Basic & Clinical Medicine ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (11): 1612-1617.

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miR-26a inhibits the proliferation, migration and invasion of uterine leiomyoma cells through targeting IGF-1

XIANG Xue-qin1, CUI Quan-zhe2, TONG Yu-na3, ZHAN Wen-bin1, LU Jing1*   

  1. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; 2. Department of Pathology;3. Department of Pharmacy, the Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu 610014, China
  • Received:2021-02-03 Revised:2021-08-06 Published:2021-10-27
  • Contact: *1078301319@qq.com

Abstract: Objective To investigate the effect and mechanism of miR-26a which targets at insulin like growth factor 1(IGF-1) on the proliferation, migration and invasion of uterine leiomyoma cells. Methods The primary cultured uterine leiomyoma cells were divided into miR-NC group(mimics negative control sequence and was transfected into cells), miR-26a group(miR-26a mimics was transfected into cells), (miR-26a+pcDNA3.1) group(miR-26a mimics and blank vector were transfected into cells) and (miR-26a + IGF-1) group(miR-26a mimics and IGF-1 over-expression vector were transfected into cells). The expression of miR-26a was detected by RT-qPCR; MTT method and Transwell chamber were used to detect cell proliferation, invasion and migration. Western blot was used to detect the expression of PCNA, E-cadherin and MMP-2. Dual luciferase reporter gene assay verified the targeting relationship between miR-26a and IGF-1. Results The miR-26a expression of uterine leiomyoma cells in miR-26a group was significantly increased (P<0.05). Compared with miR-NC group, the cell proliferation, migration and invasion in miR-26a group decreased significantly, the expression of PCNA and MMP-2 decreased significantly, while the expression of E-cadherin increased significantly (P<0.05). There was a targeting relationship between miR-26a and IGF-1. Over-expression of IGF-1 attenuated the inhibition of miR-26a on the proliferation, migration and invasion of uterine leiomyoma cells and the expression of PCNA and MMP-2, and promoting effect of E-cadherin expression. Conclusions Over-expression of miR-26a may inhibit proliferation, migration and invasion of uterine leiomyoma cells by targeting at IGF-1.

Key words: uterine leiomyoma, miR-26a, insulin like growth factor 1, migration and invasion

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