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Expression of miR-126 suppresses migration and invasion of colon cancer cells by targeting CXCR4

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A previous study demonstrated that miR-126 expression was significantly downregulated in highly metastatic colon cancer cells. This study was to investigate the biological function of miR-126 and its regulation of target genes in colon cancer cells. Quantitative PCR was used to detect miR-126 expression in colon cancer SW480 and SW620 cells. MTT assay was to measure the changed cell viability after miR-126 mimics transfection. Wound healing and Transwell migration and invasion assays measured capacity of tumor cell migration and invasion of SW480 and SW620 cells after miR-126 transfection. Luciferase reporter assay and Western blot were used to assess both transcriptional and expression levels of one of the miR-126 target genes (i.e., CXCR4). Levels of miR-126 expression were lower in colon cancer SW480 and SW620 cells than in the adjacent normal epithelial tissues (P < 0.05). Transfection of miR-126 mimics significantly reduced colon cancer cell viability compared to NC cells (P < 0.05). The wound healing and Transwell migration and invasion assays showed that miR-126 mimics inhibited SW480 and SW620 cell migration and invasion capacity. Bioinformatics predicted that CXCR4 is one of the miR-126 target genes. Indeed, luciferase reporter assay and Western blot confirmed that CXCR4 is a miR-126 target gene. Expression of miR-126 inhibited colon cancer cell viability and reduced tumor cell migration and invasion capacity by its negative regulation of CXCR4 expression.

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This study was supported in part by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation (No. 81272736), the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (No. 09JJ3066), the Science and Technology of Hunan Province (No. 2009FJ3086), and the Innovative Project of Science and Technology of Hunan Province (No. 2011TT2020).

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, The Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China

    Nan Li, Xiayu Li & Xiaoyan Wang

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, The Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, 411100, China

    Zeng Li

  3. The Institute of Oncology, The Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China

    Minghua Wu

  4. Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, The Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China

    Zhaohui Luo

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Li, Z., Li, N., Wu, M. et al. Expression of miR-126 suppresses migration and invasion of colon cancer cells by targeting CXCR4. Mol Cell Biochem 381, 233–242 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-013-1707-6

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