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. 2020 May 28;9(5):54. doi: 10.1038/s41389-020-0242-z

Fig. 6. miR-122-5p mediates the role of lncRNA-SOX2OT in regulating PKM2, glucose metabolism and HCC cell metastasis.

Fig. 6

a Overexpression of miR-122-5p blocks the promotion of PKM2 mRNA by SOX2OT. On the contrary, knockdown of mR-122 attenuated the inhibition of PKM2 by shRNA- SOX2OT. b The change of PKM2 protein level in HCCLM3 cells after overexpression and knockdown the expression of lncRNA-SOX2OT or miR-122-5p. c The rate of glycolysis in HCCLM3 cells was enhanced by SOX2OT overexpression and this enhancement could be blocked by overexpression of miR-122-5p. On the contrary, knockdown of mR-122 attenuated the inhibition of glycolysis rate by shRNA- SOX2OT. d The value of SUV max in lncRNA-SOX2OT overexpression orthotopic nude mice liver tumor was much higher than control group. Reciprocally, the increase of SUV max value was blocked by ectopic expression of miR-122-5p. e The promoting effect of lncRNA-SOX2OT on HCC cell invasion was antagonized by miR-122-5p overexpression. One the contrary, knockdown of miR-122-5p attenuated the inhibition effect of shRNA-lncRNA-SOX2OT. f The total number of lung metastatic lesions in the lncRNA-SOX2OT over-expression lung metastasis model was much more than that of control group. However, this increase can be blocked by overexpression of miR-122-5p.