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Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of miR-455-5p in epithelial ovarian cancer and its effect on the development of epithelial ovarian cancer. Methods The miRNA expression data of normal ovarian epithelial tis-sues and epithelial ovarian cancer tissues GSE83693 were downloaded from the GEO database. Differential expression analysis was used to obtain differential expression data of miRNAs in epithelial ovarian cancer. The expression of miR-455 -5p was analyzed whether there is difference expression between normal ovarian epithelium and epithelial ovary cancer tissues; qRT-PCR was used to verify the differential expression prediction results; bio-informatics software was used to analyze the KEGG pathway enrichment and GO gene function annotation of miR-455-5p target genes,and to explore the disorders of dyregulated miR-455-5p in the devel-opment of epithelial ovarian cancer. Results A total of 101 cases of differentially expressed miRNAs were screened,34 cases were up-regulated and 67 cases were down-regulated. Among them,miR-455-5p was down-regulated significantly(P<0. 01),and the different fulds were -2. 9019. The results of qRT-PCR showed that the expression of miR-455-5p in epithelial ovarian cancer cells(SKOV-3,OVCAR-3 and A2780)was significantly lower than that in normal ovarian epithelial cells(IOSE-80),and the dif-ferential expression was statistically significant(P<0. 05). The results of KEGG pathway enrichment analysis showed that miR-455-5p regulated target genes mainly involved in five pathways,including TGF-β signaling pathway,Hippo signaling pathway,ECM-receptor interaction,transcriptional dysregulation pathway in cancer,and chronic granule cellular leukemia,which were associated with tumors. GO functional annotation analysis showed that the target genes regulated by miR-455-5p in the above pathway was mainly involved in protein phosphorylation,promoted cell proliferation and migration,inhibited apoptosis,promoted epithelial-mesenchymal transition,regulated transcription and regulated cell cycle,etc. ,which associated with tumorigenesis. Conclusion The expression of miR-455-5p is down-regulated in epithelial ovarian cancer. The miR-455-5p target genes are involved in the pathogenesis and function of epithelial ovarian cancer,and are associated with the development of epithelial ovarian cancer.
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Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of microRNA-150(miR-150)in human epi-thelial ovarian cancer cells and its effect on proliferation,apoptosis,invasion and metastasis of human epithelial ovarian cancer cells. Methods The expression level of miR-150 in cells from each treatment group was detected by Real-Time PCR(qRT-PCR);effects of proliferation,apoptosis,invasion and metastasis of epithelial ovarian cancer cells was investigated by MTT,flow cytometry, and transwell assays. Results Compared with normal ovarian epithelial cells(T29),the expression of miR-150 was significantly de-creased in epithelial ovarian cancer cells(A2780 and OVCAR3)(P<0. 01); After transfection miR-150 mimic,the expression of miR-150 in A2780 and OVCAR3 cells was significantly increased(P<0. 01);After 3 d of transfection,the OD values of the miR-150mimicgroup(A2780:1.12±0.03;OVCAR3:1.91±0.03)werelowerthanthatintheblankgroup(A2780:2.35±0.09;OVCAR3:2.63 ±0.07)and the miR-150 NC group(A2780:2.18 ±0.07;OVCAR3:2.43 ±0.11)(P<0.01);The apoptotic rate in the miR-150 mimic group(A2780:16. 10 ± 0. 58% ;OVCAR3:15. 16 ± 1. 30% ) were significantly increased when compared to the blank group(A2780:10. 07 ± 0. 66%;OVCAR3:3. 81 ± 0. 24%) and the miR -150 NC group(A2780:10. 36 ± 1. 08%;OVCAR3:4.89 ±0.07%)(P<0.01);The number of transmembrane cells in the miR-150 mimic group(A2780:38.67 ±2.03;OVCAR3:28. 67 ± 2. 03)was higher than that in the blank group(A2780:76. 30 ± 7. 45;OVCAR3:55. 67 ± 3. 18)and the miR-150 NC group(A2780:74. 33 ± 5. 78;OVCAR3:56. 33 ± 3. 84)(P<0. 01). Conclusion The decreased expression of miR-150 in epi-thelial cancer cells may be one of the mechanisms of proliferation,invasion and metastasis of epithelial ovarian cancer. Up-regulation of miR-150 may inhibit the proliferation of epithelial ovarian cancer cells and promote apoptosis to reduce the abilities of invasion and metastasis in epithelial ovarian cancer cells.