Background and Aims:This study was designed to uncov-er the mechanism for extracellular polysaccharide(EPS1-1)-mediated effects on hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)devel-opment.Methods:HCC cells were treated with EPS1-1,m...Background and Aims:This study was designed to uncov-er the mechanism for extracellular polysaccharide(EPS1-1)-mediated effects on hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)devel-opment.Methods:HCC cells were treated with EPS1-1,miR-494-3p mimic,sh-TRIM36,and pcDNA3.1-TRIM36.The levels of miR-494-3p and TRIM36 were measured in nor-mal hepatocytes,THLE-2,and HepG2 and HuH7HCC cell lines,along with the protein expression of cyclin D/E and p21.The proliferation,cell cycle,and apoptosis of HCC cells were assayed.The interactions between miR-494-3p and TRIM36,and between TRIM36 and cyclin E were assessed.Finally,the expression and localization of TRIM36 and cyclin E were monitored,and tumor apoptosis was detected,in tumor xenograft model.Results:EPS1-1 suppressed HCC cell proliferation and cyclin D/E expression and promoted apoptosis and p21 expression.miR-494-3p was upregulated and TRIM36 was downregulated in HCC cells.Transfection with miR-494-3p mimic or sh-TRIM36 facilitated HCC cell proliferation and the expression of cyclin D/E protein but they inhibited apoptosis and p21 expression in the pres-ence of EPS1-1.Overexpression of TRIM36 further con-solidated EPS1-1-mediated inhibition of HCC proliferation,cyclin D/E,and the promotion of apoptosis and p21 expres-sion.Those effects were reversed by miR-494-3p overex-pression.TRIM36 was a target gene of miR-494-3p,and TRIM36 induced cyclin E ubiquitination.EPS1-1 suppressed cyclin E expression,promoted TRIM36 expression and tu-mor apoptosis,all of which were abrogated by increasing the expression of miR-494-3p in vivo.Conclusions:EPS1-1 protected against HCC by limiting its proliferation and sur-vival through the miR-494-3p/TRIM36 axis and by inducing cyclin E ubiquitination.展开更多
文摘Background and Aims:This study was designed to uncov-er the mechanism for extracellular polysaccharide(EPS1-1)-mediated effects on hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)devel-opment.Methods:HCC cells were treated with EPS1-1,miR-494-3p mimic,sh-TRIM36,and pcDNA3.1-TRIM36.The levels of miR-494-3p and TRIM36 were measured in nor-mal hepatocytes,THLE-2,and HepG2 and HuH7HCC cell lines,along with the protein expression of cyclin D/E and p21.The proliferation,cell cycle,and apoptosis of HCC cells were assayed.The interactions between miR-494-3p and TRIM36,and between TRIM36 and cyclin E were assessed.Finally,the expression and localization of TRIM36 and cyclin E were monitored,and tumor apoptosis was detected,in tumor xenograft model.Results:EPS1-1 suppressed HCC cell proliferation and cyclin D/E expression and promoted apoptosis and p21 expression.miR-494-3p was upregulated and TRIM36 was downregulated in HCC cells.Transfection with miR-494-3p mimic or sh-TRIM36 facilitated HCC cell proliferation and the expression of cyclin D/E protein but they inhibited apoptosis and p21 expression in the pres-ence of EPS1-1.Overexpression of TRIM36 further con-solidated EPS1-1-mediated inhibition of HCC proliferation,cyclin D/E,and the promotion of apoptosis and p21 expres-sion.Those effects were reversed by miR-494-3p overex-pression.TRIM36 was a target gene of miR-494-3p,and TRIM36 induced cyclin E ubiquitination.EPS1-1 suppressed cyclin E expression,promoted TRIM36 expression and tu-mor apoptosis,all of which were abrogated by increasing the expression of miR-494-3p in vivo.Conclusions:EPS1-1 protected against HCC by limiting its proliferation and sur-vival through the miR-494-3p/TRIM36 axis and by inducing cyclin E ubiquitination.