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. 2018 Aug 28;9(9):851. doi: 10.1038/s41419-018-0937-7

Fig. 6. miR-485-5p inhibits Wnt/β-catenin pathway by directly targeting FZD7.

Fig. 6

a Data from bioinformatics tools (microRNA.org, TargetScan, and miRDB) showed that there were putative binding sites between 3′UTR of FZD7-wt and miR-485-5p. FZD7-mut means mutation of binding sites in 3′UTR of FZD7. b Luciferase reporter gene assays revealed that miR-485-5p negatively regulated the luciferase activity of FZD7-wt-3′UTR, rather than of DSCR8-mut-3′UTR. The mRNA (c, d) and protein (e, f) expression of FZD7 was negatively regulated by miR-485-5p. And FZD7 clone or siRNAs reversed the effects of miR-485-5p mimics or inhibitors on FZD7 expression (c–f). e, f Western blot results revealed that the accumulation of cytoplasmic β-catenin and the accumulation of nuclear β-catenin, c-Myc expression, and cyclin D1 expression were negatively regulated by miR-485-5p, while reversed by FZD7 clone and siRNA. n = three repeats with similar results, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001