ncRNA basic information
ncRNA ID: MI0000271
ncRNA Database: miRBase
ncRNA Name: miR-181c
ncRNA Type: miRNA
ncRNA Expression: up-regulated
ncRNA Method: RT-PCR
ncRNA Target Gene: NA
ncRNA Pathway: p53 signaling pathway
Evidence (ncRNA-drug): validated
drug basic information
Drug ID: DB00997 (APRD00185, DB05331, DB05847)
Drug Name: Doxorubicin
Drug Method: In this study, we found that a particular miRNA species, miR-181c, was significantly low-expressed in breast cancer cell line MCF-7 which developed chemoresistance towards doxorubicin (Adriamycin, ADR, subclone renamed as MCF-7/ADR) than in the wild-type MCF-7 cells. Induced overexpression of miR-181c significantly inhibited cell proliferation, reversed the chemoresistance towards doxorubicin, and reduced the growth of resistant breast cancer xenograft tumors in vitro and in vivo. Using a bioinformatics approach, we also identified osteopontin (OPN) as a direct target of miR-181c. In contrast to low miR-181c expression in MCF-7/ADR cells, OPN showed a reversely high expression in resistant MCF-7/ADR cells. Our results suggest that miR-181c may regulate chemosensitivity and chemoresistance by downregulating OPN, resulting in enhanced p53-dependent transactivation and apoptosis in resistant breast cancer cells.
Drug Response: sensitive
Cancer basic information
Cancer: breast cancer
Tissue/Cell: cell line (MCF-7, MCF-7/ADR)
Other information
Title: The microRNA miR-181c enhances chemosensitivity and reduces chemoresistance in breast cancer cells via down-regulating osteopontin.
Journal: Int J Biol Macromol
Published: 2019
PubMed ID: 30537505