PMID- 32277671 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201209 LR - 20201214 IS - 2241-6293 (Electronic) IS - 1107-0625 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jan-Feb TI - MicroRNA-187 suppresses the proliferation migration and invasion of human osteosarcoma cells by targeting MAPK7. PG - 472-478 AB - PURPOSE: Osteosarcoma is one of the rare but fatal malignancies. The high metastatic rate, late diagnosis, emergence of drug resistance against drugs such as doxorubicin, and the lack of therapeutic targets obstructs the treatment of osteosarcoma. This study was undertaken to investigate the role and therapeutic potential of miR-187 in human osteosarcoma cells. METHODS: The WST-1 proliferation assay was used for investigation of cell viability. Transfections were carried out by Lipofectamine 2000 reagent. The qRT-PCR was used for expression analysis. DAPI, acridine orange (AO)/ethidium bromide (EB) and Annexin V/propidium iodide (PI) assay were used for apoptosis. Western blot analysis was used for the determination of protein expression. RESULTS: The expression of miR-187 was significantly downregulated in human osteosarcoma cells. Out of all osteosarcoma cell lines the SAOS-2 showed the lowest expression of miR-187 and therefore this cell line was selected for further studies. Overexpression of miR-187 caused significant inhibition in the proliferation of SAOS-2 osteosarcoma cells. The miR-187-triggered growth inhibition was found to be mainly due to induction of G2/M phase cell cycle arrest of the SAOS-2 cells. The G2/M cell cycle arrest was also accompanied by depletion of Cyclin-B1 expression. Additionally, miR-187 enhanced the chemosensitivity of the osteosarcoma cells to doxorubicin. The wound healing and transwell assay showed that miR-187 overexpression resulted in the suppression of migration and invasion of the SAOS-2 osteosarcoma cells. In silico analysis showed that miR-187 exerts its effects by inhibiting mitogen activated protein kinase 7 (MAPK7). The expression of MAPK7 was found to be significantly upregulated in osteosarcoma cells and overexpression of MAPK7 could nullify the effects of miR-187 on the proliferation of the osteosarcoma cells. FAU - Liu, Min AU - Liu M AD - Department of Orthopaedics, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215101, China. FAU - Wu, Lifen AU - Wu L FAU - Cai, Chunyuan AU - Cai C FAU - Liu, Liangle AU - Liu L FAU - Xu, Youjia AU - Xu Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Cyprus TA - J BUON JT - Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology JID - 100883428 RN - 0 (Antibiotics, Antineoplastic) RN - 0 (MIRN187 microRNA, human) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 80168379AG (Doxorubicin) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (MAPK7 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 7) SB - IM MH - Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/pharmacology MH - Bone Neoplasms/drug therapy/enzymology/*genetics/pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Movement/physiology MH - Cell Proliferation/physiology MH - Down-Regulation MH - Doxorubicin/pharmacology MH - G2 Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints/physiology MH - Humans MH - M Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints/physiology MH - MicroRNAs/biosynthesis/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 7/*metabolism MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness MH - Osteosarcoma/drug therapy/enzymology/*genetics/pathology EDAT- 2020/04/12 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2020/04/12 06:00 PHST- 2020/04/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/04/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/15 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - J BUON. 2020 Jan-Feb;25(1):472-478.