GSE161186
Next Generation Sequencing Facilitates Quantitative Analysis of  Transcriptomes in negative control and miR-1290 knockdown HCT116 cells
Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks third in incidence and second in mortality among cancers worldwide. Emerging researches showed that microRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in CRC progression. Here, we aimed to investigate the expression and regulatory mechanism of miR-1290 in CRC. miR-1290 is significantly overexpressed in CRC primary tissues and metastatic tissues compared to that in normal tissues, and up-regulated miR-1290 is correlated with poor overall survival (OS) of CRC patients. Functional experiments showed that miR-1290 can promote the proliferation, migration, invasion and inhibit apoptosis of CRC cells. Mechanistically, miR-1290 directly targets KLF9 and promotes the malignancy progression of CRC cells through regulating MMP9 and p53 expression, subsequently. In addition, high H3K4me3 levels in miR-1290 promoter region activate its transcription in CRC. In summary, our study demonstrated the expression and regulatory mechanism of miR-1290 in CRC which supports the notion that therapeutic targeting of miR-1290 may be a promising treatment approach for CRC patients. Overall design: mRNA profiles of negative control and miR-1290 knockdown HCT116 cells