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Downregulation of microRNA‑25‑3p inhibits the proliferation and promotes the apoptosis of multiple myeloma cells via targeting the PTEN/PI3K/AKT signaling pathway
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Numerous studies have confirmed that microRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) have important roles in cancer biogenesis and development including multiple myeloma (MM). MicroRNA‑25‑3p (miR‑25‑3p) has been proven to promote cancer progression, whereas its functions in MM has not yet been reported, at least to the best of our knowledge. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the function of miR‑25‑3p in MM and to identify the potential underlying mechanistic pathway. Herein, it was found that miR‑25‑3p expression was significantly increased in MM tissues and cell lines. The upregulation of miR‑25‑3p was closely associated with anemia, renal function impairment international staging system (ISS) staging and Durie‑Salmon (D‑S) staging. A high level of miR‑25‑3p was predictive of a poor prognosis of patients with MM. In vitro, the knockdown of miR‑25‑3p suppressed the proliferation and promoted the apoptosis of RPMI‑8226 and U266 cells, while the overexpression of miR‑25‑3p exerted opposite effects. In addition, phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN), a well‑known tumor suppressor, was confirmed as a target of miR‑25‑3p in MM cells. Moreover, it was found that the PTEN expression levels were decreased, and inversely correlated with miR‑25‑3p expression levels in MM tissues. Further analyses revealed that the overexpression of PTEN exerted effects similar to those of miR‑25‑3p knockdown, whereas the knockdown of PTEN partially abolished the effects of miR‑25‑3p inhibitor on MM cells. Accompanied by PTEN induction, miR‑25‑3p promoted PI3K/AKT signaling pathway activation in MM cells. Collectively, these findings demonstrate critical roles for miR‑25‑3p in the pathogenesis of MM, and suggest that miR‑25‑3p may serve as a novel prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target of MM.
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“Zi Y et al. demonstrated that blocking the PI3K/AKT pathway could be achieved by knocking down miR-25-3p. This approach resulted in the inhibition of migration and progression of MM cells [71].”
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- Authors
- Zi, Y., Zhang, Y., Wu, Y., Zhang, L., Yang, R., & Huang, Y.
- Affiliations
- First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University (CN)
- Central Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, Henan 453100, P.R. China
- Corresponding author
- Zi, Youmei
- Venue
- International Journal of Molecular Medicine
- Publisher
- Spandidos Publications
- Published
- 2020-12-31
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 1107-3756 (ISSN-L)
- 1791-244X
- PMC
- PMC7834966
- OpenAlex
- W3116250464
- Cited by
- 40
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- Citations by year
- 2025: 10 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 2
- FWCI
- 2.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- International Journal of Molecular Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
- Keywords
- miR-25-3p, multiple myeloma, PTEN, PI3K/Akt signaling, cell proliferation, apoptosis, prognostic factors, therapeutic target, microRNA downregulation, tumor suppressor
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Multiple Myeloma, RNA, Neoplasm, Signal Transduction, Down-Regulation, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Apoptosis, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, MicroRNAs, Cell Line, Tumor, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, PTEN Phosphohydrolase
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