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ArticleDigestive diseases and sciences2014

Prognostic marker microRNA-125b inhibits tumorigenic properties of hepatocellular carcinoma cells via suppressing tumorigenic molecule eIF5A2.

Felice H Tsang, Victor Au, Wen-Jing Lu, Felix H Shek, Angela M Liu, John M Luk, Sheung-Tat Fan, Ronnie T P Poon, Nikki P Lee

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Article in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Felice H TsangDepartment of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Victor Au
Wen-Jing Lu
Felix H Shek
Angela M Liu
John M Luk
Sheung-Tat Fan
Ronnie T P Poon
Nikki P Lee
University of Hong Kong · HK

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Abstract

backgroundMicroRNAs (miRNAs) belong to a group of small non-coding RNA with differential expression in tumors, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

aimThis study investigates the involvement of miR-125b in HCC.

methodsClinical analysis of miR-125b was performed using data derived from miRNA profiling and qPCR. Phenotypic changes of liver cell lines were examined after ectopic miR-125b expression. Lastly, bioinformatics analysis coupled with luciferase reporter assay was used to reveal the cellular target of miR-125b.

resultsA down-regulation of miR-125b was found in HCC tumors and cultured cells. Patients having tumors with ≥twofold reduction in miR-125b compared to adjacent non-tumor tissues contributed to 23 out of 49 HCC cases (46.9 %), while this down-regulation was usually found in patients with tumor venous infiltration and recurrence. miR-125b expression was also negatively correlated with increased serum AFP level and poor overall survival of patients. Ectopic expression of miR-125b led to alleviated tumor phenotypes of HCC cells. Among the 110 bioinformatically predicated candidates, 31 of them negatively correlated with miR-125b in HCC tumors for which one of them named eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A2 (eIF5A2), known also as a liver oncofetal molecule, was validated to be a direct target of miR-125b in HCC.

conclusionsThis study has evidenced for the negative correlation of tumor miR-125b expression with poor prognosis of HCC patients. Expression of miR-125b can reverse the tumorigenic properties of cultured HCC cells via suppressing the tumorigenic molecule eIF5A2, thus postulating restoration of miR-125b level as a way to counteract liver tumorigenesis.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularCell Line, TumorDown-RegulationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLiver NeoplasmsMicroRNAsPeptide Initiation FactorsTranscriptomeeIF-5A2MicroRNAsMIRN125 microRNA, humanPeptide Initiation Factors

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