ABSTRACT
Long non-coding RNA SLC25A25-AS1 has a tumor inhibition effect in the development of colorectal cancer. However‚ the mechanism of SLC25A25-AS1 in cervical cancer needs further study. We studied the abnormal expression of SLC25A25-AS1 in the serum of the patients with cervical cancer and the patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and explored the mechanism of SLC25A25-AS1 in the development of cervical cancer. The expression levels of SLC25A25-AS1 in the serum of normal controls‚ patients with cervical cancer‚ and patients with CIN were detected by RT-qPCR. The important role of SLC25A25-AS1 in HeLa cells was analyzed in vitro and in vivo experiments. Compared with the normal group‚ the expression level of serum SLC25A25-AS1 was decreased in patients with cervical cancer. In vitro‚ overexpression of SLC25A25-AS1 inhibited cell proliferation‚ migration‚ and invasion of HeLa cells. Tumor formation in nude mice assay showed that the subcutaneous tumor weight and volume of nude mice injected with SLC25A25-AS1-overexpressed HeLa cells were significantly smaller than that of nude mice injected with control cells (P<0. 05). SLC25A25-AS1 may play an important role in the development of cervical cancer and may serve as a new therapeutic target for cervical cancer.