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Current Drug Targets

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ISSN (Print): 1389-4501
ISSN (Online): 1873-5592

Genistein Down-Regulates miR-223 Expression in Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Author(s): Jia Ma, Long Cheng, Hao Liu, Jing Zhang, Ying Shi, Fanpeng Zeng, Lucio Miele, Fazlul H Sarkar, Jun Xia and Zhiwei Wang

Volume 14, Issue 10, 2013

Page: [1150 - 1156] Pages: 7

DOI: 10.2174/13894501113149990187

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Abstract

Although genistein has been shown to inhibit tumorigenesis in a variety of human cancers including pancreatic cancer (PC), the exact molecular mechanism of its anti-cancer effects has not yet been fully elucidated. Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been reported to regulate multiple aspects of tumor development and progression, indicating that targeting miRNAs could be a novel strategy to treat human cancers. In the current study, we investigated whether a natural compound genistein could down-regulate onco-miR-223, resulting in the inhibition of cell growth and invasion, and induction of apoptosis in PC cells. We found that genistein treatment significantly inhibited miR-223 expression and up-regulated Fbw7, one of the targets of miR-223. Moreover, down-regulation of miR-223 inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis in PC cells. These findings suggest that genistein exerts its anti-tumor activity partly through downregulation of miR-223 in PC cells.

Keywords: miR-223, Fbw7, apoptosis, cell growth, genistein, pancreatic cancer.


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