ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the effects of microRNA (miR)-27a on proliferation, apoptosis and invasion of cervical cancer cells by targeting F-box and WD repeat domain containing protein 7 (FBXW7) expression. Methods Thirty cases of cervical cancer and paracancerous tissues and 30 cases of normal tissues were used in the experiment. The expression of miR-27a in cervical cancer, paracancerous tissue, normal cervical tissue, cervical cancer cells (SiHa, Caski, HeLa, HCC94) and cervical squamous epithelial immortalized cell H8 were detected by Real-time PCR. MiR-27a inhibitor and its negative control were transfected into SiHa cells by liposome transfection. CCK-8 assay, flow cytometry and Transwell assay were used to detect the effects of miR-27a on the proliferation, cell cycle, apoptotic rate and invasive ability of SiHa cells. Bioinformatics was used to predict the targeting gene of miR-27a. Double luciferase reporter gene assay combined with Western blotting was used to verify the targeting regulation of miR-27a on FBXW7. Results Compared with the normal cervical tissues and the adjacent tissues, the expression of miR-27a was higher in cervical cancer tissues (P<0.05) ; Compared with the cervical squamous epithelial immortalized cells H8, the expression of miR-27a in cervical cancer cells SiHa, Caski, HeLa and HCC94 was higher (P<0.05). Inhibiting the expression of miR-27a in SiHa cells could significantly reduce the proliferation activity of cells (P<0.05), increase the proportion of G
