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  • Title: Let-7d Inhibits Growth and Metastasis in Breast Cancer by Targeting Jab1/Cops5.
    Author: Wei Y, Liu G, Wu B, Yuan Y, Pan Y.
    Journal: Cell Physiol Biochem; 2018; 47(5):2126-2135. PubMed ID: 29975923.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND/AIMS: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate the expressions of cancer-related genes, and are involved in the development and progression of various human cancers. Here, we performed further analyses to determine whether let-7d is functionally linked to Jab1 in breast cancer. METHODS: In situ hybridization and immunohistochemical analyses were used to determine the level of let-7d and Jab1 in breast cancer clinical specimens and its correlation with clinicopathological data. Let-7d overexpressing breast cancer cell lines combined with mouse models bearing cell-derived xenografts were used to assess the functional role of let-7d both in vitro and in vivo. RESULTS: In this study, we found that let-7d was downregulated in breast cancer tissues, coupled with the elevations of Jab1 protein expressions, compared with paired adjacent noncancerous breast tissues. Let-7d overexpression significantly suppressed the proliferation and invasion in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells. Dual luciferase reporter assay indicated that Jab1 was the direct target of let-7d. Stepwise studies from in vitro and in vivo experiments indicated that let-7d overexpression inhibited cell growth and decreased Jab1 expressions in breast cancer cells and nude mice tumor tissues. Statistical analyses demonstrated that breast cancer patients with low levels of let-7d or high levels of Jab1 had a significant correlation with worse prognosis. CONCLUSION: These findings provide novel insights into molecular mechanism of let-7d and Jab1 in tumor development and progression of breast cancer, and thus let-7d/Jab1 are novel potential therapeutic targets for breast cancer patients.
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