Inhibitory effect of miR-200c on epithelial-mesenchymal transiton in triple negative breast cancer and its mechanism / 吉林大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Objective: To study the effect of miR-200c on the migration and proliferation abilities of breast cancer MDA-MB-231 and BT-549 cells, and to clarify the mechanism of miR-200c in inhibiting the epithelial-mesenchymal transiton (EMT) of triple negative breast cancer. Methods: The human triple negative breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231 and BT-549) were chosen in this study. The cells were transiently transfected with miR-200c mimics and Lipo2000 (experimental group), miR-200c negative control and Lipo2000 (negative control group), and Lipo2000 alone (reagent control group); at the same time, blank control group was set up. The expression levels of vimentin and (3-catenin mRNA and protein were detected by RT-PCR and Western blotting method. The proliferation rates and migration abilities of MDA-MB-231 cells and BT-549 cells after transfection of miR-200c were analyzed by CCK8 assay and wound healing assay. Results: The RT-PCR and Western blotting showed that the expression levels of vimentin and (3-catenin mRNA and proteins in experimental group were decreased, and the differences were statistically significant compared with blank control group, negative control group and reagent control group (P<0. 05). The CCK8 results showed that the proliferation rates of the cells in experimental group were lower than those in negative control group and reagent control group (P<0. 05). The wound healing assay results showed that the recovery rate of scratch width in experimental group was lower than those in negative control group and reagent control group (P<0. 05). Conclusion: miR-200c might inhibit EMT in triple negative breast cancer by regulating the expressions of (3-catenin and vimentin mRNA and proteins in MDA-MB-231 and BT-549 cells and decreasing the abilities of migration and proliferation of triple negative breast cancer cells.