Fig. 4

DLGAP1 mediated the effect of miR-148a on EMT in GBM. a EMT-associated proteins were regulated by silencing DLGAP1: downregulation of E-cad and upregulation of N-cad, vim, MMP2, and MMP9 at the protein level (*P < 0.05). b Wound-healing assays showed the downregulation of DLGAP1 increased GBM cell migration. c Tranwell assay showed that silencing DLGAP1 induced the U87 and U251 cells invasion (*P < 0.05). d Co-transfection of anti-miR-148a and shRNA-DLGAP1 partly restored the decrease in N-cad, vim, MMP2, and MMP9 mRNA caused by anti-miR-148a in both U87 and U251 cells, and the increase of E-cad caused by anti-miR-148a in U251 cells (*P < 0.05). e, f Wound-healing assays and Transwell assay. The inhibition of DLGAP1 partially reversed the effect of miR-148a inhibition on the migration and invasion of GBM cells. (*P < 0.05). Error bars represent the mean ± SD of three independent experiments