Effect of microRNA-153 targeting phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase/serine-threonine protein kinase signaling pathway on proliferation in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell

Objective To investigate the effect of microRNA (miRNA, miR)-153 on the proliferation and apoptosis of in human acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cell line Jurkat cells by phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K)/serine-threonine protein kinase (Akt) pathway. Methods After miR-153 mimics (miR-153 mimics group) and miR-153 inhibitor (miR-153 inhibitor group) were transfected into Jurkat cells, cell proliferation, cycle and apoptosis. was detected; the expression of miR-153, PI3K and Akt mRNA and protein was measured; whether PI3K was the target gene of miR-153. was confirmed. Results Compared with the negative control group, the expression of miR-153 in the miR-153 mimics group was significantly increased by approximately 10-fold (t=39.596, P<0.01), and the expression of miR-153 was significantly decreased in the miR-153 inhibitor group (t=14.651, P<0.01). The activity of the cells in the miR-153 mimics group was significantly decreased (t=10.931, P<0.01), and the activity of the miR-153 inhibitor group was significantly increased (t=7.640, P<0.01). The expression of PI3K total protein, PI3K mRNA and p-Akt in the miR-153 mimics group was significantly decreased (t=7.161, P<0.01; t=6.684, P<0.01; t=10.769, P<0.01), and the expression of PI3K total protein, PI3K mRNA and p-Akt in the miR-153 inhibitor group was significantly increased (t=3.998, P<0.05; t=8.902, P<0.01; t=7.078, P<0.01). The proportion of G0/G1 phase cells increased significantly, while the S phase and G2/M phasecells decreased significantly (t=3.786, P<0.05; t=3.012, P<0.05; t=4.948, P<0.01) in the miR-153 mimics group; the G0/G1 phase cells decreased significantly, and the proportion of cells in S phase and G2/M phase increased significantly (t=5.356, P<0.01; t=3.055, P<0.05; t=3.893, P<0.05) in the miR-153 inhibitor group. The apoptosis rate of the miR-153 mimics group was significantly increased (t=4.673, P<0.05), while the apoptotic rate of the miR-153 inhibitor group was significant decline (t=5.618, P<0.01). Compared to the empty plasmid group, the relative luciferase activity of 3’untranslated regions (3’UTR) plasmid group was significantly reduced (t=7.925, P<0.01). Conclusion MiR-153 can directly target PI3K/Akt signaling pathway and regulate Jurkat cell proliferation and apoptosis. Key words: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; MicroRNA-153; Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase/serine-threonine protein kinase signaling pathway