Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell (BMSC)-Derived Exosomal miR-168-5p Inhibits Proliferation and Chemotherapy Resistance in Gastric Cancer by Downregulation of Cyclin D1 and P Glycoprotein

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-264
Author(s):  
ZhongXin Wu ◽  
Tianyi Huang

miR-168-5p is indicated as an upstream effector of the tumor suppressor signal pathway in ovarian cancer and bladder cancer, but the role in gastric cancer (GC) remains unknown. This study aims to reveal the expression and significance of miR-168-5p in GC. RT-qPCR analysis was used to detect the expression of miR-168-5p in GC tissues and plasma, and the relationship of miR-168-5p and CCND1 was evaluated. GC cells were co-cultured with BMSCs or transfected with miR-168-5p mimic. CCK-8 assay and flow cytometry were conducted to assess the effect of miR-168-5p in GC and the interaction between BMSCs and cancer cell progression. Animal experiment was established to explore the in vivo effect of miR-168-5p. miR-168-5p is poorly expressed in gastric cancer cells and the plasma of patients with gastric cancer. BMSC co-culture is similar to miR-168-5p mimic induced miR-168-5p expression increase. miR-168-5p overexpression decreased the proliferative, invasive and migratory capacities of GC cells, and promoted apoptosis. Mechanically, miR-168-5p targeted and decreased the expression of CCND1. Additionally, the low miR-168-5p expression in GC was closely related to poor prognosis and malignant transformation. BMSC exosomes carrying miR-168-5p suppress cell progression in GC when inhibiting the expression of CCND1 and P glycoprotein, which indicates potential diagnostic and prognostic value of miR-168-5p and helps the development of miR-168-5p-based treatment for drug-resistant GC.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e16555-e16555
Author(s):  
Beibei Chen ◽  
Saiqi Wang ◽  
Jinxi Huang ◽  
Jitian Li ◽  
Jianying Zhang ◽  
...  

e16555 Background: KREMEN2 is an important regulator of classical Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. However, the relationship between KREMEN2 and gastric cancer is not clear. The aim of this study was to explore the regulatory role of KREMEN2 in the tumorigenesis and metastasis of gastric cancer. Methods: We measured the protein level of KREMEN2 in 156 gastric adenocarcinoma, 40 metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma, 8 marginal and 4 normal tissues using tissue microarray. The differences in KREMEN2 expression were tested with Mann-Whitney U test. The relationship between KREMEN2 expression and pathologic data was determined with Pearson’s correlation analysis. The mRNA and protein level in cultured cell lines were detected by qRT-PCR and western blotting, respectively. Lentivirus was transfected by repressing KREMEN2. Cell viability was determined by the MTT assay. Apoptosis and cell cycle distribution were detected using flow cytometry. The cell migration was investigated by wound healing and transwell assay. Antibody array was performed to explore the underlying molecule mechanism. In vivo, Xenograft assay was established using nude mice to explore the role of KREMEN2 in gastric cancer cell and bioluminescence was observed via an in vivo imaging system. Results: It was demonstrated that, compared to para-cancerous tissues, KREMEN2 was significantly up-regulated in gastric cancer tissues, and was positively correlated with the pathological grade of gastric cancer patients. Given that KREMEN2 is abundantly expressed in most tested gastric cancer cell lines, KREMEN2 knockdown cell models were established and further used to construct mice xenograft model. After knocking down KREMEN2, the proliferation of gastric cancer cells was inhibited both in vivo and in vitro. At the same time, knockdown of KREMEN2 induced apoptosis, cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase and inhibition of migration in gastric cancer cells in vitro. Mechanistically, we found that knockdown of KREMEN2 suppressed PI3K/Akt pathway. Conclusions: Therefore, we revealed that the overexpression of KREMEN2 in gastric cancer may promote the carcinogenesis and metastasis of gastric cancer by activating the PI3K/Akt pathway.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng-Yao Sun ◽  
Jian Sun ◽  
Jie Tao ◽  
Yu-Xia Yuan ◽  
Zhen-Hua Ni ◽  
...  

Gastric cancer (GC) is the third leading cause of cancer-related death. Chemotherapy resistance remains the major reason for GC treatment failure and poor overall survival of patients. Our previous studies have proved that Zuo Jin Wan (ZJW), a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formula, could significantly enhance the sensitivity of cisplatin (DDP)-resistant gastric cancer cells to DDP by inducing apoptosis via mitochondrial translocation of cofilin-1. However, the underlying mechanism remains poorly understood. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of ROCK/PTEN/PI3K on ZJW-induced apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. We found that ZJW could significantly activate the ROCK/PTEN pathway, inhibit PI3K/Akt, and promote the apoptosis of SGC-7901/DDP cells. Inhibition of ROCK obviously attenuated ZJW-induced apoptosis as well as cofilin-1 mitochondrial translocation, while inhibition of PI3K had the opposite effects. In vivo, combination treatment of DDP and ZJW (2000 mg/kg) significantly reduced tumor growth compared with DDP alone. Moreover, the combined administration of ZJW and DDP increased the expression of cleaved ROCK and p-PTEN while it decreased p-PI3K and p-cofilin-1, which was consistent with our in vitro results. These findings indicated that ZJW could effectively inhibit DDP resistance in GC by regulating ROCK/PTEN/PI3K signaling and provide a promising treatment strategy for gastric cancer.


2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiping Zhu ◽  
Kai Li ◽  
Liang Yan ◽  
Yang He ◽  
Lu Wang ◽  
...  

Abstract Accumulating evidence has indicated that microRNAs can regulate downstream signaling pathways and play an important role in various tumors. In this study, we found that miR-223-3p was differentially expressed in 40 paired gastric cancer tissues and adjacent tissues and that miR-223-3p was positively correlated with tumor invasion depth and lymph node metastasis. Luciferase reporter assay confirmed that Arid1a was the target gene of miR-223-3p. Functional assays showed that miR-223-3p promoted the proliferation and invasion of gastric cancer cells by regulating the expression of Arid1a. We also confirmed that miR-223-3p regulated the growth of gastric cancer cells in vivo, while an antagomir against miR-223-3p significantly inhibited tumor growth. In conclusion, our results demonstrated that miR-223-3p inhibits gastric cancer cell progression by decreasing the expression of Arid1a. Therefore, miR-223-3p may act as a potential therapeutic target for patients with gastric cancer.


2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
An Yang ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
Ping Liu ◽  
Yunzhang Feng ◽  
Hongbo Liu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), urothelial carcinoma-associated 1 (UCA1) is aberrantly expressed in multiple cancers and has been verified as an oncogene. However, the underlying mechanism of UCA1 in the development of gastric cancer is not fully understood. In the present study, we aimed to identify how UCA1 promotes gastric cancer development. Methods The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) data were used to analyze UCA1 and myosin VI (MYO6) expression in gastric cancer. Western blot and quantitative real-time PCR (QPCR) were performed to test the expression level of the UCA1/miR-145/MYO6 axis in gastric cancer cell lines and tissues. The roles of the UCA1/miR-145/MYO6 axis in gastric cancer in vitro and in vivo were investigated by CCK-8 assay, flow cytometry, siRNAs, immunohistochemistry, and a mouse xenograft model. The targeted relationship among UCA1, miR-145, and MYO6 was predicted using LncBase Predicted v.2 and TargetScan online software, and then verified by luciferase activity assay and RNA immunoprecipitation. Results UCA1 expression was higher but miR-145 expression was lower in gastric cancer cell lines or tissues, compared to the adjacent normal cell line or normal tissues. Function analysis verified that UCA1 promoted cell proliferation and inhibited cell apoptosis in the gastric cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, UCA1 could bind directly to miR-145, and MYO6 was found to be a downstream target gene of miR-145. miR-145 mimics or MYO6 siRNAs could partly reverse the effect of UCA1 on gastric cancer cells. Conclusions UCA1 accelerated cell proliferation and inhibited cell apoptosis through sponging miR-145 to upregulate MYO6 expression in gastric cancer, indicating that the UCA1/miR-145/MYO6 axis may serve as a potential therapeutic target for gastric cancer.


Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 299
Author(s):  
Monica De Caroli ◽  
Fabrizio Barozzi ◽  
Luciana Renna ◽  
Gabriella Piro ◽  
Gian-Pietro Di Sansebastiano

Plants rely on both actin and microtubule cytoskeletons to fine-tune sorting and spatial targeting of membranes during cell growth and stress adaptation. Considerable advances have been made in recent years in the comprehension of the relationship between the trans-Golgi network/early endosome (TGN/EE) and cytoskeletons, but studies have mainly focused on the transport to and from the plasma membrane. We address here the relationship of the cytoskeleton with different endoplasmic reticulum (ER) export mechanisms toward vacuoles. These emergent features of the plant endomembrane traffic are explored with an in vivo approach, providing clues on the traffic regulation at different levels beyond known proteins’ functions and interactions. We show how traffic of vacuolar markers, characterized by different vacuolar sorting determinants, diverges at the export from the ER, clearly involving different components of the cytoskeleton.


1996 ◽  
Vol 1996 ◽  
pp. 111-111
Author(s):  
V.C. Flamarique ◽  
R.M. Lewis ◽  
G. Simm

Excess fat in lamb is regarded as an important reason for less lamb meat being purchased by consumers. This has encouraged the development and use (particularly in Terminal Sire breeds) of selection indices that can identify animals that will sire leaner progeny. These indices usually include live weight and in vivo predictors of body composition, such as an ultrasonic measurement of muscle and fat depth, as selection criteria (Simm and Dingwall, 1989). But the usefulness of such in vivo measurements as predictors of carcass composition depends on the correlation between, and the variation in, live and carcass measures. The objectives of this study were to determine the strength of the relationship between ultrasound and dissection measures of carcass composition, and the degree of genetic variation in these measures, in crossbred progeny of Suffolk rams.


2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 338-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianshuang Li ◽  
Tong Li ◽  
Shuo Li ◽  
Lipeng Xie ◽  
Yi-Lin Yang ◽  
...  

Previous studies have demonstrated that CXCL12/CXCR4 axis is closely related to tumors such as malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). This research was conducted in order to detect whether CXCL12/CXCR4 inhibitors could restrain MPM and have a synergistic effect with chemotherapy, also to investigate the relationship of CXCL12/CXCR4 with other gene expressions in MPM. Forty mice were injected MPM cells and randomly divided into four groups: the PBS (control group), AMD3100 (CXCR4-CXCL12 antagonist), pemetrexed and AMD3100 plus pemetrexed. The mice were treated respectively for duration of 3 weeks. The size, bioluminescence and weight of tumors were measured. The differences between gene expressions in each group were analyzed. The tumor weights of each treatment group were lower than that of the control group (p<0.05). The bioluminescence of the tumor of the AMD3100 treatment group and the AMD3100 plus pemetrexed treatment group were lower than that of the control group (p<0.05), and AMD3100 was shown to have synergistic effects with pemetrexed (p<0.05). Among the 2.5 billion genes, several hundreds of genes expressed differently between groups. Results show that AMD3100 and pemetrexed can inhibit the growth of MPM in vivo, also that there is a better result if both are used together. Our findings suggest that CXCL12/CXCR4 axis affects a certain amount of gene expression in MPM.


1977 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 839-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Severson ◽  
R. D. Fell ◽  
J. G. Tuig ◽  
D. R. Griffith

Plasma corticosterone concentrations and in vitro adrenal secretion of corticosterone were determined in exercise-trained rats. Rats, 100, 200, and 300 days of age, were trained for a 10-wk period by treadmill running. Following the training program, rats were subjected to an acute bout of swimming. Acute swimming elevated plasma corticosterone concentrations in all age groups. At 170 days of age, the plasma corticosterone concentration following swimming was higher in exercise-trained rats than in controls. The opposite was true of acutely swum rats at 270 and 370 days of age. Acute swimming elevated the in vitro adrenal gland response to adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation in control rats at all ages and in trained rats at 170 days of age. The in vivo relationship of epinephrine and the pituitary adrenal system is suggested as a mechanism which could have caused this response. The relationship of secretion rates to plasma corticosterone concentrations indicated that extra-adrenal mechanisms, such as decreased turnover, were also responsible for the elevated plasma corticosterone levels observed in response to acute swimming.


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