ArticleCancer biology & therapy2020
The stress-activated protein kinase pathway and the expression of stanniocalcin-1 are regulated by miR-146b-5p in papillary thyroid carcinogenesis.
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- Recent Advances in the Treatment of Thyroid Pathologies with Selenium-Containing Compounds, Nanoparticles and Nanocomplexes Based on Selenium and Selenoproteins.Biological trace element research · 2026Review
- miR-7-5p and Importin-7 Regulate the p53 Dynamics and Stability in Malignant and Benign Thyroid Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- MiR-501-3p/SPC24 axis affects cell proliferation, migration, invasion, apoptosis, and prognosis in renal cell carcinoma.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2025Article
- Glioblastoma Phagocytic Cell Death: Balancing the Opportunities for Therapeutic Manipulation.Cells · 2024Review
- Stanniocalcin-1 in tumor immunity: acts via macrophages.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- MiR-146b-5p regulates the scavenging effect of GPx-3 on peroxide in papillary thyroid cancer cells.Heliyon · 2023Article
- A new paradigm for epidermal growth factor receptor expression exists in PTC and NIFTP regulated by microRNAs.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- PSG7 indicates that age at diagnosis is associated with papillary thyroid carcinoma: A study based on the cancer genome atlas data.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Article
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Abstract
Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid cancer. Deciphering the pathophysiological mechanisms that contribute to PTC development is essential to the discovery of optimal diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. MiR-146b-5p has been identified as a cancer-associated microRNA highly up-regulated in PTC. This study explores the hypothesis that miR-146b-5p contributes to papillary thyroid carcinogenesis through regulation of cell signaling pathways in a manner that overcomes the cellular growth suppressive events and provides survival advantage. The effect of miR-146b-5p inhibition on major cancer related signaling pathways and expression of Stanniocalcin-1 (STC1), an emerging molecule associated with stress response and carcinogenesis, was tested in cultured primary thyroid cells using luciferase reporter assays, quantitative real-time PCR, immunofluorescence staining, and flow cytometry. Our results demonstrated that miR-146b-5p inhibits the JNK/AP1 pathway activity and down-regulates the expression of STC-1 in thyroid-cultured cells and in thyroid tissue samples. In the presence of miR-146b-5p, PTC cells were resistant to cell death in response to oxidative stress. This is a novel report that miR-146b-5p directly targets STC1 and regulates the activity of JNK/AP1 pathway. Considering the importance of the JNK/AP1 pathway and STC1 in mediating many physiological and pathological processes like apoptosis, stress response and cellular metabolism, a biological regulator of these pathways would have a great scientific and clinical significance.
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