PMID- 27069535 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20160412 LR - 20201001 IS - 1943-8141 (Print) IS - 1943-8141 (Electronic) IS - 1943-8141 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 1 DP - 2016 TI - miR-144 suppresses the growth and metastasis of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma by targeting IRS1. PG - 1-11 AB - Increasing evidence has been suggested that microRNA-144 (miR-144) involved in tumor initiation, development and metastasis in various cancers. However, the biological roles and potential mechanisms of miR-144 in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) remain unclear. In the present study, we discovered that miR-144 expression levels in LSCC tissues were significantly lower than those of adjacent normal tissues. Furthermore, overexpression of miR-144 in LSCC cells inhibited cell proliferation, colony formation, migration, and invasion in vitro. Consistently, stable overexpression of miR-144 suppressed the growth of LSCC cell xenografts in vivo. Bioinformatic algorithms and luciferase reporter assays confirmed that insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) is a direct target of miR-144. Overexpreesion of miR-144 obviously decreased IRS1 expression thereby suppressing phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway activation. Further functional studies suggested that downregulation of IRS1 had similar effects as that of miR-144 overexpression, and upregulation of IRS1 partially reversed the inhibitory effects of miR-144. These findings suggested that miR-144 functioned as a tumor suppressor in LSCC by targeting IRS1, and that miR-144 might serve as a potential target for LSCC treatment. FAU - Wu, Xin AU - Wu X AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University 3302 Jilin Main Road, Changchun 130021, China. FAU - Cui, Chang-Lei AU - Cui CL AD - Department of Anesthesiology, The First Hospital of Jilin University 3302 Jilin Main Road, Changchun 130021, China. FAU - Chen, Wei-Lun AU - Chen WL AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University 3302 Jilin Main Road, Changchun 130021, China. FAU - Fu, Zhong-Ying AU - Fu ZY AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University 3302 Jilin Main Road, Changchun 130021, China. FAU - Cui, Xiang-Yan AU - Cui XY AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University 3302 Jilin Main Road, Changchun 130021, China. FAU - Gong, Xu AU - Gong X AD - Department of Hand Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University 3302 Jilin Main Road, Changchun 130021, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160115 PL - United States TA - Am J Transl Res JT - American journal of translational research JID - 101493030 PMC - PMC4759411 OTO - NOTNLM OT - IRS1 OT - growth OT - laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma OT - metastasis OT - miR-144 EDAT- 2016/04/14 06:00 MHDA- 2016/04/14 06:01 PMCR- 2016/01/15 CRDT- 2016/04/13 06:00 PHST- 2015/11/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/12/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/04/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/04/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/04/14 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/01/15 00:00 [pmc-release] PST - epublish SO - Am J Transl Res. 2016 Jan 15;8(1):1-11. eCollection 2016.