Figure 3.
miR-30a-3p targets ATG12 by binding its 3'UTR. (A) Analysis of the potential signaling pathways of miR-30a-3p according to the KEGG database. (B) Venn figure indicated ATG12 was the only overlap of genes involved in FOXO signaling pathway and potential target genes of miR-30a-3p. (C) Bioinformatic analysis reveals the potential ATG12-binding sites in miR-30a-3p. (D) Luciferase reporter assays of ATG12 in 786-O cells. (E,F) Western blot of ATG12 protein levels in miR-30a-3p compared to miR-NC. (E), miR-30a-3p inhibitor compared to miR-NC inhibitor; and (F) miR-30a-3p mimic compared to miR-NC mimic. (G) Spearman’s correlation analysis of miR-30a-3p and ATG12 expression in RCC tissues from TCGA database. RCC, renal cell carcinoma.