Figure 4.
miR-365a-3p directly targets ADAM10 in CRC. (A)Three bioinformatics tools were used to identify potential miR-365a-3p targets. (B) The 81 target genes that overlapped among these predictive tools were validated via qRT-PCR in CRC cells. (C) miR-365a-3p and the corresponding predicted binding site in the 3'-UTR of ADAM10, with wild-type (WT) and mutated (Mut) versions of this sequence being shown. (D) A clear reduction in luciferase activity was evident in CRC cells overexpressing miR-365-3p and the WT but not the mutated version of the ADAM10 3'-UTR. (E) Overexpression of miR-365a-3p in CRC cell lines reduced levels of ADAM10 protein. UTR: untranslated region. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.