Long Noncoding RNA HEIH Promotes Colorectal Cancer Tumorigenesis via Counteracting miR-939-Mediated Transcriptional Repression of Bcl-xL / Journal of the Korean Cancer Association, 대한암학회지
Cancer Research and Treatment
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: 992-1008, 2018.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-715626
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Studies have found that long noncoding RNA HEIH (lncRNA-HEIH) is upregulated and facilitates hepatocellular carcinoma tumor growth. However, its clinical significances, roles, and action mechanism in colorectal cancer (CRC) remains unidentified. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
lncRNA-HEIH expression in CRC tissues and cell lines was measured by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Cell CountingKit-8, ethynyl deoxyuridine incorporation assay, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling staining, and nude mice xenografts assays were performed to investigate the roles of lncRNA-HEIH. RNA pull-down, RNA immunoprecipitation, chromatin immunoprecipitation, and luciferase reporter assays were performed to investigate the action mechanisms of lncRNA-HEIH.RESULTS:
In this study, we found that lncRNA-HEIH is significantly increased in CRC tissues and cell lines. lncRNA-HEIH expression is positively associated with tumor size, invasion depth, and poor prognosis of CRC patients. Enhanced expression of lncRNA-HEIH promotes CRC cell proliferation and decreases apoptosis in vitro, and promotes CRC tumor growth in vivo. Whereas knockdown of lncRNA-HEIH inhibits CRC cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in vitro, and suppresses CRC tumor growth in vivo. Mechanistically, lncRNA-HEIH physically binds to miR-939. The interaction between lncRNA-HEIH and miR-939 damages the binding between miR-939 and nuclear factor κB (NF-κB), increases the binding of NF-κB to Bcl-xL promoter, and promotes the transcription and expression of Bcl-xL. Moreover, Bcl-xL expression is positively associatedwith lncRNA-HEIH in CRC tissues. Blocking the interaction between lncRNA-HEIH and miR-939 abolishes the effects of lncRNA-HEIH on CRC tumorigenesis.CONCLUSION:
This study demonstrated that lncRNA-HEIH promotes CRC tumorigenesis through counteracting miR-939-mediated transcriptional repression of Bcl-xL, and suggested that lncRNA-HEIH may serve as a prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target for CRC.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Prognosis
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Repression, Psychology
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In Vitro Techniques
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RNA
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Colorectal Neoplasms
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Cell Line
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Apoptosis
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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
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Deoxyuridine
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Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Cancer Research and Treatment
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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