To investigate the expression of microRNA-508-3p (miR-508-3p) in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) tissue, its impact on the migration and invasion of ovarian cancer cells, and its regulatory relationship with zinc-finger E-box-binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1).
The surgical resection of EOC cancer tissues and paired adjacent normal tissues were collected. SKOV3 cells were divided into the NC mimic group (transfected with NC mimic), miR-508-3p mimic group (transfected with miR-508-3p mimic), si-NC group (transfected with si-NC), si-ZEB1 group (transfected with si-ZEB1) and co-transfection group (co-transfected with si-ZEB1 and miR-508-3p mimic). The mRNA expression levels of miR-508-3p and ZEB1 in EOC cancer tissues, adjacent normal tissues and five groups of cells were measured by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The Transwell assay was used to detect the cell migration and invasion abilities.
The relative expression levels of miR-508-3p in EOC tissues and adjacent normal tissues were 0.77±0.36 and 1.07±0.40, the relative expression levels of ZEB1 mRNA in EOC tissues and adjacent normal tissues were 2.10±1.21 and 1.29±0.95, and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.01). The migration cell number of the NC mimic, miR-508-3p mimic, si-NC, si-ZEB1 and co-transfection groups was 633.00±32.49, 319.20±19.89, 650.40±25.85, 375.00±17.25 and 129.40±17.10; the invasion cell number was 527.20±25.01, 288.60±16.68, 520.00±25.83, 293.40±18.37 and 76.60±8.76; the relative expression levels of miR-508-3p were 1.05±0.37, 3.94±1.21, 1.01±0.21, 1.26±0.34 and 3.40±0.41; the relative expression levels of ZEB1 mRNA were 1.00±0.04, 0.58±0.05, 1.00±0.08, 0.54±0.07 and 0.29±0.03, respectively. The above indicators showed statistically significant differences between the miR-508-3p mimic group and the NC mimic group, between the si-NC group and the co-transfection group (P<0.01, P<0.05).
MiR-508-3p is lowly expressed in EOC cancer tissue, and it may inhibit the migration and invasion of ovarian cancer cells by targeting ZEB1 expression.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |