Therapeutic Suppression of miR-4261 Attenuates Colorectal Cancer by Targeting MCC.

Mol Ther Nucleic Acids

Regeneration and Ageing Lab, School of Life Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China. Electronic address:

Published: September 2017

The mutated in colorectal cancer (MCC) gene is an important colorectal tumor suppressor gene, although few studies have reported the microRNA(s) that could directly target MCC in colorectal cancer. Here, we used microRNA (miRNA) target prediction algorithms, and previously reported microarray data in human colorectal cancer found that only miR-4261 was predicted by all three databases to directly target MCC. Based on specimens from our own cohort of colorectal cancer patients, we further demonstrated that miR-4261 was overexpressed in colorectal cancer. Interestingly, overexpression of miR-4261 could enhance cell proliferation and G1/S phase transition of cell cycle, and promote cell migration in HCT116 and HT29 cells, while inhibition of miR-4261 had opposite effects. Luciferase reporter assay and western blot analysis confirmed MCC as a direct target of miR-4261. MCC small interfering RNA (siRNA) could abolish the suppressive effects of miR-4261 inhibitor on cell proliferation and migration in HCT116 and HT29 cell lines. Finally, we showed that therapeutic intervention with lentivirus-based miR-4261 sponge injection could effectively reduce tumor growth and inhibit cell proliferation in colorectal cancer xenograft. Collectively, our study is the first one to unravel the functional role of miR-4261, and it provides strong evidence that inhibition of miR-4261 through targeting of MCC might exert a therapeutic effect for colorectal cancer.

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