miR-203 Suppresses the Proliferation and Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Targeting Oncogene ADAM9 and Oncogenic Long Non-coding RNA HULC

Title:miR-203 Suppresses the Proliferation and Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Targeting Oncogene ADAM9 and Oncogenic Long Non-coding RNA HULC

Volume: 16 Issue: 4

Author(s): Daiwei Wan, Shunli Shen, Shunjun Fu, Burnley Preston, Coder Brandon, Songbing He, Chenglong Shen, Jian Wu, Sutong Wang, Wenxuan Xie, Bin Chen, Liya A, Yixing Guo, Dingcheng Zheng, Qiaoming Zhi and Baogang Peng

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Keywords: ADAM9, hepatocellular carcinoma, HULC, long non-coding RNA, microRNA, miR-203.

Abstract: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been integrated into tumorigenic programs by regulating genes at post-transcriptional level. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are novel targets for miRNAs. Here, we reported that miR-203 down-regulation was closely linked to advanced clinical features and poor overall survival (OS) of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. We also confirmed that miR-203 and oncogene ADAM9 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase 9)/oncogenic long non-coding RNA HULC (highly up-regulated in liver cancer) were inversely expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues or cell lines. More intriguingly, up-regulation of miR-203 diminished the expression of ADAM9 and HULC in HCC cancer cells. Over-expression of miR-203 could markedly inhibit cell proliferation, invasion and induce cell apoptosis. Furthermore, we identified that miR-203 modulated ADAM9 and HULC in a novel post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism. Over-expression of HULC partly rescued the miR-203-mediated antitumor effects. These results suggested that miR-203 played tumor suppressive roles by downregulating ADAM9 and HULC and indicated its potential application in cancer treatment.

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Wan Daiwei, Shen Shunli, Fu Shunjun, Preston Burnley, Brandon Coder, He Songbing, Shen Chenglong, Wu Jian, Wang Sutong, Xie Wenxuan, Chen Bin, A Liya, Guo Yixing, Zheng Dingcheng, Zhi Qiaoming and Peng Baogang, miR-203 Suppresses the Proliferation and Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Targeting Oncogene ADAM9 and Oncogenic Long Non-coding RNA HULC, Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 2016; 16 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871520615666150716105955