Objective To investigate the effects of microRNA(miR)-125b on the proliferation and phosphoinositide 3-kinase(PI3K)/protein kinase B(Akt)signaling pathway of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)cell by targeting Polo like kinases(PLK4).Methods The tumor tissues and adjacent tissues of 65 patients with HCC were collected from March 2022 to March 2023 in Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital,including 33 males and 32 females,aged(60.1±5.6)years.The expressions of miR-125a and miR-125b in liver cancer,adjacent tissues and liver cancer cells were detected by fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction.Low expression liver cancer cell was selected to transfect negative control(NC)sequences of miR,miR-125a and miR-125b.Subsequently,miR-NC and NC plasmid,miR-125b sequence and NC plasmid,and miR-125b sequence and PLK4 plasmid were co-transfected.Cell proliferation was detected by cell counting assay,the expression of PLK4,phosphorylated PI3K(p-PI3K)and phosphorylated Akt(p-Akt)was detected by Western blot,and miR-125b-targeting PLK4 were detected by bioinformatics analysis and dual luciferase reporter gene.Results The relative expressions of miR-125a and miR-125b in HCC patients were(0.62±0.08)and(0.58±0.07),respectively,lower than those in adjacent tissues(1.00±0.12)and(1.00±0.13),and the differences were statistically significant(t=21.24,22.93,P=0.005,P<0.001).HepG2 cells with low expression of miR-125a and miR-125b and miR-125b targe-ting PI3K/Akt were selected for transfection.Bioinformatic analysis and dual luciferase reporter gene assay confirmed that miR-125b binds to PLK4.Overexpression of miR-125b could inhibit the proliferation of HepG2 cells and the expression of p-PI3K and p-Akt,while overexpression of PLK4 could partially reverse the proliferation inhibition caused by miR-125b and the expression of p-PI3K and p-Akt,(0.91±0.07)vs(0.41±0.04),(0.97±0.08)vs(0.32±0.03)(t=13.87,17.01,both P<0.001).Conclusion The inhibitory effect of miR-125b on HepG2 cell proliferation and PI3K/Akt signaling pathway is partly mediated by targeted inhibition of PLK4.
关键词
癌,肝细胞/微小RNA-125b/Polo样激酶4/增殖/磷脂酰肌醇-3激酶/蛋白激酶B
Key words
Carcinoma,hepatocellular/MicroRNA 125b/Polo like kinases 4/Proliferation/Phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B