nurul
Awang, Khalijah
Nagoor, Noor Hasima
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Azmi, Mohamad Nurul
Awang, Khalijah
Nagoor, Noor Hasima
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description MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs that regulate genes posttranscriptionally. Past studies have reported that miR-210 is up-regulated in many cancers including cervical cancer, and plays a pleiotropic role in carcinogenesis. However, its role in regulating response towards anti-cancer agents has not been fully elucidated. We have previously reported that the natural compound 1’S-1’-acetoxychavicol acetate (ACA) is able to induce cytotoxicity in various cancer cells including cervical cancer cells. Hence, this study aims to investigate the mechanistic role of miR-210 in regulating response towards ACA in cervical cancer cells. In the present study, we found that ACA down-regulated miR-210 expression in cervical cancer cells, and suppression of miR-210 expression enhanced sensitivity towards ACA by inhibiting cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis. Western blot analysis showed increased expression of mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 4 (SMAD4), which was predicted as a target of miR-210 by target prediction programs, following treatment with ACA. Luciferase reporter assay confirmed that miR-210 binds to sequences in 3′UTR of SMAD4. Furthermore, decreased in SMAD4 protein expression was observed when miR-210 was overexpressed. Conversely, SMAD4 protein expression increased when miR-210 expression was suppressed. Lastly, we demonstrated that overexpression of SMAD4 augmented the anti-proliferative and apoptosis-inducing effects of ACA. Taken together, our results demonstrated that down-regulation of miR-210 conferred sensitivity towards ACA in cervical cancer cells by targeting SMAD4. These findings suggest that combination of miRNAs and natural compounds could provide new strategies in treating cervical cancer.
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spelling pubmed-54242752017-05-19 Down-Regulation of MicroRNA-210 Confers Sensitivity towards 1’S-1’-Acetoxychavicol Acetate (ACA) in Cervical Cancer Cells by Targeting SMAD4 Phuah, Neoh Hun Azmi, Mohamad Nurul Awang, Khalijah Nagoor, Noor Hasima Mol Cells Article MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs that regulate genes posttranscriptionally. Past studies have reported that miR-210 is up-regulated in many cancers including cervical cancer, and plays a pleiotropic role in carcinogenesis. However, its role in regulating response towards anti-cancer agents has not been fully elucidated. We have previously reported that the natural compound 1’S-1’-acetoxychavicol acetate (ACA) is able to induce cytotoxicity in various cancer cells including cervical cancer cells. Hence, this study aims to investigate the mechanistic role of miR-210 in regulating response towards ACA in cervical cancer cells. In the present study, we found that ACA down-regulated miR-210 expression in cervical cancer cells, and suppression of miR-210 expression enhanced sensitivity towards ACA by inhibiting cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis. Western blot analysis showed increased expression of mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 4 (SMAD4), which was predicted as a target of miR-210 by target prediction programs, following treatment with ACA. Luciferase reporter assay confirmed that miR-210 binds to sequences in 3′UTR of SMAD4. Furthermore, decreased in SMAD4 protein expression was observed when miR-210 was overexpressed. Conversely, SMAD4 protein expression increased when miR-210 expression was suppressed. Lastly, we demonstrated that overexpression of SMAD4 augmented the anti-proliferative and apoptosis-inducing effects of ACA. Taken together, our results demonstrated that down-regulation of miR-210 conferred sensitivity towards ACA in cervical cancer cells by targeting SMAD4. These findings suggest that combination of miRNAs and natural compounds could provide new strategies in treating cervical cancer. Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology 2017-04-30 2017-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5424275/ /pubmed/28401751 http://dx.doi.org/10.14348/molcells.2017.2285 Text en © The Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/.
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Phuah, Neoh Hun
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Awang, Khalijah
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Down-Regulation of MicroRNA-210 Confers Sensitivity towards 1’S-1’-Acetoxychavicol Acetate (ACA) in Cervical Cancer Cells by Targeting SMAD4
title Down-Regulation of MicroRNA-210 Confers Sensitivity towards 1’S-1’-Acetoxychavicol Acetate (ACA) in Cervical Cancer Cells by Targeting SMAD4
title_full Down-Regulation of MicroRNA-210 Confers Sensitivity towards 1’S-1’-Acetoxychavicol Acetate (ACA) in Cervical Cancer Cells by Targeting SMAD4
title_fullStr Down-Regulation of MicroRNA-210 Confers Sensitivity towards 1’S-1’-Acetoxychavicol Acetate (ACA) in Cervical Cancer Cells by Targeting SMAD4
title_full_unstemmed Down-Regulation of MicroRNA-210 Confers Sensitivity towards 1’S-1’-Acetoxychavicol Acetate (ACA) in Cervical Cancer Cells by Targeting SMAD4
title_short Down-Regulation of MicroRNA-210 Confers Sensitivity towards 1’S-1’-Acetoxychavicol Acetate (ACA) in Cervical Cancer Cells by Targeting SMAD4
title_sort down-regulation of microrna-210 confers sensitivity towards 1’s-1’-acetoxychavicol acetate (aca) in cervical cancer cells by targeting smad4
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5424275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28401751
http://dx.doi.org/10.14348/molcells.2017.2285
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