Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (10): 4379-4388.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2023.10.034

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Mechanism of miR-502 Regulating Proliferation, Migration, Invasion and EMT of Canine Mammary Tumor Cells

REN Xiaoli1, FAN Yuying2, HUANGFU Heping1, WANG Jun1, JIN Shuangxing1, LIU Yun2, SHI Dongmei1*   

  1. 1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan University of Animal Husbandry of Economy, Zhengzhou 450046, China;
    2. College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
  • Received:2022-11-08 Online:2023-10-23 Published:2023-10-26

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the effect and mechanism of microRNA-502(miR-502) targeting RBMS1 on proliferation, migration and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of canine mammary tumor cells. The transcription level of miR-502 and RBMS1 mRNA in canine mammary tumor cell lines (CHMp and CHMm) and normal mammary gland tissues were detected by realtime quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR). The miR-502 mimic/inhibitor and negative control mimic/inhibitor NC were transfected into CHMp/CHMm cells using liposome transfection method,respectively,and the expression levels of miR-502 in cells were detected by qRT-PCR method. MTT assay and Transwell assay were used to detect the proliferation and migration ability of CHMm cells; the expression levels of epithelial cell marker E-cadherin, mesenchymal cell marker vimentin, cell migration markers matrix metalloproteinase (MMP2) and cell proliferation marker PCNA after transfection with miR-502 were detected by qRT-PCR and Western blot methods. qRT-PCR and double-luciferase reporter gene assay were adopted to verify the targeting relationship between miR-502 and RBMS1 gene. The results showed that compared with normal mammary tissues, the expression level of miR-502 in canine mammary tumor cells was significantly up-regulated, while RBMS1 was down-regulated. Transfection of miR-502 mimic up-regulated the expression level of miR-502, whereas miR-502 inhibitor down-regulated the expression level of miR-502. Compared with the miR-NC group, transfection of miR-502 mimic significantly promoted the proliferation and migration of CHMm cells, moreover, down-regulated the expression of E-cadherin mRNA and protein, and up-regulated the expression of vimentin, MMP2, PCNA mRNA and protein. On the contrary, transfection of miR-502 inhibitor significantly suppressed the proliferation and migration of CHMm cells, up-regulated the expression of E-cadherin and down-regulated the expression of vimentin, MMP2, PCNA mRNA and protein; qRT-PCR and luciferase report experiments showed that miR-502 inhibited the expression of RBMS1 by targeting RBMS1 3'-UTR. Therefore, miR-502 is highly expressed in canine mammary tumor cells, and interfering with its expression might affected the proliferation, migration and EMT of the canine mammary tumor CHMm cells, and miR-502 targeted regulation the expression of RBMS1 mRNA.

Key words: miR-502, RBMS1, canine mammary tumor cells, cell proliferation/migration, epithelial-mesenchymal transition

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