Laboratory Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (9): 812-817.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2023.09.002

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MiR-374 promoting proliferation and invasion of breast cancer cells by targeting and down-regulating TRIM35

WANG Rong1, XING Lianxiang1, HUANG Keliang1, LI Xin2()   

  1. 1. Department of Clinical Laboratory,Huangpu Branch,the Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,Shanghai 200011,China
    2. Shanghai Center for Clinical Laboratory,Shanghai 200126,China
  • Received:2022-07-07 Revised:2023-03-23 Online:2023-09-30 Published:2023-11-29

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the role of miR-374 in breast cancer and the relationship between miR-374 and tripartite motif-containing protein 35(TRIM35). Methods A total of 42 patients with breast cancer were enrolled,and cancer tissues and adjacent tissues(>2 cm away from tumor resection margin) were collected,and the data of patients were collected as well. The expression of miR-374 and TRIM35 were determined in cancer tissues and adjacent tissues. Breast cancer cell line MCF-7 was classified into 3 groups according to different treatment methods,including control group(without any treatment),interference group(adding 100 nmol/L miR-374 inhibitor) and mock-vehicle group(adding 100 nmol/L negative control sequence). The effects of miR-374 on the proliferative activity and invasiveness of breast cancer cell line MCF-7 were evaluated by cell proliferation assay and Transwell assay. Dual luciferase reporter gene assay was used to determine the interaction between miR-374 and TRIM35. Results The expression of miR-374 in cancer tissues was higher than that in adjacent tissues(P<0.001). TRIM35 relative expression in cancer tissues was lower than that in adjacent tissues(P<0.001). The miR-374 relative expression had statistical significance with different breast tumor sizes,distant metastasis and lymphatic metastasis(P<0.05). There was no statistical significance for miR-374 relative expression with different ages and TNM stages(P>0.05). The relative expression of miR-374 in interference group was lower than those in control group and mock-vehicle group(P<0.001). The cell proliferation rate and the number of invasive cells in interference group were lower than those in mock-vehicle group and control group(P<0.001). TRIM35 relative expressions were higher than those in mock-vehicle group and control group(P<0.001). Dual luciferase reporter gene assay confirmed that miR-374 directly inhibited the transcriptional expression of target gene TRIM35. Conclusions MiR-374 interacts with TRIM35,and miR-374 promotes the proliferation and invasion of breast cancer cells by targeting and down-regulating the expression of TRIM35.

Key words: MicroR-374, Tripartite motif-containing protein 35, Breast cancer, Cell proliferation, Cell metastasis

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