Abstract:
Objective The present study aims to investigate the relationship between miR-21 and renal cancer metastasis as well as the influence of miR-21 on the invasiveness ability of renal cancer Caki-1 cells.
Methods Real-time PCR was performed to detect miR-21 in primary renal cancer without and with metastasis.Pre-miR-21 and anti-miR-21 were transfected to Caki-1 cells, respectively, and real-time PCR was used to detect transfection effects.Finally, invasiveness changes in Caki-1 cells were detected after transfection.
Results miR-21 expression in primary renal cancer with metastasis was much higher than that in primary renal cancer without metastasis.After transfection, pre-miR-21 and anti-miR-21 significantly increased and decreased the miR-21 expression in Caki-1 cells, respectively.The transmembrane cells of the pre-miR-21 group increased significantly, whereas those of the anti-miR-21 group decreased significantly.
Conclusion miR-21 and renal cancer metastasis are related.miR-21 advances renal cancer cell invasion and metastasis.