Author:
Li Miao,Pan Meng,You Chengzhong,Zhao Fengshu,Wu Di,Guo Mei,Xu Hui,Shi Fangfang,Zheng Danfeng,Dou Jun
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) are typically seed cells of breast tumor that initiate and maintain tumor growth. MiR-7, as a cancer inhibitor, decreases the BCSC subset and inhibits tumor progression through mechanisms that remain unknown.
Methods
We examined miR-7 expression in breast cancer and developed a BCSC-driven xenograft mouse model, to evaluate the effects of miR-7 overexpression on the decrease of the BCSC subset in vitro and in vivo. In addition, we determined how miR-7 decreased the BCSC subset by using the ALDEFLUOR, lentivirus infection, dual-luciferase reporter, and chromatin immunoprecipitation-PCR assays.
Results
MiR-7 was expressed at low levels in breast cancer tissues compared with normal tissues, and overexpression of miR-7 directly inhibited lncRNA XIST, which mediates the transcriptional silencing of genes on the X chromosome, and reduced epithelium-specific antigen (ESA) expression by increasing miR-92b and inhibiting slug. Moreover, miR-7 suppressed CD44 and ESA by directly inhibiting the NF-κB subunit RELA and slug in breast cancer cell lines and in BCSC-driven xenografts, which confirmed the antitumor activity in mice injected with miR-7 agomir or stably infected with lenti-miR-7.
Conclusions
The findings from this study uncover the molecular mechanisms by which miR-7 inhibits XIST, modulates the miR-92b/Slug/ESA axis, and decreases the RELA and CD44 expression, resulting in a reduced BCSC subset and breast cancer growth inhibition. These findings suggest a potentially targeted treatment approach to breast cancer.
Funder
Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of the People's Republic of China
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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