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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal cancer2020

DHA Abolishes the Detrimental Effect of Docetaxel on Downregulation of the MICA via Decreasing the Expression Level of MicroRNA-20a in Gastric Cancer.

Najibeh Shekari, Mahsa Javadian, Sima Ghaffari, Behzad Baradaran, Masoud Darabi, Tohid Kazemi

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Najibeh ShekariInfectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Mahsa JavadianDrug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Sima GhaffariInfectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Behzad BaradaranImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Masoud DarabiDepartment of Biochemistry and Clinical Laboratories, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Tohid KazemiImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. kazemit@tbzmed.ac.ir.
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IR

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Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 12095
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Abstract

backgroundMHC class I chain-related protein A (MICA) is a membrane glycoprotein expressed abnormally on some malignant cells including gastric cancer (GC) cell and elicits anti-tumor immune responses. Downregulation of MICA expression could lead to immune-evasion of cancer cells. OBJECTIVE(S): In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and docetaxel alone or in combination on the expression level of MICA and its regulating microRNA (miRNA), miR-20a in MKN45 GC cell line. METHOD(S): MKN45 GC cell line was cultured and MTT assay was performed to determine IC50 of docetaxel. Cells were treated by 18.5 μM docetaxel and 100 μM DHA. After that, RNA extraction and cDNA synthesis were done and the expression level of MICA and miR-20a were determined by quantitative real-time PCR for both treated and untreated cell lines.

resultsOur findings showed less downregulation of the expression level of MICA by the combination of docetaxel/DHA (5.34-fold) compared with docetaxel (45.45-fold) and DHA (55.55-fold). Consistently, combination therapy led to the more downregulation of the expression level of the miR-20a (5.20-fold) in comparison to docetaxel (2.38-fold) and DHA (1.60-fold). CONCLUSION(S): As an unwanted effect of docetaxel therapy in GC, downregulation of MICA expression could lead to weak anti-tumor immune responses. By increasing the expression level of MICA, combination therapy of docetaxel with DHA would be useful to overcome this side effect.

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Antineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorDocetaxelDocosahexaenoic AcidsDown-RegulationDrug InteractionsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansMicroRNAsStomach NeoplasmsAntineoplastic AgentsDocetaxelDocosahexaenoic AcidsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IMHC class I-related chain AMicroRNAsMIRN20a microRNA, humanDHADocetaxelMICAMiR-20a

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