MiR-137 inhibits proliferation and angiogenesis of human glioblastoma cells by targeting EZH2.
By: Jie Sun, Guodong Zheng, Zhengtao Gu, Zhenhui Guo

Medical Intensive Care Unit of Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Geriatric Infection and Organ Function Support & Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Geriatric Infection and Organ Function Support, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
2014-8-6; doi: 10.1007/s11060-015-1753-x
Abstract

It is suggested that microRNAs play important roles in the development of various cancers. Here, we showed that miR-137 is downregulated in glioblastoma (GBM) cell lines and that low levels of miR-137 are associated with a poor prognostic phenotype of GBM patients. Ectopic expression of miR-137 significantly inhibited GBM cell proliferation and angiogenesis. In addition, ectopic expression of miR-137 inhibited tumor growth and angiogenesis in a SCID mouse xenograft model. EZH2 was identified as a direct target of miR-137 by using luciferase reporter and Western blot assays, and EZH2 overexpression can rescue the inhibitory effect of miR-137 on cell proliferation and angiogenesis. Furthermore, tumor samples from GBM patients showed an inverse relationship between miR-137 and EZH2 levels. Our results suggest that miR-137 may serve as a biomarker in GBM, and the modulation of its activity may represent a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of GBM patients.





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