Mir-494-3p enhances aggressive phenotype of non-small cell lung cancer cells by regulating SET/I2PP2A

Abstract A high level of miR-494-3p expression has been associated with poor prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. However, its role in NSCLC development and progression remains elusive. Analyses of the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium and the Cancer Genome Atlas data...

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Main Authors: Yuwen Du, Taisuke Kajino, Yukako Shimada, Takashi Takahashi, Ayumu Taguchi
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99558-9
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Taisuke Kajino
Yukako Shimada
Takashi Takahashi
Ayumu Taguchi
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description Abstract A high level of miR-494-3p expression has been associated with poor prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. However, its role in NSCLC development and progression remains elusive. Analyses of the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium and the Cancer Genome Atlas databases showed overexpression of miR-494-3p in both lung adenocarcinoma and lung squamous cell carcinoma cases. Furthermore, bioinformatic analysis revealed that representative pathways associated with cancer metastasis were enriched with genes positively correlated with miR-494-3p expression levels, suggesting possible involvement of miR-494-3p in the aggressive properties of NSCLC. To identify potential targets of miR-494-3p, genes inversely correlated with miR-494-3p in the mRNA expression datasets of NSCLC cell lines obtained from the Cancer Dependency Map were examined in the present study. Integration of RNA sequencing analysis of NSCLC cells with miR-494-3p inhibition and a bioinformatic search of miRNA target prediction algorithms resulted in identification of SET/I2PP2A as a direct target of miR-494-3p. The findings indicate that suppression of SET/I2PP2A by miR-494-3p promotes NSCLC cell migration and invasion, but not viability, thus indicating miR-494-3p and its downstream molecules as potential therapeutic targets for aggressive NSCLC phenotypes.
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spelling doaj-art-7eae10e1c28e4f7d8250cabe67e88d392025-08-20T02:55:29ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-05-0115111010.1038/s41598-025-99558-9Mir-494-3p enhances aggressive phenotype of non-small cell lung cancer cells by regulating SET/I2PP2AYuwen Du0Taisuke Kajino1Yukako Shimada2Takashi Takahashi3Ayumu Taguchi4Division of Molecular Diagnostics, Aichi Cancer CenterDivision of Molecular Diagnostics, Aichi Cancer CenterDivision of Molecular Diagnostics, Aichi Cancer CenterAichi Cancer CenterDivision of Molecular Diagnostics, Aichi Cancer CenterAbstract A high level of miR-494-3p expression has been associated with poor prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. However, its role in NSCLC development and progression remains elusive. Analyses of the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium and the Cancer Genome Atlas databases showed overexpression of miR-494-3p in both lung adenocarcinoma and lung squamous cell carcinoma cases. Furthermore, bioinformatic analysis revealed that representative pathways associated with cancer metastasis were enriched with genes positively correlated with miR-494-3p expression levels, suggesting possible involvement of miR-494-3p in the aggressive properties of NSCLC. To identify potential targets of miR-494-3p, genes inversely correlated with miR-494-3p in the mRNA expression datasets of NSCLC cell lines obtained from the Cancer Dependency Map were examined in the present study. Integration of RNA sequencing analysis of NSCLC cells with miR-494-3p inhibition and a bioinformatic search of miRNA target prediction algorithms resulted in identification of SET/I2PP2A as a direct target of miR-494-3p. The findings indicate that suppression of SET/I2PP2A by miR-494-3p promotes NSCLC cell migration and invasion, but not viability, thus indicating miR-494-3p and its downstream molecules as potential therapeutic targets for aggressive NSCLC phenotypes.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99558-9
spellingShingle Yuwen Du
Taisuke Kajino
Yukako Shimada
Takashi Takahashi
Ayumu Taguchi
Mir-494-3p enhances aggressive phenotype of non-small cell lung cancer cells by regulating SET/I2PP2A
Scientific Reports
title Mir-494-3p enhances aggressive phenotype of non-small cell lung cancer cells by regulating SET/I2PP2A
title_full Mir-494-3p enhances aggressive phenotype of non-small cell lung cancer cells by regulating SET/I2PP2A
title_fullStr Mir-494-3p enhances aggressive phenotype of non-small cell lung cancer cells by regulating SET/I2PP2A
title_full_unstemmed Mir-494-3p enhances aggressive phenotype of non-small cell lung cancer cells by regulating SET/I2PP2A
title_short Mir-494-3p enhances aggressive phenotype of non-small cell lung cancer cells by regulating SET/I2PP2A
title_sort mir 494 3p enhances aggressive phenotype of non small cell lung cancer cells by regulating set i2pp2a
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99558-9
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