PMID- 24194897 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150224 LR - 20211021 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 10 DP - 2013 TI - Down-regulation of miR-129-5p inhibits growth and induces apoptosis in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma by targeting APC. PG - e77829 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0077829 [doi] LID - e77829 AB - miRNAs regulate gene expression and are key mediators of tumourigenesis. miR-129 has diverse effects in tumours, but its role in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) remains unknown. This article focuses on the role of miR-129-5p in LSCC. We show miR-129-5p is upregulated in primary LSCC tumours and correlated with advanced disease. Down-regulating miR-129-5p suppressed cell proliferation and migration, and caused cell cycle arrest in Hep-2 cell lines. Downregulation of miR-129-5p alone is sufficient to induce apoptosis both in vivo and in vitro. Moreover, the growth of LSCC xenograft exposed to miR-129-5p antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) in BALB/c mice was markedly inhibited. In addition, we found that miR-129-5p targeted adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) to release inhibition of Wnt signalling causing cell growth and tumourigenesis. Our results suggest miR-129-5p functions as an oncogene in LSCC by repressing APC and is a potential therapeutic target for LSCC. FAU - Li, MingHua AU - Li M AD - Services of Head and Neck Surgery, department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China. FAU - Tian, LinLi AU - Tian L FAU - Wang, Lin AU - Wang L FAU - Yao, HongChao AU - Yao H FAU - Zhang, JiaRui AU - Zhang J FAU - Lu, JianGuang AU - Lu J FAU - Sun, YaNan AU - Sun Y FAU - Gao, Xu AU - Gao X FAU - Xiao, Hui AU - Xiao H FAU - Liu, Ming AU - Liu M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131023 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (Mirn129 microRNA, human) RN - 0 (Oligonucleotides, Antisense) SB - IM MH - Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/genetics MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Movement/genetics MH - Cell Proliferation/genetics MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/*genetics MH - Laryngeal Neoplasms/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - MicroRNAs/*metabolism MH - Oligonucleotides, Antisense/genetics PMC - PMC3806837 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2013/11/07 06:00 MHDA- 2015/02/25 06:00 PMCR- 2013/10/23 CRDT- 2013/11/07 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/09/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/11/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/02/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/10/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-13-27270 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0077829 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2013 Oct 23;8(10):e77829. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077829. eCollection 2013.