Abstract
microRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of endogenously expressed, small non-coding RNAs, which suppress their target mRNAs at the post-transcriptional level. miRNAs play key roles in tumor metastasis. The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of miRNA-32 (miR-32) on the biological behavior of the human gastric cancer cell line, SGC-7901. SGC-7901 cells were transfected with miR-32-mimic, miR-32-inhibitor and empty plasmid vectors using Lipofectamine™ 2000. The expression of GFP was observed by fluorescent microscopy and miR-32 gene expression was detected by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The cell counting kit-8 assay was performed to evaluate the effect of miR-32 expression on cell proliferation in vitro. Alterations in the migration and metastatic potential of SGC-7901 cells, prior to and following miR-32 gene transfection, were assayed by cell chemotactic migration and invasion tests. The results of the current study showed that the proliferation rate of the transfected SGC-7901 cells overexpressing miR-32 is reduced and cell chemotactic migration and invasion potentials is markedly reduced following miR-32-mimic transfection (P<0.05). In addition, the results demonstrated that overexpression of miR-32 greatly inhibits the proliferation and decreases the migration and invasion capabilities of SGC-7901 cells in vitro.
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