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Table 3 MiRNAs directly or indirectly regulate UPR pathway components

From: Interplay between endoplasmic reticulum stress and non-coding RNAs in cancer

Regulators

Effectors

Targets

Cancer type

Biological process

Reference

miR-233

HSP70

HSPA1A

Osteosarcoma

Regulates apoptosis

[25]

miR-216b

CHOP

c-JUN

Osteosarcoma

Sensitizes cells to apoptosis

[79]

miR-30c-2*

XBP1

XBP1

Cervical cancer

Influences the fate of cells challenged with ER stress

[80]

miR-657

CHOP

NA

Hematological cancer

Attenuates the expression of CHOP, p-ATF2, and PARP cleavage to reverse SSD-induced apoptosis

[91]

miR-211

CHOP

NA

Lymphoma, multiple myeloma

Attenuates COM-induced apoptosis

[92]

miR-34c

eIF2α CHOP IRE1α

HMGB1

NSCLC

Inhibits cell proliferation, promotes apoptosis, and induces ER stress in NSCLC cells

[93]

miR-451a

GRP78 PERK elF2α ATF4 CHOP

BAP31

Colorectal cancer

Inhibits proliferation and increases apoptosis

[98]

miR-410

CHOP GRP94 GRP78 eIF2α

ERLIN2

Breast cancer

Inhibits cell migration and invasion and EMT

[108]

miR-224

miR-520c

ATF6α

TUSC3

NSCLC

Enhances UPR and ERAD to promote metastatic potential of

[109]

miR-122

GRP78 CHOP

CDK4

HCC

Regulates anticancer drug–mediated apoptosis

[167]

miR-146a

CHOP

CHOP

Lung cancer

Reduces the sensitivity of lung cancer cells to cisplatin

[171]

miR-7112-3p

PERK

PERK

Colorectal cancer

Enhances apoptosis in CX-1 cells treated with DVDMS-PDT

[174]

miR-1202

GRP78

Rab1A

Glioma

Inhibits proliferation and induces ER stress and apoptosis

[187]

miR-15b-5p

GRP78

Rab1A

HCC

Induces apoptosis

[188]

miR-1291

IRE1α

IRE1α

HCC

Regulates glypican-3 mRNA expression

[189]

miR-30d miR-181a miR-199a-5p

GRP78

GRP78

Prostate cancer

Suppresses GRP78 levels and GRP78-mediated chemoresistance

[190]

  1. NA, not available; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma