EPA Modulates KLK Genes via miR-378: A Potential Therapy in Prostate Cancer.
Kai Jie YuDe-Yi JiMing-Li HsiehCheng-Keng ChuangJacob See-Tong PangWen-Hui WengPublished in: Cancers (2022)
It is known that miRNA-378a-3p (miR-378) could be induced by eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), an omega-3 fatty acid. Herein, we first demonstrated how miR-378 exerts anti-prostate cancer (PCa) actions by influencing multiple target genes, including KLK2, KLK4, KLK6, and KLK14, which are implicated in PCa development, cell proliferation, and cell survival. Furthermore, these genes also correlate with androgen and mTOR signaling transduction, and are considered pivotal pathways for the onset and progression of PCa. In total, four PCa cell lines and eight pairing tissues (tumor vs. normal) from clinical PCa patients were included in the current study. The results showed high significance after EPA induced tumor cells containing higher expression levels of miR-378, and led the PCa cells having low cell viabilities, and they progressed to apoptosis when compared with normal prostate cells ( p < 0.001). The findings indicated that EPA might become a potential therapy for PCa, especially because it is derived from the components of natural fish oil; it may prove to be a great help for solving the problem of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
Keyphrases
- cell proliferation
- prostate cancer
- cell cycle arrest
- long non coding rna
- pi k akt
- induced apoptosis
- long noncoding rna
- cell cycle
- genome wide
- fatty acid
- radical prostatectomy
- poor prognosis
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- oxidative stress
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- gene expression
- genome wide identification
- cell therapy
- prognostic factors
- stem cells
- single cell
- bioinformatics analysis
- climate change
- diabetic rats
- dna methylation
- bone marrow
- signaling pathway
- human health