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- Title
miR-137 is a diagnostic tumor-suppressive miRNA that targets SPHK2 to promote M1-type tumor-associated macrophage polarization.
- Authors
JING LIU; YANWEN XU; HAN TANG; XIA LIU; YANHUA SUN; TINGTING WU; MING GAO; PENG CHEN; HUIXIA HONG; GUODONG HUANG; YANXIA ZHOU
- Abstract
The present study investigated the expression level of microRNA (miR)-137 in glioma tissues and cell lines and explored its potential diagnostic significance as well as its function effects on glioma cells. miR-137 expression level was detected in glioma tissues using in situ hybridization, and in glioma cell lines using reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). The diagnostic significance of miR-137 in glioma was assessed using receiver operating characteristic curve analyses. Quantibody® Human Inflammation Array 1 was used to evaluate the impact of ectopic miR-137 expression on release of cytokines in glioma cell lines. IL-13, TNF-a and IFN-? levels were detected using ELISA. To confirm that sphingosine kinase 2 (SPHK2) is a target of miR-137, RT-qPCR, western blot analysis and dual-luciferase assay were adopted. The results demonstrated that miR-137 expression was downregulated in both glioma tissues and cell lines. Downregulation of miR-137 was significantly associated with high grade gliomas. Additionally, it was found that overexpression of miR-137 reduced IL-13, but promoted TNFa and IFN-? production. SPHK2 knockdown inhibited IL-13 release, promoted TNF-a and IFN-? production. SPHK2 was a direct target of miR-137. Collectively, the results of the present study indicated that miR-137 expression plays a tumor-suppressive role in glioma. It is downregulated in glioma and may promote M1-type TAMs polarization, and may be a diagnostic biomarker and potential therapeutic strategy for glioma treatment in the future.
- Subjects
REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; RECEIVER operating characteristic curves; SPHINGOSINE kinase; WESTERN immunoblotting; MACROPHAGES
- Publication
Experimental & Therapeutic Medicine, 2023, Vol 26, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1792-0981
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3892/etm.2023.12096