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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Reduced microRNA-218 expression is associated with high nuclear factor kappa B activation in gastric cancer.
Cancer 2010 January 2
BACKGROUND: Poor expression of microRNAs (miRs) reportedly plays an important role in gastric carcinogenesis. Large-scale microarray assays have indicated that there is significant down-regulation of miR-218 in gastric cancer. miR-218 also was decreased specifically in human papillomavirus-positive cell lines, cervical lesions, and cervical cancer tissues and in bronchial airway epithelium in smokers. However, its role in carcinogenesis remains unclear, especially in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)-associated gastric cancer.
METHODS: miR-218 levels were evaluated in 20 noncardia gastric cancer tissues, in 10 H. pylori-infected and 8 uninfected normal gastric biopsies, and in the human gastric epithelial cancer cell line AGS using TaqMan quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis. Pre-miR-218 and anti-miR-218 inhibitors were used to examine the effects of miR-218 expression on cell proliferation and apoptosis. A luciferase reporter assay was used to examine the potential target genes and related pathways.
RESULTS: miR-218 expression was reduced significantly in gastric cancer tissues, in H. pylori-infected gastric mucosa, and in H. pylori-infected AGS cells. Overexpression of miR-218 inhibited cell proliferation and increased apoptosis in vitro. Epidermal growth factor receptor-coamplified and overexpressed protein (ECOP), which regulates nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) transcriptional activity and is associated with apoptotic response, was a direct target of miR-218. Overexpression of miR-218 also inhibited NF-kappaB transcriptional activation and transcription of cyclooxygenase -2, a proliferative gene regulated by NF-kappaB.
CONCLUSIONS: H. pylori infection resulted in a decrease in miR-218 expression. The down-regulation of miR-218 has the potential to increase carcinogenesis by losing control of its targets, and it may be correlated with the high transcriptional activity of NF-kappaB that results from H. pylori infection.
METHODS: miR-218 levels were evaluated in 20 noncardia gastric cancer tissues, in 10 H. pylori-infected and 8 uninfected normal gastric biopsies, and in the human gastric epithelial cancer cell line AGS using TaqMan quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis. Pre-miR-218 and anti-miR-218 inhibitors were used to examine the effects of miR-218 expression on cell proliferation and apoptosis. A luciferase reporter assay was used to examine the potential target genes and related pathways.
RESULTS: miR-218 expression was reduced significantly in gastric cancer tissues, in H. pylori-infected gastric mucosa, and in H. pylori-infected AGS cells. Overexpression of miR-218 inhibited cell proliferation and increased apoptosis in vitro. Epidermal growth factor receptor-coamplified and overexpressed protein (ECOP), which regulates nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) transcriptional activity and is associated with apoptotic response, was a direct target of miR-218. Overexpression of miR-218 also inhibited NF-kappaB transcriptional activation and transcription of cyclooxygenase -2, a proliferative gene regulated by NF-kappaB.
CONCLUSIONS: H. pylori infection resulted in a decrease in miR-218 expression. The down-regulation of miR-218 has the potential to increase carcinogenesis by losing control of its targets, and it may be correlated with the high transcriptional activity of NF-kappaB that results from H. pylori infection.
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