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MicroRNA-10b promotes migration and invasion through CADM1 in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells

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MicroRNA-10b (miR-10b) was recently reported to be dysregulated in some types of cancer and to play a role in invasion and metastasis. However, effects and potential mechanisms of action of miR-10b in the metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have not been explored. In this study, we confirmed that miR-10b is highly expressed in metastatic HCC tissues and in metastatic HCC cell lines by qRT-PCR. Moreover, patients with higher miR-10b expression had significantly poorer overall survival, and high miR-10b expression was an independent predictor of poor prognosis. Inhibition of miR-10b reduced cell migration and invasion in MHCC97H cells, whereas over-expression of miR-10b in HepG2 cells increased cell migration and invasion. Bioinformatics and luciferase reporter assays revealed that miR-10b binds the 3′-UTR of CADM1 mRNA and represses its translation. Western blot and qRT-PCR showed that CADM1 is inhibited by miR-10b over-expression. Silencing of CADM1 resulted in substantially increased cell motility and invasion similar to that observed with over-expression of miR-10b in HepG2 cells. These results suggest that miR-10b may positively regulate the invasion and metastasis of HCC through targeting CADM1.

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This work was supported by grants from the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant no. 81030010/H0318].

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  1. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, No. 17 Changle West Road, Xi’an, 710032, China

    Qing-jun Li, Liang Zhou, Fan Yang, De-sheng Wang, Yong He & Ke-feng Dou

  2. Department of General Surgery, the Third Affiliated Hospital, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, China

    Qing-jun Li & Hang Zheng

  3. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, 710032, China

    Guo-xia Wang

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Li, Qj., Zhou, L., Yang, F. et al. MicroRNA-10b promotes migration and invasion through CADM1 in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Tumor Biol. 33, 1455–1465 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13277-012-0396-1

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