Objective To investigate the effect of miRNA-152 (miR-152) on
adriamycin sensitivity of breast cancer cells and its mechanism. Methods The levels of miR-152 in human breast
epithelial cell line HBL-100, human breast cancer MCF-7 cells and adriamycin resistant MCF-7/ADR cells
were detected by real-time quantitative PCR (QPCR). MCF-7 and
MCF-7/ADR cells were transfected with miR-152 mimics (overexpression
group) or negative control (negative control group), and no transfection was used as blank control group. The
expression of miR-152 in MCF-7 cells and MCF-7/ADR cells after
transfection were detected by QPCR. The proliferation of cells treated with
different concentrations of adriamycin(10, 50, 100, 200 and
500 ng/ml) was detected by MTT, and the apoptotic rate after transfection was detected by flow
cytometry. Western blotting was used to detect the protein level of
phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase catalytic subunit α (PIK3CA). The target
regulation of miR-152 on PIK3CA was evaluated by the double luciferase report
test. Results QPCR Results showed that miR-152 levels in MCF-7 cells and
MCF-7/ADR cells were all lower than those in HBL-100 cells, and miR-152
levels in MCF-7/ADR cells were lower than that in MCF-7 cells (P<0.05). The levels of miR-152 after transfection in overexpression group
were higher than those in the negative control group and the blank control
group (P<0.05). Compared
with other two groups, the survival rate and the PIK3CA protein level of the
overexpression group decreased and the apoptotic rate increased (P<0.05). MiR-152 could inhibite the luciferase activity of the wild-type
PIK3CA 3’UTR reporter gene, but had no effect on the luciferase activity of the mutant PIK3CA
3’UTR. Conclusion The expression of
miR-152 is decreased in breast cancer cells, and is related to
adriamycin resistance in breast cancer cells. It is involved in the
proliferation and apoptosis process of breast cancer cells, and plays
an important role in reversing the drug resistance of breast cancer.