Regulation of microRNA-145 by growth arrest and differentiation

Gaspare La Rocca, Bin Shi, Alessandra Audia, Giovanna Ferrari-Amorotti, Hestia S. Mellert, Bruno Calabretta, Steven B. McMahon, Laura Sepp-Lorenzino, Renato Baserga

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Abstract

MicroRNA145 (miR145), a tumor suppressor miR, has been reported to inhibit growth of human cancer cells, to induce differentiation and to cause apoptosis, all conditions that result in growth arrest. In order to clarify the functional effects of miR145, we have investigated its expression in diverse conditions and different cell lines. Our results show that miR145 levels definitely increase in differentiating cells and also in growth-arrested cells, even in the absence of differentiation. Increased expression during differentiation sometimes occurs as a late event, suggesting that miR145 could be required either early or late during the differentiation process.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)488-495
Number of pages8
JournalExperimental Cell Research
Volume317
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 15 2011

Keywords

  • Differentiation
  • Growth arrest
  • MicroRNAs
  • Mir145

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cell Biology

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