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Original Article Microrna-129-3P Functions As a Tumor Suppressor in Serous Ovarian Cancer by Targeting BZW1 Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2018;11(12):5901-5908 www.ijcep.com /ISSN:1936-2625/IJCEP0087230 Original Article MicroRNA-129-3p functions as a tumor suppressor in serous ovarian cancer by targeting BZW1 Fei Liu1, Hongxi Zhao1, Li Gong2, Li Yao2, Yanhong Li1, Wei Zhang2 1Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2The Helmholtz Sino-German Research Laboratory for Cancer, Depart- ment of Pathology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China Received October 23, 2018; Accepted November 23, 2018; Epub December 1, 2018; Published December 15, 2018 Abstract: The aberrant expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) underlies a series of human diseases, including ovarian cancers. In our previous study, we found that miR-129-1-3p and miR-129-2-3p levels were significantly decreased in serous ovarian cancer via a microarray and quantitative PCR. In this study, we investigated the pathological role of miR-129-3p in an ovarian cancer cell line, SKOV3 cells. The results demonstrated that miR-129-3p overexpression distinctively inhibited the proliferation, migration, and invasion of ovarian cancer cells. The regulator of cell cycling, BZW1 (basic leucine zipper and W2 domains 1), was validated as a novel direct target of miR-129-3p. Specifically, miR-129-3p bound directly to the 3’ untranslated region of BZW1 and suppressed its expression. Our results indi- cate that miR-129-3p serves as a tumor suppressor by targeting BZW1 in ovarian cancer cells and highlight that the restoration of miR-129-3p might be a novel therapeutic strategy for ovarian cancer. Keywords: miR-129-3p, serous ovarian cancer, BZW1 Introduction well documented that normalizing or correct- ing the aberrant miRNAs could return a cell or Ovarian cancer is one of the leading causes organ from a pathological state to its normal of cancer-associated deaths among women phenotype [16, 17]. In our previous study, we worldwide and is the leading cause of death identified the deregulated miRNAs in serous among gynecologic malignancies [1, 2]. Ovarian ovarian cancer via a microarray and quantita- cancer mainly includes four major histologic tive PCR (qPCR), and found that miR-129-1-3p subtypes, namely, serous, mucinous, endome- and miR-129-2-3p levels were significantly trioid, and clear cell, with serous being the most decreased in serous ovarian cancer compared common [3, 4]. Over the last few decades, the with the normal fimbriated distal end of the fal- 5-year survival rate for ovarian cancer patients lopian tube [18]. In this study, we investigated has substantially improved due to the progres- the pathological role of miR-129-3p in an ovar- sion in combined chemotherapy and biotherapy ian cancer cell line, SKOV3 cells. The results strategies, but the overall cure rate remains demonstrated that miR-129-3p overexpression extremely poor relative to other female repro- distinctively inhibited the proliferation, migra- ductive tract malignancies [5-7]. Therefore, elu- tion, and invasion of ovarian cancer cells. cidation of the mechanisms underlying the Moreover, we found that basic leucine zipper occurrence and development of ovarian cancer and W2 domains 1 (BZW1) was a direct target is crucial to uncovering new potential targets to of miR-129-3p. treat this highly lethal disease. Materials and methods MicroRNA (miRNA) is a class of endogenous small non-coding RNAs that post-transcription- Cell culture and transfection ally regulates gene expression through partly binding to complementary sequences in the 3’ The human serous ovarian cancer cell line, untranslated regions (3’UTR) of target mRNAs SKOV3, was purchased from the Shanghai [8-10]. The aberrant expression of miRNAs un- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at the derlies a spectrum of human diseases, includ- Chinese Academy of Sciences. The cells were ing ovarian cancers [11-15]. Importantly, it is cultured with McCoy’s 5A Medium (Gibco) con- MicroRNA-129-3p suppresses ovarian cancer by targeting BZW1 taining 15% fetal bovine serum (FBS) (Gibco), density was measured at a wavelength of 490 50 IU/mL penicillin, and 50 IU/mL streptomycin nm using a MRX II absorbance reader (DYNEX at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere containing Technologies, Chantilly, Virginia, USA). For cell 5% CO2. The cells were transfected with miR- cycle analysis, transfected SKOV3 cells were 129-1-3p or miR-129-2-3p mimics or a nega- harvested and fixed in 70% ice-cold ethanol at tive control (NC) miRNA (Applied Biosystems) 4°C for 24 h. The cells were subsequently incu- using the HiPerFect Reagent (Qiagen) accord- bated with 20 μg/mL propidium iodide (Sigma) ing to the manufacturer’s protocols. for 30 min at 4°C, and the cell cycle distribution was analyzed using flow cytometry (FACScan, Total RNA extraction and qPCR BD Biosciences; San Diego, CA, USA). The experiment was repeated three times. Total RNA was extracted from the cells using the Trizol reagent (Invitrogen) according to Cell migration assay the manufacturer’s protocol. The concentration and purity of the total RNA samples were mea- The assay was performed using a Transwell sured using the NanoDROP 2000 (Gene Com- insert chamber. Transfected SKOV3 cells (5 × pany Limited, CA, USA). Next, cDNA was gener- 104 per mL) were seeded on the top chamber ated using the miScript II Reverse Transcription with a serum-free medium, while McCoy’s 5A Kit (Qiagen) according to the manufacturer’s complete medium containing 20% FBS was protocol. qPCR was performed using the miS- used as the chemoattractant in the lower cript SYBR Green PCR Kit (Qiagen) on the chamber. Following the incubation of the cells ABI7500 Fast Real-time qPCR system (Applied for 24 h, the cells located on the top surface of Biosystems, USA). U6 snRNA or GAPDH was the insert were removed, while those on the used as an internal control, and the fold change bottom surface were fixed with methanol for 30 was calculated by the 2-ΔΔCt method [19]. The min and stained with methyl violet for 15 min. sequences of primers used in this study were Cell counting was performed under an inverted as follows: BZW1 forward primer 5’-CCCTCA- microscope (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan) to deter- GTAAAGCAAACAGGA-3’ and reverse primer 5’- mine their relative numbers. Ten random visual AACCCAACATTTCCAGCAAC-3’; GAPDH forward fields were observed. The experiment was primer 5’-GCACCGTCAAGGCTGAGAAC-3’ and repeated three times. reverse primer 5’-TGGTGAAGACGCCAGTGGA-3’. Cell invasion assay Scratch assay The assay was performed using a transwell SKOV3 cells were seeded at a concentration insert chamber coated with Matrigel (BD Bio- of 5 × 104 cells per well in a 96-well plate and sciences). The concentration of cells seeded transfected with miRNA mimics or NC for 24 h. was 10 × 104/mL. The remaining procedures The cells were cultured until they formed a were the same as those described for the cell monolayer that occupied 100% of the surface migration assay. The experiment was repeated area. Next, a linear wound was made by scratch- three times. ing the monolayer with a toothpick. Then, the medium was changed to a medium containing Western blotting 1% FBS (Gibco). Images were captured and the gap size was measured. Then the cells were Transfected SKOV3 cells were harvested, and cultured for another 24 h, and images were total cell protein was extracted on ice using a captured and the gap size was measured. The RIPA lysis buffer in the presence of freshly experiment was repeated three times. added protease inhibitors (Thermo), then quan- tified by the BCA method (Pierce). A total of 50 MTT assay and cell cycle analysis μg protein extract per lane was loaded onto a 10% SDS-polyacrylamide gel and transferred to Transfected SKOV3 cells were seeded into a PVDF membrane (Pierce). Nonspecific bind- 96-well plates at a density of 5000 cells per ing was blocked with 5% skim milk in PBS. The well in a final volume of 200 μL, and cultured membrane was incubated with mouse anti- for 24, 48, 76 h. MTT (20 μL of 5 mg/mL) was BZW1 antibody (Abcam, ab85090) overnight added to each well for 4 h at 37°C, followed by at 4°C. HRP Conjugated Rabbit Anti-Goat IgG the removal of the culture medium and the (Beijing Zhong Shan, Pv6000) was used as addition of 150 μL DMSO (Sigma). The optical secondary antibody, and a mouse anti-GAPDH 5902 Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2018;11(12):5901-5908 MicroRNA-129-3p suppresses ovarian cancer by targeting BZW1 Figure 1. The proliferation of ovarian cancer cells was inhibited after the over-expression of miR-129-3p. A. Expres- sion level of miR-129-1-3p in Skov3 ovarian cancer cells after transfection of miRNA mimics detected by qPCR. B. Determination of cell viability with the MTT assay. C. Determination of the cell cycle using flow cytometry. Data are expressed as the mean ± sd. from three independent experiments. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; and ***, P < 0.001; compared with NC group. antibody (BBI, D19539-0100) was used as an pGL3 containing the WT or MUT 3’UTR of BZW1, internal standard. The immuno-reactive bands using HiPerFect reagent (Invitrogen) according were visualized with an infrared image process- to the manufacturer’s instructions. pRL-TK vec- ing system to analyze the molecular weight and tors (5 μg per well) were co-transfected as optical density. endogenous controls for luciferase activity. After 48 h, cells were lysed, and luciferase 3’UTR luciferase reporter assay activities were measured using a dual-lucifer- ase assay kit (Promega). The human wild-type (WT) or mutant (MUT) 3’UTRs of BZW1 containing the predicted miR- Statistical analysis 129-3p binding sites were synthesized (South Gene Technology, China) and cloned into the The statistical analysis was performed using pGL3.0-control vectors (Promega).
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