Title:
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miR-143 Interferes with ERK5 Signaling, and Abrogates Prostate Cancer Progression in Mice
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Author:
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Clapé, Cyrielle; Fritz, Vanessa; Henriquet, Corinne; Apparailly, Florence; Fernández Ruiz, Pedro Luis; Iborra, François; Avancès, Christophe; Villalba, Martin; Culine, Stéphane; Fajas, Lluis
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Universitat de Barcelona |
Abstract:
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Abstract Background: Micro RNAs are small, non-coding, single-stranded RNAs that negatively regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. Since miR-143 was found to be down-regulated in prostate cancer cells, we wanted to analyze its expression in human prostate cancer, and test the ability of miR-43 to arrest prostate cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Results: Expression of miR-143 was analyzed in human prostate cancers by quantitative PCR, and by in situ hybridization. miR-143 was introduced in cancer cells in vivo by electroporation. Bioinformatics analysis and luciferase-based assays were used to determine miR-143 targets. We show in this study that miR-143 levels are inversely correlated with advanced stages of prostate cancer. Rescue of miR-143 expression in cancer cells results in the arrest of cell proliferation and the abrogation of tumor growth in mice. Furthermore, we show that the effects of miR-143 are mediated, at least in part by the inhibition of extracellular signal-regulated kinase-5 (ERK5) activity. We show here that ERK5 is a miR-143 target in prostate cancer. Conclusions: miR-143 is as a new target for prostate cancer treatment. |
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-Micro RNAs -Càncer de pròstata -Bioinformàtica -MicroRNAs -Prostate cancer -Bioinformatics |
Rights:
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cc-by (c) Clapé, C. et al., 2009
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es |
Document type:
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Article Article - Published version |
Published by:
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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