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Journal of Clinical & Experimental Pathology
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ROS and miRNA signaling in ovarian cancer angiogenesis, tumor growth and treatment resistance

Joint Event on 15th International Congress on American Pathology and Oncology Research & International Conference on Microbial Genetics and Molecular Microbiology

Ling-Zhi Liu

Uinversity of Iowa, USA

ScientificTracks Abstracts: J Clin Exp Pathol

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0681-C5-057

Abstract
Ovarian cancer represents the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death among women. However, the mechanisms of ovarian cancer development and the treatment resistance remain to be elucidated. We found that ovarian cancer cells generate higher levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) through NOX4 overexpression compared to immortalized normal ovarian epithelial cells, which are involved in inducing tumor growth and angiogenesis. More interestingly, ROS inhibit miR- 199a and miR-125b expression through increasing the promoter methylation of the miR-199a and miR-125b genes by DNA methyltransferase 1, thus increasing their targets HER2 or/and HER3 expression in ovarian cancer cells to regulate tumor angiogenesis. Cisplatin is commonly used in ovarian cancer treatment by inducing apoptosis in cancer cells as a result of lethal DNA damage. The cytoprotective functions of autophagy in cancer cells have been suggested as a potential mechanism for chemoresistance. We also demonstrated miR-152 as a new autophagy-regulating miRNA that plays a role in cisplatin resistance. MiR-152 expression was dramatically downregulated in the cisplatin-resistant cell lines and in ovarian cancer tissues associated with cisplatin resistance. Overexpression of miR-152 sensitized cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer cells by reducing cisplatin-induced autophagy, enhancing cisplatin-induced apoptosis and inhibition of tumor growth through its direct target ATG14. Collectively, these data provide insights into novel mechanisms for ROS and miRNAs signaling in ovarian cancer angiogenesis, tumor growth, and treatment resistance.
Biography

Ling-Zhi Liu has completed her MD, PhD in 2000 from China Medical University. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology, University of Iowa. She has published more than 50 papers in high profiled journals and has been serving as an Editorial Board Member and Ad-hoc reviewers of several journals.

E-mail: ling-zhi-liu@uiowa.edu

 

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