Abstract:Objective To investigate whether the expression of p53 regulated by miR-7-5p affects the proliferation and invasion of human non-small cell lung cancer. Methods p53 was validated as a downstream target gene of miR-7-5p by dual luciferase reporter assay. Human non-small cell lung cancer cell line NCI-H1975 was transfected with miR-7-5p, and control group, miR-7-5p group and miR-NC group were established to observe level changes of p53 mRNA and protein detected by RT-RCR and Western blot. In addition, our group observed the proliferation and invasion of NCI-H1975 cells through MTS cell proliferation assay, cell cycle assay and Transwell invasion assay. Results In the lung cancer cell line (NCI-H1975), the expression of p53 mRNA, the number of migrated cells and the number of clone formation in the miR-7-5p group were lower than those in the miR-NC group (P < 0.05). The miR-7-5p group reduced luciferase expression activity compared to the miR-NC group (P < 0.05).Compared with the miR-NC group, the expression of p53 protein in the miR-7-5p group was lower (P < 0.05). The cell proliferation ability of miR-7-5p group was lower than that of miR-NC group (P < 0.05). The G0/G1 (%) ratio of the cells in the miR-7-5p group was higher than that of the control group and the miR-NC group (P < 0.05); the G2/M (%) ratio of cells in the miR-7-5p group was lower than that in the miR-7-5p group (P < 0.05); the S (%) ratio of the cells in the miR-7-5p group was lower than that in the control group and the miR-NC group (P < 0.05). The invasive ability of miR-7-5p group was lower than that of the control group and miR-NC group (P < 0.05). Conclusions The miR-7-5p promotes the expression of p53 mRNA and protein to suppress of the proliferation and invasion of human non-small cell lung cancer.