Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a complex and heterogeneous tumor with poor prognosis. Sorafenib, a multikinase inhibitor, has been widely used to treat patients with advanced HCC in clinic. We postulated that microRNAs (miRNA) might be involved in HCC target-chemotherapy with sorafenib. MiRNA profile of HepG2 was evaluated after cells were treated with vehicle or sorafenib and alterations in miRNA expression occurred with 14 miRNAs. MiR-1274a, which is up-regulated by sorafenib, could significantly repress expression of ADAM9, a protease that is involved in sorafenib target-therapy of HCC, in HCC cells. Taken together, our data emphasizes a new miRNA-based mechanism of sorafenib antitumor therapy. © 2011 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Zhou, C., Liu, J., Li, Y., Liu, L., Zhang, X., Ma, C. Y., … Yuan, Q. (2011). MicroRNA-1274a, a modulator of sorafenib induced a disintegrin and metalloproteinase 9 (ADAM9) down-regulation in hepatocellular carcinoma. FEBS Letters, 585(12), 1828–1834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2011.04.040
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