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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-10
pubmed:abstractText
miRNAs have been shown to function as regulatory molecules and to play an important role in cancer progression. Very little is currently known about the increasing invasion and metastasis of breast cancer due to the loss of expressive levels of certain miRNAs in breast tumor cells. In order to determine whether the CXCR4/SDF-1 pathway is regulated by expression of miRNAs, we designed and synthesized pre-miRNA against CXCR4. This double-stranded miRNA gene was ligated with a miR-155-based Block-iT Pol II miR RNAi Expression Vector (Invitrogen). Expression levels of CXCR4 in CXCR4-miRNA-transfected breast tumor cells had significantly declined. These cells exhibited reduced migration and invasion in vitro. Furthermore, they formed fewer lung metastases in vivo compared to ctrl-miRNA-transfected cells. These data support the conclusion that miRNA against CXCR4 can serve as an alterative means of therapy to lower CXCR4 expression and to block the invasion and metastasis of breast cancer cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
363
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
542-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Chemokine CXCL12, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-MicroRNAs, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Receptors, CXCR4, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:17889832-Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Blockade of invasion and metastasis of breast cancer cells via targeting CXCR4 with an artificial microRNA.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. zliang@emory.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural