Abstract:
:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal malignancies, and thus better understanding of its molecular pathology is crucial for us to devise more effective treatment of this deadly disease. As cancer cell line remains a convenient starting point for discovery and proof-of-concept studies, here we report the miRNA expression characteristics of two cell lines, MIA PaCa-2 and PANC-1, and discovered three miRNAs (miR-7-5p, let-7d, and miR-135b-5p) that are involved in cancer stem cells (CSCs) suppression. After transfection of each miRNA's mimic into PANC-1 cells which exhibits higher stemness feature than MIA-PaCa-2 cells, partial reduction of CSC surface markers and inhibition of tumor sphere formation were observed. These results enlighten us to consider miRNAs as potential therapeutic agents for pancreatic cancer patients via specific and effective inhibition of CSCs.
journal_name
Int J Mol Scijournal_title
International journal of molecular sciencesauthors
Shen Y,Pu K,Zheng K,Ma X,Qin J,Jiang L,Li Jdoi
10.3390/ijms20184473subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-09-10 00:00:00issue
18issn
1422-0067pii
ijms20184473journal_volume
20pub_type
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