Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the role of microRNAs in Fox M1induced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) epithelialmesenchymal transition (EMT). Methods:Over expression Fox M1 plasmid, Fox M1shRNA, miR539, miR4855p mimics and inhibitor were transfected into NSCLC cells. The expression of Fox M1 protein and mRNA, miR539 and miR4855p were detected by Western blotting and realtime PCR. The CCK8 and cell migration was used to observe the effect of Fox M1, miR539 and miR4855p on the proliferation and invasion of NSCLC. Luciferase reporter assay was used to explore the relationship between miRNA( miR539 and miR4855p) and EMT regulatory protein (ZEB1 and Snail1). Results:Realtime RTPCR and Western blotting showed Fox M1 over expression inhibited the expression of miR539, miR4855p, miR539 and miR4855p in NSCLC cells were increased after transfected Fox M1shRNA. MiR539 and miR4855p suppressed enhancement of proliferation and invasion of NSCLC cells by Fox M1. miR539 targeted and inhibited the translation of ZEB1,miR4855p targeted and inhibited the translation of Snail1 in NSCLC cells. Conclusions:The mechanism of Fox M1 upregulation of EMT protein is to decrease the expression of miR539 and miR4855p in NSCLC cells, thus to affect the proliferation and invasion of NSCLC cells, and to inhibit distant metastasis.