https://www.selleckchem.com/products/ly2090314.html Tumor tissue shows special features in metabolism in contrast to healthy tissue. Besides a distinctive oxygen deficiency, tumors often show a reduced extracellular pH (acidosis) resulting from an intensified glycolysis not only under hypoxic but also under normoxic conditions (Warburg effect). As shown in previous studies, cell migration is increased in AT1 prostate carcinoma cells after incubation at pH 6.6, and this leads to an increased number of lung metastases in vivo. However, the signaling pathway causing these functional changes is still unknown. Possible mediators could be acidosis-regulated microRNAs (miR-7, miR-183, miR-203, miR-215). The aim of the study was therefore to analyze whether a change in the expression of these microRNAs has an impact on the tumor cell migration and adhesion. Studies were performed with AT1 rat prostate cancer cells which were incubated for 24 h at pH 7.4 or 6.6. Keeping AT1 tumor cells at low pH increased the migratory capacity by about 100%. But also the decrease of miR-203 and miR-215 expression (at normal pH) led to an increase in migration velocity by 50%. In contrast, cell adhesion was increased by about 75% at low pH. However, an increase in miR-215 expression at pH 6.6 reduced the adhesion by trend. These results clearly indicated that the extracellular pH has an impact on migration and adhesion of tumor cells. In this mechanism, pH-regulated microRNAs could play a role since changes in the expression of these microRNAs (especially miR-203) are also able to modulate the migratory behavior.The metabolic microenvironment in tumors is characterized by hypoxia and acidosis. Extracellular pH sometimes decreases to even below 6.0. Previous experiments showed that tissue pH has an impact on tumor cell proliferation and apoptosis. However, the mechanism of how cell cycle progression is affected by decreased pH is not fully understood yet. One possible mechanism includes chang