Transcriptional Repressor Kaiso Promotes Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition and Metastasis in Prostate Cancer through Direct Regulation of miR-200c

In this study, we established that the transcriptional repressor Kaiso directly binds methylated regions of the miR-200 family, and this is reversed with 5-aza treatment. sh-Kaiso PC-3 cells display increased miR-200-a/b/c, miR-141, and miR-429 expression, with miR-200c demonstrating the most significant increase. Interestingly, overexpression of EGFR or treatment with EGF decreases miR-200c expression and this is reversed after treatment with EGFR specific kinase inhibitor PD153035.

Source: Cancer Letters - May 8, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Abisola Abisoye-Ogunniyan, Huxian Lin, Anghesom Ghebremedhin, Ahmad Salam, Balasubramanyam Karanam, Shaniece Theodore, Jacqueline Jones-Trich, Melissa Davis, William Grizzle, Honghe Wang, Clayton Yates Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research