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ArticleCell death & disease2018

miR-375 is involved in Hippo pathway by targeting YAP1/TEAD4-CTGF axis in gastric carcinogenesis.

Wei Kang, Tingting Huang, Yuhang Zhou, Jinglin Zhang, Raymond W M Lung, Joanna H M Tong, Anthony W H Chan, Bin Zhang, Chi Chun Wong, Feng Wu and 10 more

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 176 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wei KangDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China. weikang@cuhk.edu.hk.
Tingting HuangDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
Yuhang ZhouDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
Jinglin ZhangDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
Raymond W M LungDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
Joanna H M TongDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.ORCID 0000-0003-4042-6957
Anthony W H ChanDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
Bin ZhangDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Medical School, Nanjing, PR China.
Chi Chun WongInstitute of Digestive Disease, Partner State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
Feng WuDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
Yujuan DongInstitute of Digestive Disease, Partner State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
Shiyan WangInstitute of Digestive Disease, Partner State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
Weiqin YangSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
Yi PanDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
Wing Po ChakDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
Alvin H K CheungDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
Jesse C S PangDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
Jun YuInstitute of Digestive Disease, Partner State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China.
Alfred S L ChengShenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, PR China.
Ka Fai ToDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, PR China. kfto@cuhk.edu.hk.
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HKNanjing Drum Tower Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

miR-375 is a tumor-suppressive microRNA (miRNA) in gastric cancer (GC). However, its molecular mechanism remains unclear. The aim of this study is to comprehensively investigate how miR-375 is involved in Hippo pathway by targeting multiple oncogenes. miR-375 expression in gastric cancer cell lines and primary GC was investigated by qRT-PCR. The regulation of YAP1, TEAD4, and CTGF expression by miR-375 was evaluated by qRT-PCR, western blot, and luciferase reporter assays, respectively. The functional roles of the related genes were examined by siRNA-mediated knockdown or ectopic expression assays. The clinical significance and expression correlation analysis of miR-375, YAP1, and CTGF were performed in primary GCs. TCGA cohort was also used to analyze the expression correlation of YAP1, TEAD4, CTGF, and miR-375 in primary GCs. miR-375 was down-regulated in GC due to promoter methylation and histone deacetylation. miR-375 downregulation was associated with unfavorable outcome and lymph node metastasis. Ectopic expression of miR-375 inhibited tumor growth in vitro and in vivo. Three components of Hippo pathway, YAP1, TEAD4 and CTGF, were revealed to be direct targets of miR-375. The expression of three genes showed a negative correlation with miR-375 expression and YAP1 re-expression partly abolished the tumor-suppressive effect of miR-375. Furthermore, CTGF was confirmed to be the key downstream of Hippo-YAP1 cascade and its knockdown phenocopied siYAP1 or miR-375 overexpression. YAP1 nuclear accumulation was positively correlated with CTGF cytoplasmic expression in primary GC tissues. Verteporfin exerted an anti-oncogenic effect in GC cell lines by quenching CTGF expression through YAP1 degradation. In short, miR-375 was involved in the Hippo pathway by targeting YAP1-TEAD4-CTGF axis and enriched our knowledge on the miRNA dysregulation in gastric tumorigenesis.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsBase SequenceCarcinogenesisCell Line, TumorConnective Tissue Growth FactorDNA-Binding ProteinsDown-RegulationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene Knockdown TechniquesHippo Signaling PathwayHumansMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeMicroRNAsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingConnective Tissue Growth FactorDNA-Binding ProteinsMicroRNAsMIRN375 microRNA, humanMuscle ProteinsPhosphoproteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRNA, Small InterferingTEAD4 protein, humanTEA Domain Transcription FactorsTranscription FactorsYAP1 protein, humanYAP-Signaling Proteins

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PMID29367737
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