title: MicroRNAs Provide Feedback Regulation of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Induced by Growth Factors.
abstract: As regulators in gene expression, microRNAs take part in most biological processes including cell differentiation, apoptosis, cell cycle, and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In order to evaluate their roles in EMT process, microRNA expression profile changes induced by EGF or TGF-β treatment on nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell HK-1 were analyzed, and miR-21, miR-148a, miR-505, and miR-1207-5p were found to be upregulated in growth factors-induced EMT process. miR-21 is already known as an oncogenic miRNA to promote metastasis, however, the exact functions of other three miRNAs in EMT are unclear. To our surprise, we found that miR-148a, miR-505, and miR-1207-5p can suppress EMT and metastasis phenotypes in HK-1 cells both in vitro and in vivo, which may relate to their inhibition on EMT and Wnt signaling molecules. MiRNAs confer robustness to biological processes by posttranscriptional repression of key transcriptional programs that are related to previous developmental stages or to alternative cell fates. Our findings indicate that miRNA feedback circuit is tuned to respond to growth factors-induced EMT, and we suggested a new negative feedback loop which may be an important element of the EMT process and confer biological robustness.
authors.affiliation: The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.|Cancer Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Zailong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.|Xi'an Children's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Jingqun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Qiurong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Yuanjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.|Cancer Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.|Hunan Key Laboratory of Nonresolving Inflammation and Cancer, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis, Ministry of Health, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Guiyuan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.|Cancer Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.|Hunan Key Laboratory of Nonresolving Inflammation and Cancer, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis, Ministry of Health, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D058750:Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition / Q000235:genetics*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D035683:MicroRNAs; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor