The results of the present study demonstrated that ASCL2 was able to downregulate the expression level of miR223, contribute to EMT and promote gastric tumor metastasis, which indicated that ASCL2 may serve as a therapeutic target in the treatment of GC.
Taken together, our findings suggested NF-κB/miR-223-3p/ARID1A axis may link the process of H. pylori-induced chronic inflammation to gastric cancer, thereby providing a new insight into the mechanism underlying H. pylori-associated gastric diseases.
Overexpression of miR-223 decreased FBXW7 expression and the sensitivity of GC cells to trastuzumab, while suppression of miR-223 restored FBXW7 expression and the sensitivity of GC cells to trastuzumab.
Our study revealed miRNA profile in GC tissues and showed that miR-148a-3p, miR-223-3p and miR-375 are deregulated in GC plasma samples, but these circulating miRNAs showed relatively weak diagnostic performance as sole biomarkers.
Our findings revealed the roles of miR-223/FBXW7 signaling in the DDP resistance of GC cells and targeting it will be a potential strategic approach for reversing the DDP resistance in human GC.
Above all, all our data declared H. pylori infection played an important role in developing GC according to overexpression of miR-223, which increased cancer cell proliferation and migration.
In the pilot study, miR-21, miR-27a, miR-106b, miR-146a, miR-148a, and miR-223 concentrations from LN-positive patients with GC were significantly different from those of LN-negative patients with GC (P < 0.001, P = 0.003, P = 0.033, P < 0.001, P <0.001, and P = 0.017, respectively).
SYBR-Green I-based real-time RT-PCR study was used to detect the level of miR-223 in 22 gastric cancer tissue and corresponding gastric mucosa tissues.