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Volume 11, Issue 1 (February 2024)                   IJML 2024, 11(1): 64-71 | Back to browse issues page


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Nejadtaghi M, Mozdarani H. Significant Impact of let-7d MicroRNA on Breast Cancer Cell Lines Post-Radiation Treatment. IJML 2024; 11 (1) :64-71
URL: http://ijml.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-497-en.html
Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Introduction: Radiotherapy is a common treatment for breast cancer treatment, that induces DNA damage. These DNA damages are addressed through various repair pathways, which regulate the DNA repair systems and confer radio-resistance. Non-coding RNAs are a big proportion of genome transcripts without the potential to encode proteins. Related studies demonstrated that radiation affects the expression of non-coding RNAs. Let-7d, a tumor suppressor in numerous cancers, has some target genes that play a role in the DNA repair system.
Materials and Methods: Human breast cancer cell lines MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 were cultured in a Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium. The exponentially growing cells were treated with some doses of X-rays. After radiation treatment and cell harvesting, RNA was extracted, and cDNA synthesis was done. The let-7d miRNA expression changes were calculated with real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.
Results: The results implied that radiation caused increased let-7d expression in breast cancer cell lines after radiation treatment. In addition, the results showed that 24 h after radiation, the expression of let-7d in the radioresistant cell line was higher than the radiosensitive one; 48 h after radiation, the expression of let-7d in the radiosensitive cell line was higher than the other one.
Conclusions: The results demonstrated that radiation treatment increased let-7d miRNA expression in both radiosensitive and radio-resistant breast cancer cell lines. Therefore, let-7d might be involved in the radiosensitivity of breast cancer.
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Genetics/ Biotechnology
Received: 2023/10/31 | Accepted: 2024/06/23 | Published: 2024/10/1

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