Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2018, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (5): 339-344.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2018.05.002

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Regulation of transcription factor KLF4 on miR-106a and their effects on gastric cancer cell migration

ZHU Meng1,4, ZHAI Hualiang2, ZHAO Wanying3, ZHANG Ning2, HE Shuixiang4   

  1. 1. Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004;
    2. Department of Pathology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, Ningxia;
    3. Department of Gastroenterology, 323 Military Hospital of China, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061;
    4. Department of Gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi, China
  • Received:2017-11-07 Revised:2018-09-06 Online:2018-09-30 Published:2018-09-30

Abstract: OBJECTIVE:To construct miR-106a promoter reporting plasmids and to explore their regulatory effects on the migration of human gastric cancer cells with transcription factor Krüppel-like factor 4. METHODS:Using UCSC genomic database to predict the promoter region of miR-106a,and to insert it into pGL3-basic reporter vector for construction of the wild-type reporter plasmid,pmiR-106a-WT-luc,and the point mutation reporter plasmid,pmiR-106a-MUT-luc. Using transcription factor database JASPAR to predict and to screen the transcription factor KLF4 that regulates the promoter region of miR-106a,and to clone it into pcDNA3.0 vector for construction of the over-expression plasmid KLF4-pcDNA3.0. KLF4+/- -pcDNA3.0 and pmiR-106a-WT/MUT-luc were co-transferred into HEK293T cells and their fluorescence activities were detected by dual luciferase assay. 30 pairs of gastric cancer and adjacent non-tumor tissues were collected and qPCR was used to detect the expression level of miR-106a and KLF4. Transwell assay was used to detect the migratory capacity of human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells. RESULTS:Both miR-106a reporter and KLF over-expression plasmids were constructed correctly through enzyme digestion,PCR amplification,sequencing and Blast comparison. KLF4-pcDNA3.0 significantly inhibited the luciferase activity of pmiR-106a-WT-luc (P=0.000);whereas, the effect on pmiR-106a-MUT-luc was little (P=0.553). The relative expression of KLF4 was 0.716±0.624 corresponding to 3.367±2.165 for miR-106a in gastric cancer tissues. KLF4-pcDNA3.0 partially blocked the stimulative effect of miR-106a on the migration of gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells (P=0.038). CONCLUSION:Our data show that there was a direct binding site between transcription factor KLF4 and the promoter region of miR-106a. In addition,KLF4 negatively regulated the expression of mature miR-106a at upstream transcription level. Thereby,it played a role in inhibiting the migration of gastric cancer cells induced by miR-106a.

Key words: miR-106a, KLF4, promoter, transcriptional factor, reporter plasmid

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