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Downregulation of miR-99b-5p and Upregulation of Nuclear mTOR Cooperatively Promotes the Tumor Aggressiveness and Drug Resistance in African American Prostate Cancer
العنوان: | Downregulation of miR-99b-5p and Upregulation of Nuclear mTOR Cooperatively Promotes the Tumor Aggressiveness and Drug Resistance in African American Prostate Cancer |
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المؤلفون: | Himali Gujrati, Siyoung Ha, Mohammad Waseem, Bi-Dar Wang |
المصدر: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 23, Iss 17, p 9643 (2022) |
بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2022. |
سنة النشر: | 2022 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Biology (General) LCC:Chemistry |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | reciprocal miRNA-mRNA pairing, nuclear pmTOR, miR-99b-5p, precision prognostic biomarker, Biology (General), QH301-705.5, Chemistry, QD1-999 |
الوصف: | Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) regulates various fundamental cellular events including cell proliferation, protein synthesis, metabolism, apoptosis, and autophagy. Tumor suppressive miR-99b-5p has been implicated in regulating PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in a variety of types of cancer. Our previous study suggested the reciprocal miR-99b-5p/MTOR (downregulated/upregulated) pairing as a key microRNA-mRNA regulatory component involved in the prostate cancer (PCa) disparities. In this study, we further validated the expression profiles of mTOR and miR-99b-5p in the PCa, colon, breast, and lung cancer specimens and cell lines. The immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunofluorescence, Western blot, and RT-qPCR assays have confirmed that mTOR is upregulated while miR-99b-5p is downregulated in different patient cohorts and a panel of cancer cell lines. Intriguingly, elevated nuclear mTOR expression was observed in African American PCa and other advanced cancers. Transfection of the miR-99b-5p mimic resulted in a significant reduction in nuclear mTOR and androgen receptor (AR), while a slight/moderate to no decrease in cytoplasmic mTOR and AR in PCa and other cancer cells, suggesting that miR-99b-5p inhibits mTOR and AR expression and their nuclear translocation. Moreover, overexpression of miR-99b-5p targets/inhibits AR-mTOR axis, subsequently initiating cell apoptosis and sensitizing docetaxel-induced cytotoxicity in various cancers. In conclusion, our data suggest that reciprocal miR-99b-5p/nuclear mTOR pairing may be a more precise diagnostic/prognostic biomarker for aggressive PCa, than miR-99b-5p/MTOR pairing or mTOR alone. Targeting the AR-mTOR axis using miR-99b-5p has also been suggested as a novel therapeutic strategy to induce apoptosis and overcome chemoresistance in aggressive PCa. |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 23179643 1422-0067 1661-6596 |
Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/17/9643; https://doaj.org/toc/1661-6596; https://doaj.org/toc/1422-0067 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijms23179643 |
URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/7a8dd7719f6a4b5bafa9a2aa9c6036db |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.7a8dd7719f6a4b5bafa9a2aa9c6036db |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 23179643 14220067 16616596 |
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DOI: | 10.3390/ijms23179643 |