Growing evidence indicates that microRNA (miRNA) play vital roles in glioma progression by directly regulating multiple targets. Here, we found that miR-105 expression was significantly decreased and inversely correlated with SOX9 mRNA expression in glioma tissues. SOX9 was identified as a direct target of miR-105. miR-105 up-regulation repressed the expression of SOX9, TCF4, c-MYC, cyclin D1, and AXIN2 and suppressed glioma cell progression. Restoration of SOX9 or TCF4 abolished the effect of miR-105 on glioma cell progression. SOX9 down-regulation had similar effects as miR-105 up-regulation on glioma progression. Moreover, TCF4 restoration rescued the effect of SOX9 down-regulation on glioma progression. Altogether, these findings suggested that miR-105 functions as a potential tumor suppressor by regulating the SOX9/TCF4 axis in glioma.
Keywords: SOX9; TCF4; apoptosis; glioma; miR-105.
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