PMID- 33336000 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201219 IS - 2391-5463 (Print) IS - 2391-5463 (Electronic) VI - 15 IP - 1 DP - 2020 TI - miR-101-3p sensitizes non-small cell lung cancer cells to irradiation. PG - 413-423 LID - 10.1515/med-2020-0044 [doi] AB - Recent studies have revealed that microRNAs regulate radiosensitivity of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The aim of this study was to investigate whether miR-101-3p is correlated with radiosensitivity of NSCLC. According to our results, miR-101-3p was downregulated in NSCLC tissues and cell lines. Moreover, miR-101-3p was decreased in A549 cells' response to irradiation in a dose-dependent manner. Upregulation of miR-101-3p decreased survival fraction and colony formation rate and increased irradiation-induced apoptosis in irradiation-resistant cells, while miR-101-3p depletion had the opposite effects in irradiation-sensitive cells. Furthermore, mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a target gene of miR-101-3p. The expressions of mTOR, p-mTOR, and p-S6 were curbed by overexpression of miR-101-3p in A549R cells, which was enhanced by repression of miR-101-3p in A549 cells. Intriguingly, elevation in mTOR abated miR-101-3p upregulation-induced increase in irradiation sensitivity in irradiation-resistant cell line. In contrast, rapamycin undermined miR-101-3p inhibitor-mediated reduction of irradiation sensitivity in irradiation-sensitive cell line. Besides, miR-101-3p overexpression enhanced the efficacy of radiation in an NSCLC xenograft mouse model. In conclusion, miR-101-3p sensitized A549 cells to irradiation via inhibition of mTOR-signaling pathway. CI - (c) 2020 Zhonghui Li et al., published by De Gruyter. FAU - Li, Zhonghui AU - Li Z AD - Department of Oncology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Inner Mongolia, China. FAU - Qu, Zhenjie AU - Qu Z AD - Department of Oncology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Inner Mongolia, China. FAU - Wang, Ying AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Gerontology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Inner Mongolia, China. FAU - Qin, Meilin AU - Qin M AD - Department of Oncology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Inner Mongolia, China. FAU - Zhang, Hua AU - Zhang H AD - Department of Oncology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Inner Mongolia, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200607 PL - Poland TA - Open Med (Wars) JT - Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) JID - 101672167 PMC - PMC7712473 OTO - NOTNLM OT - NSCLC OT - irradiation OT - mTOR OT - miR-101-3p COIS- Conflicts of interest: There are no conflicts of interest to declare. EDAT- 2020/12/19 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/19 06:01 PMCR- 2020/06/07 CRDT- 2020/12/18 05:53 PHST- 2019/04/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/09/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/09/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/18 05:53 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/19 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/06/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - med-2020-0044 [pii] AID - 10.1515/med-2020-0044 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Open Med (Wars). 2020 Jun 7;15(1):413-423. doi: 10.1515/med-2020-0044. eCollection 2020.