BackgroundWe aimed to investigate the function of miR-1307 in chemoresistance and to explore its chemoresistance mechanism in ovarian cancer.MethodsIC50 determination was used to test the chemoresistance profling in ovarian cancer cells. QRT-PCR or western blot was used to validate the expression level of miR-1307 and candidate gene or protein. Colony formation assay and FITC-labeled enhanced Annexin V immunofluorescence were used to compare cell proliferation and apoptosis ability, respectively. The potential target gene and its biological function of miRNA-1307 were also analyzed. Bioinformatics and Luciferase Reporter Gene Assay were conducted to validate the regulation of miRNA-1307 on the ING5 expression. Xenografts assay was used to demonstrate the inhibiting effect of miR-1307 ASO and Taxol therapy against ovarian cancer in vivo.ResultsMiR-1307 was over-expressed in chemoresistant ovarian cancer cell line A2780/Taxol, and over-expression or loss of miR-1307 promoted or inhabited chemoresistance. And we also found that the over-expression of miR-1307 promoted proliferation and inhibited apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells. Besides, we demonstrated that ING5 was a direct target of miR-1307 and miR-1307 down-regulated the ING5 expression in ovarian cancer cells. Additionally, we showed that ING5 inhibited cell proliferation, promoted cell apoptosis and inhabited chemoresistance reversely. Furthermore, the up-regulated ability of cell apoptosis and down-regulated ability of chemoresistance following the loss of miR-1307 was reversed by adding ING5 siRNA in vitro. Finally, we proved the inhibiting effect of miR-1307 ASO and Taxol therapy by increasing the ING5 expression against ovarian cancer through xenografts assay in vivo.ConclusionOur results suggested that miR-1307 could promote ovarian cancer chemoresistance by targeting the ING5 expression and miR-1307 might serve as a therapeutic target for ovarian cancer.
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent chronic degenerative joint disease that mainly affects the elderly population. The aim of this study was to investigate serum signature metabolites as potential biomarkers for early diagnosis of knee OA. Global serum metabolic profiles of 40 patients with knee OA and 20 healthy controls (HC) were analyzed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. An OA-specific metabolic profile was established that can clearly discriminate patients with OA from HCs. Fourteen metabolites that are involved in the metabolism of amino acids, purine, energy, glycolysis, fatty acids, and lipids were significantly altered in patients with OA compared to HCs. These metabolites could be potentially used as biomarkers for the diagnosis of knee OA.
Keratin 7 (KRT7) is a member of the keratin gene family. KRT7 is abnormally expressed in various types of cancer and promotes the malignant progression of tumors. However, the role of KRT7 in ovarian cancer remains unclear. The present study aimed to validate the role of KRT7 in ovarian cancer progression. KRT7 expression levels in patients with ovarian cancer were analyzed using data obtained from the Human Protein Atlas and The Cancer Genome Atlas databases. KRT7 mRNA and protein expression levels were upregulated in ovarian cancer tissue compared with normal tissue. KRT7 expression was associated with the grading, staging and poor prognosis of ovarian cancer. The differentially expressed genes affected by KRT7 were primarily enriched in the functions of cell migration, cell adhesion and cell growth. In vitro studies, including a CCK8 assay, were used to detect cell proliferation. In addition, wound healing and transwell assays were performed to analyze cell migration. The results demonstrated that KRT7 overexpression was associated with increased proliferation, migration and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of ovarian cancer cells, and the migration and EMT of ovarian cancers cells were decreased following knockdown with KRT7 small interfering RNA. In vivo , knockdown of KRT7 inhibited tumor growth of ovarian cancer. Furthermore, KRT7 regulated EMT in ovarian cancer via the TGF-β/Smad2/3 pathway, and regulated cell-matrix adhesion through integrin-β1-focal adhesion kinase signaling. These results suggest that KRT7 may be a potential molecular marker for prognosis prediction in patients with ovarian cancer.
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