Overexpression of miR-200s in murine ovarian cancer cells (ID8 and 28-2)

Little is known about the role of miR-200s in the progression of ovarian cancer. In this study we overexpressed the miR-200c/141 cluster, the miR-200b/200a/429 cluster, or both clusters in two different murine ovarian cancer cell lines (ID8 and 28-2). As co-oeverexpression of both clusters provided the best miR-200 overexpression, we evaluated ID8 and 28-2 cells overexpressing both miR-200 clusters (ID8-200f and 28-2-200f) compared to empty vector control cells (ID8EV and 28-2EV). ID8-200f and 28-2-200f cells showed increased expression of several mesenchymal genes, decreased proliferation, decreased invasion and increased apoptosis compared to their respective controls. RNA sequencing of ID8EV, ID8-200f, 28-2EV and 28-2-200f cells revealed that overexpression of miR-200s primary regulated genes involved in epithelial mesenchymal transition EMT) and gene implicated in migration. Therefore, our work suggests that miR-200s can inhibit characteristics associated ovarian cancer progression (increased proliferation and invasion and promotion of EMT).