Vitamin D-Regulated miR-589-3p in Patients with Cervical Cancer Predicts Patient Prognosis and is Involved in Tumor Progression

Abstract

The study aims to evaluate the performance of Vitamin D/calcitriol-induced miR-589-3p in predicting the prognosis of cervical cancer patients and its role in cancer cell function. To identify differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs) related to calcitriol treatment, the GSE61829 dataset was analyzed. MiR-589-3p expression levels were verified in cervical cancer patients. The association of miR-589-3p with overall survival was investigated using Kaplan-Meier survival analyses and the multi-variate Cox proportional hazards model analysis. The effects of miR-589-3p on cervical cancer cells and calcitriol-treated cells were examined using the MTT assay and Transwell migration/invasion assay. From GSE61829 dataset, a total of eleven DEMs were identified, including miR-589-3p. MiR-589-3p was found to be decreased in cervical cancer but increased after one-year intake of Vitamin D. Low miR-589-3p after one-year intake of Vitamin D was identified as a predictive factor for low survival probability (p = 0.0059) with a significant impact on the death risk (HR: 3.04; 95%CI: 1.47-6.29; p = 0.003). MiR-589-3p overexpression inhibited the proliferation and migration/invasion of cervical cancer cells and calcitriol-treated cervical cancer cells. In conclusion, miR-589-3p can be induced by Vitamin D/calcitriol treatment and inhibit cervical cancer progression. MiR-589-3p has the potential to predict overall survival in patients with cervical cancer.

Author Contribution

All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Lin Zhang, Youmeng Sun and Jinhong Ying. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Qi Wu and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

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Ethical Approval

This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Zhejiang Medical and Health Science and Technology Project of Health Commission of Zhejiang Province (2022KY770) and the Nursing Research Project of The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (2023HLKY45).