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Isoliquiritigenin Suppresses EMT-Induced Metastasis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer through miR-200c/C-JUN/β-Catenin

    https://doi.org/10.1142/S0192415X21500233Cited by:8
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    Abstract

    Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the subtype of breast cancer with more aggressive growth and metastasis and without efficient therapies. Hence, it is worthwhile to search for potential effective drug candidates. According to our previous study, isoliquiritigenin (ISL) exerted a potent anticancer effect on breast cancer proliferation. Its effect on TNBC growth, metastasis and mechanism deserves further investigation. In this study, PCR array screened a significant increase of miR-200c in BT-549 and MDA-MB-231 cells after ISL treatment, and ISH exerted that miR-200c was expressed at a low level in breast cancer tissue of patients. We also found that ISL could up-regulate miR-200c, resulting in the inhibition of epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Meanwhile, ISL could inhibit metastasis and tumor growth in nude mice models through the increase of miR-200c. Further study displayed that ISL decreased c-Jun expression through the increase of miR-200c. Interestingly, we also detected that ISL might increase miR-200c expression through the demethylation of miR-200c promoter region. These findings indicated that ISL could be potentially developed as a novel drug candidate for TNBC in microRNA-based cancer therapies.

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