Affiliation:
1. Department of Nail and Breast Surgery, Nanjing Second Hospital, 210009, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
Abstract
Objective. To ascertain the mechanism of miRNA-144-5p and ITGA3 in thyroid cancer (TC). Methods. From The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), RNA expression profiles were obtained for the expression analysis of miRNAs and mRNAs in TC. qRT-PCR and western blot were utilized to measure the expression of miRNA-144-5p and ITGA3 at RNA and protein levels, respectively. The association between miRNA-144-5p and ITGA3 was validated by the dual-luciferase assay. CCK-8, scratch healing, transwell, and flow cytometry assays were employed to evaluate tumor-related cell behaviors. Results. Low-expressed miRNA-144-5p and high-expressed ITGA3 were found in TC cells relative to normal cells. miRNA-144-5p expression was positively associated with suppressive effects on proliferative, invasive, and migratory ability of TC cells while negatively associated with cell apoptosis. miRNA-144-5p inhibited ITGA3 expression in TC, and its overexpression remarkably reversed the tumor-promoting effects of overexpressed ITGA3 on the biological functions of TC. Conclusion. It is verified in our study that cell growth of TC is inhibited by the miRNA-144-5p/ITGA3 axis, which represents an underlying target for TC. This research proposed a new insight into the strategy of TC treatment.
Subject
Applied Mathematics,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,Modeling and Simulation,General Medicine
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