PMID- 33277838 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210820 LR - 20210820 IS - 2241-6293 (Electronic) IS - 1107-0625 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 5 DP - 2020 Sep-Oct TI - MicroRNA-1 regulates the growth and chemosensitivity of breast cancer cells by targeting MEK/ERK pathway. PG - 2215-2220 AB - PURPOSE: The microRNAs (miRs) control a vast number of biological and cellular processes. miR-1 has been implicated in the development and progression in different types of cancers. Nonetheless, the function and therapeutic implications of miR-1 have not been studied in breast cancer. This study was undertaken to study the role of miR-1 in human breast cancer cells. METHODS: MBA-MD-231 breast cancer line and the normal MB-157 cell line were mainly used in this research. Expression analysis was performed by qRT-PCR. Cell viability was determined by MTT assay and apoptosis was detected by acridine orange (AO)/ethidium bromide (EB) and DAPI staining. Transwell assay was used for cell migration and invasion and western blot analysis was used to determine the protein expression. RESULTS: miR-1 was significantly but aberrantly suppressed in breast cancer cells relative to the MB-157 normal cells. Overexpression of miR-1 in MBA-MD-231 suppressed their proliferation dose-dependently. The inhibition of MBA-MD-231 cell proliferation was found to be due to induction of apoptosis. The apoptotic cell percentage was 37.1% in miR-1 mimics transfected in comparison to 3.7% in miR-negative control (NC) transfected cells. Additionally, miR-1 also suppressed the chemosensitivity of the MBA-MD-1 breast cancer cells to cisplatin. Transwell assay showed that miR-1 overexpression suppressed the migration and invasion of the MBA-MD-231 cells. The results clearly showed that overexpression of miR-1 suppressed the phosphorylation of MEK and ERK. CONCLUSION: miR-1 acts as a tumor suppressor and may exhibit therapeutic implications in the treatment of breast cancer. FAU - Yang, Lihong AU - Yang L AD - Department of Nursing, Medical College of ChiFeng University, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia 024000, China. FAU - Cai, Nannan AU - Cai N FAU - Zhao, Li AU - Zhao L 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 (MIRN1 microRNA, human) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis MH - Breast Neoplasms/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Cell Survival MH - Female MH - Humans MH - *MAP Kinase Signaling System MH - MicroRNAs/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases/genetics/*metabolism EDAT- 2020/12/06 06:00 MHDA- 2021/08/21 06:00 CRDT- 2020/12/05 05:35 PHST- 2020/12/05 05:35 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/21 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - J BUON. 2020 Sep-Oct;25(5):2215-2220.