MiR-493 Induces Cytotoxic Autophagy in Prostate Cancer Cells through Regulation on PHLPP2.

Jun Deng, Ming Ma, Wei Jiang, Liangliang Zheng, Suping Cui

Current pharmaceutical biotechnology 2020

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MiR-493 promotes the proliferation of prostate cancer (PC) cells by targeting PHLPP2. We aimed to explore the relationship between miR-493 and autophagy in PC. qRT-PCR and western blotting were used to determine the mRNA levels and protein expression of miR-493, PHLPP2, autophagy gene BECN1 and ATG7 in PC cells. The autophagy gene expression was determined after PC cells transfected with miR-493 precursor or PHLPP2 precursor. Corresponding changes of autophagy phenotype and PC cell function were also studied. The mRNA levels and protein expression of miR-493, PHLPP2, BECN1 and ATG7 in PC cells were significantly decreased in PC cells. Overexpression of miR-493 or PHLPP2 markedly upregulated the expression levels of BECN1 and ATG7 in PC cells. Overexpression of miR-493 and PHLPP2 markedly promoted autophagy, and inhibited the invasion and cloning formation of PC cells. MiR-493 is a potent inducer of cytotoxic autophagy that leads to prostate cancer inhibition by regulating on PHLPP2. Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net.

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Jun Deng, Ming Ma, Wei Jiang, Liangliang Zheng, Suping Cui. MiR-493 Induces Cytotoxic Autophagy in Prostate Cancer Cells through Regulation on PHLPP2. Current pharmaceutical biotechnology. 2020;21(14):1451-1456