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Hereditas(Beijing) ›› 2014, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2): 119-126.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1005.2014.0119

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Expression profiling and functional analysis of hsa-miR-125b and its target genes in drug-resistant cell line of human gastric cancer

Yan Cheng1,2, Lin Chen3, Xin Cao2, Siqimeige Ha2, Xiaodong Xie1   

  1. 1. Institute of Genetics, School of Basic Medical Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; 
    2. Experimental Center, Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou 730030, China; 
    3. Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • Received:2013-07-17 Revised:2013-10-31 Online:2014-02-20 Published:2014-01-25

Abstract:

The expression of hsa-miR-125b is significantly downregulated in the fluorouracil-resistant cell line of human gastric cancer (BGC823/Fu). In order to investigate the role of hsa-miR-125b in the drug-resistance acquisition process of human gastric cancer, we performed a series of analysis on the sequence characteristics, species conservation, target genes, function annotation and signal transduction pathway enrichment of hsa-miR-125b using a combined bioinformatic approach such as miRbase, TargetScan6.2, PicTar, miRanda, Gene Ontology(GO) and KEGG. The results showed that the sequence of miR-125b is highly conserved in multiple species. A total of 79 target genes related to transcription regulation, protein binding, enzyme activity (P<0.001) were predicted by bioinformatics software. These genes involved in many biological processes including cell cycle, cell proliferation, cell apoptosis and cell responses to cytokine, drug responses and DNA damage (P<0.001). And these target genes mainly belong to MAPK, Wnt and p53 signal transduction pathways (P<0.01). The results revealed that hsa-miR-125b may regulate multiple biological processes and signal transduction pathways, and drug-resistant occurrence is associated with cell proliferation, cell apoptosis, cell cycle and signaling pathways including MAPK, Wnt and p53. We suggest that hsa-miR-125b may affect chemosensitivity by regulating target genes involved in the above processes and these target genes might be reliable candidates for exploring the role of hsa-miR-125b in tumor chemoresistance.

Key words: hsa-miR-125b, bioinformatics, target gene, chemotherapy resistance, human gastric cancer