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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-10-15
pubmed:abstractText
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide. MicroRNAs (miRs) are single-stranded, noncoding RNAs that are important in many biological processes. Although the oncogenic and tumor-suppressive functions of several miRs have been characterized, their precise biological roles remain largely unexplored. In the present study, the role of miR-133b was identified in the regulation of CRC cell proliferation and apoptosis. miR-133b expression was shown to be greatly downregulated in human CRC cells compared to normal colon cells. Downregulation of miR-133b expression was also significant in six of eight human CRC tissues compared with adjacent normal tissues. In the CRC cell lines SW-620 and HT-29, ectopic expression of miR-133b potently affected tumor cell proliferation and apoptosis in vitro and in vivo by direct targeting of the receptor tyrosine kinase MET. Transfection of SW-620 and HT-29 cells with miR-133b significantly suppressed a luciferase-reporter containing the MET-3'-untranslated region. Taken together, these results provide evidence that miR-133b regulated tumor cell proliferation and apoptosis through modulation of the MET signaling pathway.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1555-8576
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
190-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-3-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Carcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Colorectal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-MicroRNAs, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-RNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Receptors, Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Statistics, Nonparametric, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Tumor Burden, pubmed-meshheading:20505319-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
miR-133b regulates the MET proto-oncogene and inhibits the growth of colorectal cancer cells in vitro and in vivo.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated XiangYa Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article