Downregulation of monocarboxylate transporter 1 inhibits the invasion and migration through suppression of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei Zhang ◽  
Jie Ma ◽  
Jiao Gao ◽  
Fang Liu ◽  
Xiaojin Sun ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1785-1791
Author(s):  
Tangpeng Xu ◽  
Changli Ruan ◽  
Xu Bin ◽  
Mengxue Hu

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a serious threat to human health. miR-340 participates in HCC pathogenesis, but its specific mechanism is not completely clear. Therefore, our study assessed the mechanism by how miR-340 involves in HCC. The cancer tissues and paracancerous tissues of HCC patients were collected. miR-340 mimics/NC and Akt siRNA were transfected into HepG2 cells followed by analysis of miR-304 and EMT-related molecules expression by Real-time PCR, cell invasion and migration by Transwell assay, cell proliferation ability by CCK8 assay as well as p-Akt and p-mTOR level by Western blot. miR-340 in HCC tissues was significantly downregulated compared to adjacent tissues (P <0.001). With increased pathological grade, miR-340 expression was decreased gradually. p-Akt and p-mTOR in HCC tissues was significantly upregulated and elevated gradually with increased pathological grade. p-Akt and p-mTOR was negatively associated with miR-340 (P <0.001). After overexpression of miR-340, HepG2 cell proliferation, invasion, migration and epithelialization were significantly inhibited, and p-Akt and p-mTOR was reduced. When Akt expression was interfered with siRNA, cell proliferation and epithelialization was further inhibited. miR-340 inhibits the development of hepatocellular carcinoma through Akt signaling pathway.


Neoplasma ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (05) ◽  
pp. 727-735
Author(s):  
G. Shi ◽  
C. Lv ◽  
Z. Yang ◽  
T. Qin ◽  
L. Sun ◽  
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