PMID- 25394900 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150615 LR - 20181113 IS - 1423-0380 (Electronic) IS - 1010-4283 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 3 DP - 2015 Mar TI - MicroRNA-224 and its target CAMKK2 synergistically influence tumor progression and patient prognosis in prostate cancer. PG - 1983-91 LID - 10.1007/s13277-014-2805-0 [doi] AB - We previously demonstrated that microRNA (miR)-224 expression was significantly reduced in human prostate cancer (PCa) tissues and predicted unfavorable prognosis in patients. However, the underlying mechanisms of miR-224 have not been fully elucidated. In this study, calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 2 (CAMKK2) was identified as a target gene of miR-224. Then, we found that enforced expression of miR-224 could suppress PCa cell proliferation and cell cycle by regulating the expression of CAMKK2 in vitro. In addition, the expression levels of miR-224 in PCa tissues were negatively correlated with those of CAMKK2 mRNA significantly (Spearman's correlation: r = -0.66, P = 0.004). Moreover, combined low miR-224 expression and high CAMKK2 expression (miR-224-low/CAMKK2-high) was closely correlated with advanced clinical stage (P = 0.028). Furthermore, PCa patients with miR-224-low/CAMKK2-high expression more frequently had shorter overall survival than those in groups with other expression patterns of two molecules. In conclusion, our data offer the convincing evidence that miR-224 and its target gene CAMKK2 may synergistically contribute to the malignant progression of PCa. Combined detection of miR-224 and CAMKK2 expressions represents an efficient predictor of patient prognosis and may be a novel marker which can provide additional prognostic information in PCa. FAU - Fu, Hao AU - Fu H AD - Guangdong Provincial Institute of Nephrology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China. FAU - He, Hui-chan AU - He HC FAU - Han, Zhao-dong AU - Han ZD FAU - Wan, Yue-ping AU - Wan YP FAU - Luo, Hong-wei AU - Luo HW FAU - Huang, Ya-qiang AU - Huang YQ FAU - Cai, Chao AU - Cai C FAU - Liang, Yu-xiang AU - Liang YX FAU - Dai, Qi-shan AU - Dai QS FAU - Jiang, Fu-neng AU - Jiang FN FAU - Zhong, Wei-de AU - Zhong WD LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20141115 PL - Netherlands TA - Tumour Biol JT - Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine JID - 8409922 RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (MIRN224 microRNA, human) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (CAMKK2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Kinase) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics/metabolism MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Kinase/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Cycle/genetics MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/genetics MH - Disease Progression MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Humans MH - Male MH - MicroRNAs/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Middle Aged MH - Prognosis MH - Prostatic Neoplasms/*genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics EDAT- 2014/11/15 06:00 MHDA- 2015/06/16 06:00 CRDT- 2014/11/15 06:00 PHST- 2014/08/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/11/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/11/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/11/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/06/16 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s13277-014-2805-0 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Tumour Biol. 2015 Mar;36(3):1983-91. doi: 10.1007/s13277-014-2805-0. Epub 2014 Nov 15.