miR-25 promotes glioblastoma cell proliferation and invasion by directly targeting NEFL.
In this study, we demonstrated that miR-25 was significantly up-regulated in astrocytoma tissues and glioblastoma cell lines. In vitro studies further demonstrated that overexpressed miR-25 was able to promote, while its antisense oligos inhibited cell proliferation and invasion in U251 cells. Moreover, we identified neurofilament light polypeptide (NEFL) as a novel target molecule of miR-25. Also of note was the fact that NEFL was down-regulated with increased levels of miR-25 expression in human astrocytoma clinical specimens. In addition, via the mTOR signaling pathway, NEFL-siRNA could significantly attenuate the inhibitory effects of knockdown miR-25 on the proliferation and invasion of U251 cells. Overall, our results showed an important role for miR-25 in regulating NEFL expression in GBM, and suggest that miR-25 could be a potential target for GBM treatment.
PMID: 26209061 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry - Category: Biochemistry Authors: Peng G, Yuan X, Yuan J, Liu Q, Dai M, Shen C, Ma J, Liao Y, Jiang W Tags: Mol Cell Biochem Source Type: research
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