miR-30a acts as a tumor suppressor by double-targeting COX-2 and BCL9 in H. pylori gastric cancer models

Sci Rep. 2017 Aug 2;7(1):7113. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07193-w.

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is one of the most important factors that affect the development of gastric cancer, and its mechanism remains un-elucidated. Our present study found that, miR-30a is crucial for regulating the growth and migration of H. pylori infected gastric cancer in vitro by targeting COX-2 and BCL9. In details, double-stranded miR-30a precursor produced two single-stranded and matured miRNAs including miR-30a-3p and miR-30a-5p, which played significant biological functions in two different manners. First, miR-30a-3p inhibited COX-2 expression and regulated nuclear translocation of β-catenin, and second, miR-30a-5p targeted BCL9 to regulate TCF/LEF promoter activity followed by affecting β-catenin downstream target gene expression. In vivo, miR-30a knockout mice were successfully achieved using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology. Compared with H. pylori-infected wild-type mice, H. pylori-infected miR-30a knockout mice showed increased incidence of chronic gastritis, chronic atrophic gastritis, atypical hyperplasia, and other precancerous lesions or adenocarcinoma manifestations in the antral or gastric mucosa of mice, as well as regulation of genes closely associated with tumor development. Taken together, miR-30a acts as a tumor suppressor by double-targeting COX-2 and BCL9, and significantly affects the development of H. pylori-induced gastric cancer, shedding new light on the mechanisms underlying H. pylori-associated gastric cancer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 3' Untranslated Regions
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Biomarkers
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Movement / genetics
  • Cyclooxygenase 2 / genetics*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic*
  • Genes, Tumor Suppressor
  • Helicobacter Infections / complications*
  • Helicobacter pylori*
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • MicroRNAs / genetics*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Proteins / genetics*
  • Precancerous Conditions / pathology
  • Protein Transport
  • RNA Interference
  • Signal Transduction
  • Stomach Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Transcription Factors
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
  • beta Catenin / genetics
  • beta Catenin / metabolism

Substances

  • 3' Untranslated Regions
  • BCL9 protein, human
  • Biomarkers
  • MIRN30b microRNA, human
  • MicroRNAs
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Transcription Factors
  • beta Catenin
  • Cyclooxygenase 2