Cryptotanshinone Suppresses Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer via microRNA-146a-5p/EGFR Axis

Qi, Pengfei; Li, Yanli; Liu, Xiaomin; Jafari, Fatemeh A.; Zhang, Xinju; Sun, Qiangling; Ma, Zhongliang

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Cryptotanshinone Suppresses Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer via microRNA-146a-5p/EGFR Axis

Pengfei Qi^1*, Yanli Li^1*, Xiaomin Liu¹, Fatemeh A. Jafari¹, Xinju Zhang¹, Qiangling Sun^2✉, Zhongliang Ma^1✉

1. Lab for Noncoding RNA & Cancer, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
*Co-first authors with equal contribution to the manuscript

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Qi P, Li Y, Liu X, Jafari FA, Zhang X, Sun Q, Ma Z. Cryptotanshinone Suppresses Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer via microRNA-146a-5p/EGFR Axis. Int J Biol Sci 2019; 15(5):1072-1079. doi:10.7150/ijbs.31277. https://www.ijbs.com/v15p1072.htm

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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a cancer-driven gene, plays an important role in tumorigenesis of lung cancer. Cryptotanshinone (CT) is the main constituent of salia miltiorrhiza and has been found to affect tumor progression. However, the mechanism of CT on lung cancer is still not clear. Here we found that CT could suppress the proliferation of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by inhibiting EGFR. We further confirmed that knockdown of EGFR also suppressed cell proliferation and arrested cell cycle progression. Furthermore, we evaluated EGFR was a direct target gene of miR-146a-5p which was upregulated by CT. In general, our results proved that CT could restrain NSCLC via miR-146a-5p/EGFR axis. CT and miR-146a-5p have the potential to be positive candidates in drug development of NSCLC.

Keywords: NSCLC, cryptotanshinone, EGFR, miR-146a-5p

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Qi, P., Li, Y., Liu, X., Jafari, F.A., Zhang, X., Sun, Q., Ma, Z. (2019). Cryptotanshinone Suppresses Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer via microRNA-146a-5p/EGFR Axis. International Journal of Biological Sciences, 15(5), 1072-1079. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijbs.31277.

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Qi, P.; Li, Y.; Liu, X.; Jafari, F.A.; Zhang, X.; Sun, Q.; Ma, Z. Cryptotanshinone Suppresses Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer via microRNA-146a-5p/EGFR Axis. Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2019, 15 (5), 1072-1079. DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.31277.

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Qi P, Li Y, Liu X, Jafari FA, Zhang X, Sun Q, Ma Z. 2019. Cryptotanshinone Suppresses Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer via microRNA-146a-5p/EGFR Axis. Int J Biol Sci. 15(5):1072-1079.

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