TY - JOUR ID - 5468 TI - MiR-493 suppresses the proliferation and invasion of gastric cancer cells by targeting RhoC JO - Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences JA - IJBMS LA - en SN - 2008-3866 AU - Zhou, Wenhua AU - Zhang, Chi AU - Jiang, Hao AU - Zhang, Zhiwei AU - Xie, Liming AU - He, Xiusheng AD - Cancer Research Institute, University of South China, Key Laboratory of Cancer Cellular and Molecular Pathology of Hunan Provincial University, Hengyang, People's Republic of China AD - Function Laboratory Center, Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, People’s Republic of China AD - Center for Gastric Cancer Research of Human Province, The First Affiliated Hospital, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, People's Republic of China Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 18 IS - 10 SP - 1027 EP - 1033 KW - Gastric cancer KW - miR-493 KW - Proliferation KW - Invasion KW - Prognostic significance DO - 10.22038/ijbms.2015.5468 N2 - Objective(s):MiRNAs have been proposed to be key regulators of tumorigenesis, progression and metastasis. However, their effect and prognostic value in gastric cancer is still poorly known. Materials and Methods: Gastric cancer cell lines were cultured. Tissue samples obtained from 36 gastric cancer patients were used for quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis. The tissue microarrays (TMAs) consisted of 126 cases of gastric carcinoma that were used for In situ hybridisation (ISH). Lentivirus plasmids were co-transfected into 293FT cells. Cell migration was examined using wound-healing assays. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS16.0 software. Results: In this study, we found that the expression levels of miR-493 were strongly down-regulated in gastric cancer and were associated with clinical stage and the presence of lymph node metastases. Moreover, miR-493 might independently predict OS and RFS in gastric cancer. We further found that up-regulation of miR-493 inhibited the proliferation and metastasis of gastric cancer cells, in vitro and in vivo. In addition, miR-493 directly targeted RhoC, which resulted in a marked reduction of the expression of mRNA and protein. This effect, in turn, led to a decreased ability of growth, invasion and metastasis in gastric cancer cells. Conclusion: Taken together, our findings demonstrate that miR-493 is important for gastric cancer initiation and progression and holds promise as a prognostic biomarker to predict survival and relapse in gastric cancer. It is also a potential therapeutic tool to improve clinical outcomes in this disease. UR - https://ijbms.mums.ac.ir/article_5468.html L1 - https://ijbms.mums.ac.ir/article_5468_18ddcadc22af0811dcf5ca70b0f4ee12.pdf ER -