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ArticleMolecular cancer2018

Sunitinib-suppressed miR-452-5p facilitates renal cancer cell invasion and metastasis through modulating SMAD4/SMAD7 signals.

Wei Zhai, Saiyang Li, Jin Zhang, Yonghui Chen, Junjie Ma, Wen Kong, Dongkui Gong, Junhua Zheng, Wei Xue, Yunfei Xu

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Article in Molecular cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 47 papers.

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Wei ZhaiDepartment of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 160 Pujian Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, 200127, China. jacky_zw2002@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6274-6404
Saiyang LiDepartment of Urology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Jin ZhangDepartment of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 160 Pujian Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, 200127, China.
Yonghui ChenDepartment of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 160 Pujian Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, 200127, China.
Junjie MaDepartment of Urology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Wen KongDepartment of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 160 Pujian Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, 200127, China.
Dongkui GongDepartment of Urology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine in Tongji University, Shanghai, 200072, China.
Junhua ZhengDepartment of Urology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, School of Medicine in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200080, China.
Wei XueDepartment of Urology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 160 Pujian Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, 200127, China. xuewei@renji.com.
Yunfei XuDepartment of Urology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine in Tongji University, Shanghai, 200072, China. xuyunfeibb@sina.com.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNShanghai Tenth People's Hospital · CNTongji University · CN

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Abstract

purposeAlthough microRNAs (miRNAs) were revealed as crucial modulators in tumor metastasis and target therapy, our understanding of their roles in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) and Sunitinib treatment was limited. Here we sought to identify human miRNAs that acted as key regulators in renal cancer metastasis and Sunitinib treatment. EXPERIMENTAL

designWe focused on 2 published microarray data to select out our anchored miRNA and then explored the roles of miR-452-5p both in vitro and in vivo, which was downregulated after Sunitinib treatment while upregulated in metastasis renal cell carcinoma (RCC) tissues.

resultsHere, we discovered that treating with Sunitinib, the targeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), inhibited renal cancer cell migration and invasion via attenuating the expression of miR-452-5p. The novel identified miR-452-5p was upregulated and associated with poor prognosis in RCC. Preclinical studies using multiple RCC cells and xenografts model illustrated that miR-452-5p could promote RCC cell migration and invasion in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, P65 could directly bind to the miR-452-5p promoter and thus transcriptionally induce miR-452-5p expression, which led to post-transcriptionally abrogate SMAD4 expression, thus inhibition of its downstream gene SMAD7.

conclusionOur study presented a road map for targeting this newly identified miR-452-5p and its SMAD4/SMAD7 signals pathway, which imparted a new potential therapeutic strategy for mRCC treatment.

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3' Untranslated RegionsAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Renal CellCell Line, TumorDisease Models, AnimalGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene SilencingHumansKidney NeoplasmsMaleMiceMicroRNAsModels, BiologicalNeoplasm Metastasis3' Untranslated RegionsBiomarkers, TumorMicroRNAsMIRN452 microRNA, humanSmad4 ProteinSMAD4 protein, humanSmad7 ProteinSMAD7 protein, humanSunitinibMetastasismiR-452-5pP65Renal cell carcinomaSMAD4Sunitinib

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