Abstract:Objective To study the effect of intratumoral injection of miR-106a inhibitor on tumor growth of ovarian cancer xenografts in mice. Methods SPF BALB/c mice were selected as the experimental animal, then ovarian cancer xenograft model was made by injection of ovarian cancer SKOV3 cells into nude mice. The model mice were randomly divided into a blank control group, a negative control group and a miR-106 inhibition group, intervented respectively by transfection of reagent containing no inhibitor, transfection of reagent containing negative control inhibitors and transfection of reagent containing miR-106a inhibitor. Before and after intervention, the xenograft volume and expressions of PTEN signaling molecules in the xenografts were measured. Results On the 10th, 20th, 30th and 40th d after intervention, there were significant differences in the tumor volume among the 3 groups (P < 0.05), and there were significant differences in the tumor volume at different time points in each group (P < 0.05). The change trends of the tumor volume with time had statistical differences among the 3 groups (P < 0.05). On the 40th d after intervention, PTEN mRNA expression level of the miR-106a inhibition group was significantly higher than that of the blank control group and the negative control group (P < 0.05), while the mRNA expression levels of PI3K, AKT, Cyclin D1, Survivin, MMP-2, MMP-9 and VEGF were significantly lower than those of the blank control group and the negative control group (P < 0.05). Conclusions Intratumoral injection of miR-106a inhibitor has inhibitory effect on tumor growth of ovarian cancer xenografts in mice, and the enhancement of PTEN signaling pathway is the molecular mechanism of tumor growth inhibition by miR-106a inhibitor.