{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Kalantzakos TJ"],"funding":["R.K. Mellon Family Foundation"],"pagination":["5160"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8533684"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(20)"],"pubmed_abstract":["MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression that are dysregulated in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and play an important role in tumor progression. Our prior work identified a subset of miRNAs in pT1 ccRCC tumors, including miR-424-5p, that are associated with an aggressive phenotype. We investigate the impact of this dysregulated miRNA and its protein target O-GlcNAc-transferase (OGT) to better understand the mechanisms behind aggressive stage I ccRCC. The ccRCC cell lines 786-O and Caki-1 were used to assess the impact of miR-424-5p and OGT. Cells were transfected with pre-miR-424-5p, a lentiviral anti-OGT shRNA, or were treated with the demethylating agent 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine. Cell proliferation was measured via MT cell viability assay. Cell migration and invasion were analyzed using Transwell assays. The expression of miR-424-5p was determined through qRT-PCR, while OGT protein expression was evaluated through Western blotting. The interaction between miR-424-5p and OGT was confirmed via luciferase reporter assay. The transfection of ccRCC cells with pre-miR-424-5p or anti-OGT shRNA significantly inhibited cell proliferation, migration, and OGT expression, while miR-424-5p also attenuated cell invasion. Addition of the demethylating agent significantly reduced cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and OGT expression, while significantly increasing the expression of miR-424-5p. Altogether, these findings suggest that epigenetic downregulation of miR-424-5p, which in turn augments OGT expression, contributes to the creation of aggressive forms of stage I ccRCC."],"journal":["Cancers"],"pubmed_title":["MiRNA-424-5p Suppresses Proliferation, Migration, and Invasion of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma and Attenuates Expression of O-GlcNAc-Transferase."],"pmcid":["PMC8533684"],"funding_grant_id":["1"],"pubmed_authors":["Kalantzakos TJ","Gloria T","Sullivan TB","Canes D","Rieger-Christ KM","Moinzadeh A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"MiRNA-424-5p Suppresses Proliferation, Migration, and Invasion of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma and Attenuates Expression of O-GlcNAc-Transferase.","description":"MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression that are dysregulated in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and play an important role in tumor progression. Our prior work identified a subset of miRNAs in pT1 ccRCC tumors, including miR-424-5p, that are associated with an aggressive phenotype. We investigate the impact of this dysregulated miRNA and its protein target O-GlcNAc-transferase (OGT) to better understand the mechanisms behind aggressive stage I ccRCC. The ccRCC cell lines 786-O and Caki-1 were used to assess the impact of miR-424-5p and OGT. Cells were transfected with pre-miR-424-5p, a lentiviral anti-OGT shRNA, or were treated with the demethylating agent 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine. Cell proliferation was measured via MT cell viability assay. Cell migration and invasion were analyzed using Transwell assays. The expression of miR-424-5p was determined through qRT-PCR, while OGT protein expression was evaluated through Western blotting. The interaction between miR-424-5p and OGT was confirmed via luciferase reporter assay. The transfection of ccRCC cells with pre-miR-424-5p or anti-OGT shRNA significantly inhibited cell proliferation, migration, and OGT expression, while miR-424-5p also attenuated cell invasion. Addition of the demethylating agent significantly reduced cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and OGT expression, while significantly increasing the expression of miR-424-5p. Altogether, these findings suggest that epigenetic downregulation of miR-424-5p, which in turn augments OGT expression, contributes to the creation of aggressive forms of stage I ccRCC.","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Oct","modification":"2025-04-19T15:10:35.292Z","creation":"2025-04-19T15:10:35.292Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8533684","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34680309"],"doi":["10.3390/cancers13205160"]}}