刘 锋, 谢黎明, 张志伟. Expression of miR-124 in gastric cancer and its clinical significance[J]. China Oncology, 2016, 26(3): 215-220. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-3969.2016.03.003.
Expression of miR-124 in gastric cancer and its clinical significance
Background and purpose: miR-124 is considered to be a tumor suppressor in multiple tumors
including lung cancer
prostate cancer
bladder cancer
and breast cancer. However
its function is unclear in gastric cancer. This study aimed to explore the expression of miR-124 in human gastric mucosal epithelium cells and different gastric cancer cells
as well as gastric cancer tissues and matched para-cancerous tissues. The correlations of miR-124 expression with gender
age
histological grade
T stage
TNM stage
lymph node metastasis and prognosis of gastric cancer patients were analyzed. Methods: A real-time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RTFQ-PCR) was employed for detecting the expression of miR-124 in human gastric mucosal epithelium cells and gastric cancer cells. The expression of miR-124 in gastric cancer tissues and matched para-cancerous tissues was detected by in situ hybridization. Results: The RTFQ-PCR results indicated that the expression of miR-124 was down-regulated in MKN-74
MKN-28
MKN-45
MGC-803
SGC-7901 and AGS cells compared to GES-1 cells. In situ hybridization showed that miR-124 was strongly expressed in normal gastric mucosa. However
low expression
focal positive expression or lack of miR-124 expression were observed in gastric cancer tissues. Statistical analysis showed that miR-124 was closely correlated to histological stage
TNM stage and node metastasis of gastric cancer patients
but not the age
gender and tumor size. The OS and DFS of the patients with low expression of miR-124 were shorter than that of the patients with high expression of miR-124. Multivariate analysis suggested that miR-124 down-regulation was an independent prog-nostic factor for survival in patients with gastric cancer. Conclusion: miR-124 is down-regulated in gastric cancer cells and tissues. The expression of miR-124 is correlated to histological stage