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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2021

Up-regulation of KISS1 as a novel target of Let-7i in melanoma serves as a potential suppressor of migration and proliferation in vitro.

Haider A Alkafaji, Ahmed Raji, Heshu S Rahman, Angelina O Zekiy, Ali Adili, Mohammadmahdi Jalili, Tahereh Hojjatipour, Angel Cid-Arregui, Navid Shomali, Saeed Tarzi and 8 more

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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18 authors.

Haider A AlkafajiCollege of medicine, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq.
Ahmed RajiCollege of medicine, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq.
Heshu S RahmanDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Suleimanyah, Suleimanyah, Iraq.
Angelina O ZekiySechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Ali AdiliDepartment of Oncology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Mohammadmahdi JaliliImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Tahereh HojjatipourDepartment of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Students Research Centre, School of Allied Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Angel Cid-ArreguiTargeted Tumor Vaccines Unit, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Navid ShomaliImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-4679-9658
Saeed TarziImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Rozita TamjidifarImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Ramin HeshmatiImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Faroogh MarofiDepartment of Immunology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Morteza AkbariImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Ali HasanzadehDepartment of Immunology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Mina DeljavanghodratiImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-4523-4850
Mostafa JarahianToxicology and Chemotherapy Unit (G401), German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Siamak Sandoghchian ShotorbaniImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-9456-7651

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanoma is a kind of skin cancer that is begun by the alteration of melanocytes. miRNAs are small non-coding RNA molecules that regulate a variety of biological processes. KISS1, the metastasis-suppressor gene, encodes kisspeptins which inhibits migration and proliferation of cancers. This study was aimed to determine the role of Let-7i and KISS1 in melanoma cell migration and proliferation. At first, the expression of Let-7i and KISS1 was determined in patients with melanoma. In the in vitro part of the study, Let-7i mimics were transfected and the impact of its restoration on target gene expression, proliferation, migration and apoptosis of SK-MEL-3 melanoma cell line was assessed by real-time PCR and Western blotting, MTT assay, wound-healing assay and flow cytometry, respectively. Besides, KISS1 inhibitor siRNA alone and along with Let-7i was transfected to determine their probable correlation. The results revealed that either Let-7i or KISS1 were down-regulated in patients with melanoma. The results obtained from the in vitro part of the study revealed that restoration of Let-7i reduced the expression of metastasis- and proliferation-related target genes. Moreover, it was revealed that up-regulation of Let-7i attenuated migration and proliferation capability of SK-MEL-3 cells. Besides, it was demonstrated that Let-7i restoration induced apoptosis in melanoma cells. More importantly, the KISS1 inhibitor caused a prominent cell migration and proliferation, attenuated by Let-7i re-expression. To sum up, the present study revealed the impressive role of Let-7i restoration along with its correlation with KISS1 on melanoma carcinogenicity which may be applicable in future in vivo studies.

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ApoptosisCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationFemaleHumansKisspeptinsMaleMelanomaMicroRNAsMiddle AgedSkin NeoplasmsUp-RegulationKISS1 protein, humanKisspeptinsMicroRNAsmirnlet7 microRNA, humanapoptosisKISS1Let-7imelanomamigrationproliferation

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PMCPMC8278109

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