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miR-21 inhibits the effects of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor NS398 on apoptosis and invasion in gastric cancer cells

Overview of attention for article published in OncoTargets and therapy, November 2015
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Title
miR-21 inhibits the effects of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor NS398 on apoptosis and invasion in gastric cancer cells
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OncoTargets and therapy, November 2015
DOI 10.2147/ott.s90012
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Huanqing Li, Jian Cheng, Yuqing Mao, Miao Jiang, Xiaoming Fan

Abstract

To investigate the role of miR-21 in cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor NS398-induced apoptosis and invasion in gastric cancer (GC) cells. AGS cells were treated with NS398 and transfected with miR-21. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to measure miR-21 mRNA expression. Apoptotic cells were assessed by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end-labeling and flow cytometric analysis. The protein expression of cleaved caspase-3, Bcl-2, Bax, Bak, and PTEN was detected by Western blot. The capacities for invasion and migration were measured by transwell and wound-healing assays, respectively. Treatment of AGS cells with NS398 induced apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner accompanied by significant downregulation of miR-21 mRNA expression. Upregulation of miR-21 expression by transfection of miR-21 mimics into AGS cells blocked NS398-induced apoptosis. Treatment of AGS cells with NS398 induced changes in Bcl-2 protein family members, showing an increase in the protein expression of Bax, Bak, and PTEN, with a concomitant decrease in the protein expression of Bcl-2. In cells transfected with miR-21 mimics, these changes were reversed. The decrease in cellular invasiveness and migration induced by NS398 was blocked by upregulation of miR-21. miR-21 mediates anticancer effects of NS398 in GC cells by regulating apoptosis-related proteins. miR-21 is one of the molecular targets of this specific cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor in the prevention and treatment of GC.

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Unknown 6 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Professor 1 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 17%
Researcher 1 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 17%
Unknown 2 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 33%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 17%
Unknown 2 33%
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#15,350,522
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#1,028
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#166,555
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#32
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