Abstract
BackgroundRecent evidence indicated that the aberrant expression of microRNA plays a crucial role in the development of cervical cancer. The overall shorter survival was strongly related to the abnormal expression of microRNA-34a (miR-34a) and microRNA-206 (miR-206), which target B cell lymphoma-2(Bcl2) and c-Met. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/c-Met pathway is related to the occurrence, development and prognosis of cervical cancer, and c-Met is significantly overexpressed in cervical squamous cell carcinoma. Bcl2 is also considered to be a promising target for developing novel anticancer treatments.MethodsIn this study, we detect the expression of miR-34a and miR-206 in the cervical cancer tissue through quantificational real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assay, and the expression of Bcl2 and c-Met from cervical cancer tissue were detected by immunohistochemistry.ResultsThe expression of miR-34a and miR-206 were down-regulated in the cervical cancer tissue through qRT-PCR assay. As target genes of miR-34a and miR-206, Bcl2 and c-Met were up-regulated in cervical cancer tissues through qRT-PCR assay and immunohistochemistry. Kaplan–Meier and log-rank analysis revealed that down-regulated expression of miR-34a and miR-206 were strongly related to shorter overall survival. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards model for all variables that were statistically significant in the univariate analysis demonstrated that miR-34a (P = 0.038) and miR-206 (P = 0.008) might be independent prognostic factors for overall survival of patients suffering from cervical cancer.ConclusionsThe up-regulation of Bcl2 and c-Met promotes the cervical cancer’s progress, and the expression of miR-34a and miR-206 significantly correlated with the progression and prognosis in cervical cancer. All of these suggested that miR-34a and miR-206 might be the novel prognostic and therapy tools in cervical cancer.
Highlights
Recent evidence indicated that the aberrant expression of microRNA plays a crucial role in the devel‐ opment of cervical cancer
Several studies have shown that c-Met was significantly overexpressed in cervical squamous cell carcinoma and the Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/c-Met pathway was related to the occurrence, development and prognosis of cervical cancer [13,14,15]
Patients with elevated expression of B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl2) and c-Met tend to have lymph node metastasis (P = 0.000, P = 0.001), advanced stage (P = 0.00) (Table 1). These results indicated that Bcl2 and c-Met involved in the metastasis and progression in patients with cervical cancer
Summary
Recent evidence indicated that the aberrant expression of microRNA plays a crucial role in the devel‐ opment of cervical cancer. The overall shorter survival was strongly related to the abnormal expression of microRNA34a (miR-34a) and microRNA-206 (miR-206), which target B cell lymphoma-2(Bcl2) and c-Met. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/c-Met pathway is related to the occurrence, development and prognosis of cervical cancer, and c-Met is significantly overexpressed in cervical squamous cell carcinoma. Several studies have shown that c-Met was significantly overexpressed in cervical squamous cell carcinoma and the HGF/c-Met pathway was related to the occurrence, development and prognosis of cervical cancer [13,14,15]. C-Met gene was thought as a biomarker which was used to evaluate the biological behavior and clinical outcome of cervical cancer [16].
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