目的:探讨位于胰岛素样生长因子1受体(IGF1R)基因3’非翻译区(uTR)的前列腺癌(PCa)相关的多态性位点rs3743249与靶microRNA(miRNA)结合位点的改变对PCa发展风险的影响。方法:用miRbase预测与rs3743249结合相关的靶miRNA,分析从癌症基因组图谱(TCGA)数据库下载IGF1R基因mRNA和靶miRNA的表达数据,同时筛选符合纳入标准的GEO数据集,对基于TCGA数据分析的靶miRNA结果进行验证,采用双荧光素酶报告基因技术对转染后的人胚肾细胞(HEK293T)在体外检测rs3743249的不同等位位点对靶miRNA结合的影响。结果:rs3743249位于IGF1R的3’UTR第4752个碱基,与其结合相关的靶miRNA为miR-141。用TCGA数据分析IGF1R基因显示,IGF1R在PCa组织显著上调(P〈0.05);与配对的癌旁组织相比,miR-141在3套公共数据(TCGA、GSE23022和GSE36803)的PCa组织样本中均显著上调(均P〈O.05)。双荧光素酶报告基因的检测结果显示,miR-141与含rs3743249等位位点为G的IGF1R3’UTR的结合更稳定,miR-141与IGFIR基因的结合起到稳定IGF1R基因表达的作用,而不是抑制作用。结论:IGF1R3’UTR多态性位点rs3743249等位位点G在促进PCa发展上风险性更大,遗传突变影响PCa的发展风险。
Objective: To study the relationship of IGFIR 3' untranslated region (UTR) polymorphism rs3743249 caused variation of binding affinity to miR-141 and the risk of prostate cancer (PCa). Methods: MiRNAs which could bind to rs3743249 were predicted by miRbase. Expression of IGF1R mRNA and pre- dicted targeted miRNAs were both analyzed from the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and GEO datasets met inclusion criteria. PCa-associated miRNAs were selected and the binding affinity to alleles of rs3743249 were validated by dual luciferase reporter assay in human embryonic kidney cell (HEK293T) in vitro. Re- sults: miR-141 was predicted to be binding to rs3743249 by analysis of database. IGF1R mRNA was upreg- ulated significantly in PCa tissues in TCGA datasets ( P d0.05). MiR-141 showed significant upregulation in PCa tissues in TCGA and GEO datasets (GSE23022 and GSE36803) compared with adjacent tissues of paired( P d0.05). Dual luciferase reporter assay indicated that miR-141 showed a stronger binding affinity with rs3743249 in the 3'UTR of IGFIR, suggesting that miR-141 played a stabilizing role, rather than an inhibitory role. Conclusion: Polymorphism rs3743249 with G allele inside IGF1R 3' UTR shows a greater risk in the progression of PCa.