Molecular regulation of ovarian cancer cell invasion.

Abstract

The molecular mechanism underlying ovarian cancer invasiveness and metastasis remains unclear. Since significant downregulation in microRNA 200 (miRNA200) family (miR200a, miR200b, and miR200c) has been reported in the invasive ovarian cancer cells, here, we used two human ovarian cancer cell lines, OVCAR3 and SKOV3, to study the molecular basis of miR200, matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP3) activation, and cancer invasiveness. We found that overexpression of either miR200 family member in OVCAR3 or SKOV3 cells significantly inhibited production and secretion of MMP3 and cancer invasiveness. Moreover, forced MMP3 expression abolished miR200-induced inhibition of ovarian cancer cell invasiveness, suggesting that miR200 family inhibited ovarian cell invasiveness via downregulating MMP3. Furthermore, ZEB1, a major target of miR200, was inhibited by miR200 overexpression. Forced ZEB1 expression abolished miR200-induced inhibition of ovarian cancer cell invasiveness, suggesting that ZEB1 is a direct target of miR200 for inhibiting ovarian cell invasiveness. Finally, phosphorylated SMAD3 (pSMAD3), a major partner of ZEB1, was efficiently inhibited by miR200, which could be restored by forced expression of ZEB1, but not by forced expression of MMP3, suggesting that ZEB1/pSMAD3 is signaling cascade upstream of MMP3 in this model. Taken together, our data suggest that miR200 family inhibited ovarian cancer cell invasiveness and metastasis by downregulating MMP3, possibly through ZEB1/pSMAD3.

• Authors: Ningxia Sun, Qing Zhang, Chen Xu, Qian Zhao, Yan Ma, Xinmei Lu, Liang Wang, Wen Li
• Journal: Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine (Tumour Biol) Vol. 35 Issue 11 Pg. 11359-66 (Nov 2014) ISSN: 1423-0380 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 25119590 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Homeodomain Proteins
• MIRN200 microRNA, human
• MicroRNAs
• RNA, Messenger
• SMAD3 protein, human
• Smad3 Protein
• Transcription Factors
• ZEB1 protein, human
• Zinc Finger E-box-Binding Homeobox 1
• MMP3 protein, human
• Matrix Metalloproteinase 3

Topics

• Blotting, Western
• Cell Movement
• Cell Proliferation
• Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
• Female
• Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
• Homeodomain Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Humans
• Matrix Metalloproteinase 3 (genetics, metabolism)
• MicroRNAs (genetics)
• Neoplasm Invasiveness
• Ovarian Neoplasms (genetics, metabolism, pathology)
• Phosphorylation
• RNA, Messenger (genetics)
• Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Signal Transduction
• Smad3 Protein (genetics, metabolism)
• Transcription Factors (genetics, metabolism)
• Tumor Cells, Cultured
• Zinc Finger E-box-Binding Homeobox 1