Figure 5.
DLEU1 competitively bound miR-149-5p in CCA. (A) DLEU1 was affirmed to be principally expressed in cytoplasm. (B) MiRNAs levels following DLEU1 interference (two-way ANOVA). (C) MiR-149-5p level was downregulated in CCA tissues (t-test). (D) MiR-149-5p level was inversely linked to DLEU1 level (linear regression). (E) MiR-149-5p level in CCA cells and biliary epithelial cells (one-way ANOVA). (F-H) The function of miR-149-5p on growth, invasion, and stemness maintenance were revealed by EdU, transwell and spheroid formation assays (t-test). (I) MiR-149-5p mimics restrained luciferase activity of DLEU1 wild-type plasmid rather than mutant-type plasmid (t-test). (J) DLEU1 level was higher in AGO2 groups with miR-149-5p mimics (t-test). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.