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ArticleCell death & disease2016

Decreased expression of microRNA-17 and microRNA-20b promotes breast cancer resistance to taxol therapy by upregulation of NCOA3.

Xiang Ao, Peipei Nie, Baoyan Wu, Wei Xu, Tao Zhang, Songmao Wang, Haocai Chang, Zhengzhi Zou

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Landscape of NcRNAs involved in drug resistance of breast cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2023
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  18. [Long-chain non-coding RNA MALAT1 regulates paclitaxel resistance of breast cancer cells by targeting miR-485-3p].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiang AoBreast Oncology Department, Cancer Center of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Peipei NieKingMed Diagnostics and KingMed School of Laboratory Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Baoyan WuMOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science and Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Wei XuKingMed Diagnostics and KingMed School of Laboratory Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Tao ZhangMOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science and Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Songmao WangMOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science and Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Haocai ChangMOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science and Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Zhengzhi ZouMOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science and Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
South China Normal University · CNGuangzhou Medical University · CNKingmed Diagnostics · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemoresistance is a major obstacle to effective breast cancer chemotherapy. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, nuclear receptor coactivator 3 (NCOA3) was found to be significantly increased in taxol-resistant breast cancer tissues and cells. Moreover, overexpression of NCOA3 enhanced breast cancer cell resistance to taxol, whereas depletion of NCOA3 decreased taxol resistance. Subsequently, we investigated whether NCOA3 expression was regulated by miRNAs in breast cancer. By bioinformatics prediction in combination with the data of previous report, miR-17 and miR-20b were selected as the potential miRNAs targeting NCOA3. By real-time PCR analysis, we found that miR-17 and miR-20b were significantly reduced in taxol-resistant breast cancer tissues and cells. In addition, we provided some experimental evidences that miR-17 and miR-20b attenuated breast cancer resistance to taxol in vitro and in vivo models. Furthermore, by luciferase reporter assays, we further validated that both miR-17 and miR-20b directly binded the 3'-untranslated region of NCOA3 mRNA and inhibited its expression in breast cancer cells. Finally, both miR-17 and miR-20b levels were found to be significantly negatively correlated with NCOA3 mRNA levels in breast cancer tissues. Together, our results indicated that loss of miR-17 and miR-20b enhanced breast cancer resistance to taxol by upregulating NCOA3 levels. Our study suggested miR-17, miR-20b and NCOA3 may serve as some predictive biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets in taxol-resistant breast cancer treatment.

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AnimalsApoptosisBase SequenceBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMice, NudeMicroRNAsNuclear Receptor Coactivator 3PaclitaxelRNA, MessengerTamoxifenMicroRNAsMIRN17 microRNA, humanMIRN20a microRNA, humanNCOA3 protein, humanNuclear Receptor Coactivator 3PaclitaxelRNA, MessengerTamoxifen

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PMID27831559
PMCPMC5260895
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