MiR-135b promotes proliferation of endometrial carcinoma cells by targeting FOXO1

YUE Zhen; SHEN Junjing; HUANG Qitao; QIN Yifei; LI Xuenong; LIU Guobing

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-4254.2016.05.015

Abstract：Objective To explore the expression of miR-135b in endometrial carcinoma and the mechanism by which miR-135b promotes the proliferation of endometrial cancer cells. Methods The expressions of miR-135b and FOXO1 were using RT-PCR detected in 22 fresh endometrial cancer tissues and paired adjacent tissues and also in endometrial cancer cell lines JEC, Ishikawa, HEC-1-B, and RL-952. The RL-952 and Ishikawa cell lines were transfected with miR-135b mimics or inhibitors, and the changes in their proliferative activity were detected with MTT assay;the expressions of FOXO1 mRNA and protein were detected by RT-PCR and Western blotting, respectively. Results The expression of miRNA135b was significantly up-regulated and FOXO1 expression was down-regulated in endometrial carcinoma tissues as compared with the adjacent tissues (P<0.05). The mRNA expression of miR-135b was negatively correlated with the expression of FOXO1 in endometrial carcinoma. In RL-952 and Ishikawa cell lines, transfection with miR-135b mimics obviously promoted the cell proliferation (P<0.05). Up-regulation of miR-135b significantly decreased the expressions of FOXO1 protein and mRNA (P<0.05), and down-regulation of miR-135b increased FOXO1 expressions (P<0.05). Conclusions MiR-135b plays an important role in the occurrence and development of endometrial carcinoma partially by regulating its target gene FOXO1.