scholarly journals LncRNA TP73-AS1 down-regulates miR-139-3p to promote retinoblastoma cell proliferation

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaoxia Xia ◽  
Xiaoxi Yang ◽  
Shuduan Wu ◽  
Zhizhen Feng ◽  
Lei Qu ◽  
...  

Abstract Our study aimed to investigate the role of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) TP73-AS1 in retinoblastoma (Rb). In the present study, we found that TP73-AS1 was up-regulated, while miR-139–3p was down-regulated in Rb. TP73-AS1 and miR-139-3p were inversely correlated in Rb tissues. In cells of Rb cell lines, overexpression of miR-139-3p failed to affect TP73-AS1, while TP73-AS1 overexpression caused the down-regulated miR-139-3p. TP73-AS1 overexpression caused promoted proliferation of Rb cells but showed no significant effects on cell migration and invasion. miR-139-3p overexpression played an opposite role and attenuated the effects of TP73-AS1 overexpression. Therefore, lncRNA TP73-AS1 may down-regulate miR-139-3p to promote Rb cell proliferation.

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shihua Ding ◽  
Shaohui Tang ◽  
Min Wang ◽  
Donghai Wu ◽  
Haijian Guo

Background and Aims. Acyl-CoA synthetase 5 (ACS5) has been reported to be associated with the development of various cancers, but the role of it in colorectal cancer (CRC) is not well understood. The present study aimed to explore the potential role of ACS5 in the development and progression of CRC. Methods. ACS5 expression in CRC tissues and CRC cell lines was examined, and its clinical significance was analyzed. The role of ACS5 in cell proliferation, apoptosis, and invasion was examined in vitro. Results. We found that ACS5 expression was upregulated in CRC cells and CRC tissues and that high ACS5 expression was more frequent in CRC patients with excess muscular layer and with poor tumor differentiation. Furthermore, knockdown of ACS5 in HT29 and SW480 cells significantly dampened cell proliferation, induced cell apoptosis, and reduced cell migration and invasion. In contrast, the ectopic overexpression of ACS5 in LOVO and SW620 cells remarkably promoted cell proliferation, inhibited cell apoptosis, and enhanced cell migration and invasion. Enhanced cell growth and invasion ability mediated by the gain of ACS5 expression were associated with downregulation of caspase-3 and E-cadherin and upregulation of survivin and CD44. Conclusions. Our data demonstrate that ACS5 can promote the growth and invasion of CRC cells and provide a potential target for CRC gene therapy.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe Zhang ◽  
Wen-bin Hou ◽  
Chao Zhang ◽  
Dong-dong Zhang ◽  
Wen An ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Six-transmembrane epithelial antigen 1 (STEAP1) is associated with the occurrence and development of cancer. This study aimed to clarify the role of STEAP1 in gastric cancer tumor growth and metastasis, as well as its molecular mechanism of action.Methods: Statistical methods were used for clinical data analysis. Protein expression was detected using immunohistochemistry. The mRNA and protein expression in the cell cultures were detected using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and western blot analysis. Overexpression and silencing models were constructed using plasmid and lentivirus transfection. To detect cell proliferation in vitro, Cell Counting Kit-8, flow cytometry, and colony formation assays were used; transwell and wound healing assays were used to detect cell migration and invasion; RNA sequencing was used for identifying differentially expressed genes; ELISA assay was used to detect the secretory proteins in cells. For in vivo experiments, nude BALB/c mice were used for detecting subcutaneous tumorigenesis and intraperitoneal implantation.Results: STEAP1 was overexpressed in gastric cancer tissues and cell lines. Single factor and Cox analyses showed that STEAP1 gene expression level correlated with poor prognosis. Upregulation of STEAP1 increased cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, which decreased after STEAP1 was knocked down. These changes were achieved via the activation of the AKT/FoxO1 pathway and epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT). The RNA sequencing results indicated that STEAP1 was closely related to inflammatory reactions. STEAP1 can regulate the inflammation-related molecules, IL-1β and IL-6, via the NF-kB and ERK/c-Jun signaling pathways. The in vivo animal experiments showed that STEAP1 knock down, resulted in a decrease in the subcutaneous tumor and peritoneal tumor formation.Conclusion: STEAP1 was overexpressed in gastric cancer and closely associated with OS. STEAP1 can regulate the cell cycle via the Akt/FoxO1 pathway to influence cell proliferation. STEAP1 may affect cell migration and invasion via EMT action. In addition, STEAP1 may mediate the inflammatory response by regulating IL1β and IL6 via the NF-kB and the ERK/c-Jun signaling pathways.


2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (14) ◽  
pp. 2635-2644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Tao ◽  
Chun Cheng ◽  
Yuhong Ji ◽  
Guangfei Xu ◽  
Jianguo Zhang ◽  
...  

The Notch signaling regulator Numblike (Numbl) is expressed in the brain, but little is known regarding its role in the pathophysiology of glial cells. In this paper, we report that Numbl expression was down-regulated in high-grade human glioma tissue samples and glioblastoma cell lines. To investigate the role of Numbl in glioma migration and invasion, we generated human glioma cell lines in which Numbl was either overexpressed or depleted. Overexpression of Numbl suppressed, while elimination of Numbl promoted, the migration and invasion of glioma cells. Numbl inhibited glioma migration and invasion by dampening NF-κB activity. Furthermore, Numbl interacted directly with tumor necrosis factor receptor–associated factor 5 (TRAF5), which signals upstream and is required for the activation of NF-κB, and committed it to proteasomal degradation by promoting K48-linked polyubiquitination of TRAF5. In conclusion, our data suggest that Numbl negative regulates glioma cell migration and invasion by abrogating TRAF5-induced activation of NF-κB.


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 440-447
Author(s):  
Chunhui Dong ◽  
Yihui Liu ◽  
Guiping Yu ◽  
Xu Li ◽  
Ling Chen

AbstractLBHD1 (C11ORF48) is one of the ten potential tumor antigens identified by immunoscreening the urinary bladder cancer cDNA library in our previous study. We suspect that its expression is associated with human bladder cancer. However, the exact correlation remains unclear. To address the potential functional relationship between LBHD1 and bladder cancer, we examined the LBHD1 expression at the mRNA and protein level in 5 different bladder cancer cell lines: J82, T24, 253J, 5637, and BLZ-211. LBHD1 high and low expressing cells were used to investigate the migration, invasion, and proliferation of bladder cancer cells following transfection of LBHD1 with siRNA and plasmids, respectively. Our experiment showed that the degree of gene expression was positively related to the migration and invasion of the cancer cells while it had little effect on cell proliferation. Knocking down LBHD1 expression with LBHD1 siRNA significantly attenuated cell migration and invasion in cultured bladder cancer cells, and overexpressing LBHD1 with LBHD1 cDNA plasmids exacerbated cell migration and invasion. Nevertheless, a difference in cell proliferation after transfection of LBHD1 siRNA and LBHD1 cDNA plasmids was not found. Our findings suggest that LBHD1 might play a role in cell migration and invasion.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiantian Tang ◽  
Guiying Wang ◽  
Sihua Liu ◽  
Zhaoxue Zhang ◽  
Chen Liu ◽  
...  

AbstractThe role of organic anion transporting polypeptide 1B3 (SLCO1B3) in breast cancer is still controversial. The clinical immunohistochemical results showed that a greater proportion of patients with negative lymph nodes, AJCC stage I, and histological grade 1 (P < 0.05) was positively correlated with stronger expression of SLCO1B3, and DFS and OS were also increased significantly in these patients (P = 0.041, P = 0.001). Further subgroup analysis showed that DFS and OS were significantly enhanced with the increased expression of SLCO1B3 in the ER positive subgroup. The cellular function assay showed that the ability of cell proliferation, migration and invasion was significantly enhanced after knockdown of SLCO1B3 expression in breast cancer cell lines. In contrast, the ability of cell proliferation, migration and invasion was significantly reduced after overexpress the SLCO1B3 in breast cancer cell lines (P < 0.05). Overexpression or knockdown of SLCO1B3 had no effect on the apoptotic ability of breast cancer cells. High level of SLCO1B3 expression can inhibit the proliferation, invasion and migration of breast cancer cells, leading to better prognosis of patients. The role of SLCO1B3 in breast cancer may be related to estrogen. SLCO1B3 will become a potential biomarker for breast cancer diagnosis and prognosis assessment.


2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 030006052110059
Author(s):  
Fangfang Yong ◽  
Hemei Wang ◽  
Chao Li ◽  
Huiqun Jia

Objective Previous studies suggested that sevoflurane exerts anti-proliferative, anti-migratory, and anti-invasive effects on cancer cells. To determine the role of sevoflurane on gastric cancer (GC) progression, we evaluated its effects on the proliferation, migration, and invasion of SGC7901, AGS, and MGC803 GC cells. Methods GC cells were exposed to different concentrations of sevoflurane (1.7, 3.4, or 5.1% v/v). Cell viability, migration, and invasion were evaluated using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide and Transwell assays. Immunohistochemical staining and immunoblotting were performed to analyze forkhead box protein 3 (FOXP3) protein expression in tissue specimens and cell lines, respectively. Results FOXP3 was downregulated in human GC specimens and cell lines. Functionally, FOXP3 overexpression significantly inhibited the proliferation, migration, and invasion of GC cells and accelerated their apoptosis. Moreover, sevoflurane significantly blocked GC cell migration and invasion compared with the findings in the control group. However, FOXP3 silencing neutralized sevoflurane-induced apoptosis and the inhibition of GC cell migration and invasion. Sevoflurane-induced apoptosis and the suppression of migration and invasion might be associated with FOXP3 overactivation in GC cells. Conclusions Sevoflurane activated FOXP3 and prevented GC progression via inhibiting cell migration and invasion in vitro.


Author(s):  
Congzhe Hou ◽  
Zhen Liang ◽  
Yongxia Yang ◽  
Yunhai Yu ◽  
Tingting Liang ◽  
...  

IntroductionAnillin actin binding protein (ANLN) is involved in various human cancers. It is often upregulated in various cancers, including cervical cancer (CC). however, the exact role of ANLN in the modulation of CC and the underlying molecular mechanism remain unknown. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of ANLN on the proliferation, migration, and invasion of CC cells, as well as determine the molecular mechanisms underlying these effects.Material and methodsANLN expression levels were analyzed in normal cervical and CC specimens using public databases and tissue samples. The prognosis was determined using TCGA database. Cell proliferation, migration and invasion were measured by Edu assay, wound-healing assay and transwell assay, respectively. Immunofluorescence was used to examined the influence actin stress fiber integrity caused by ANLN inhibition. Western blots were used to measure the protein expression.ResultsANLN expression levels in CC were higher than those in normal tissues, and ANLN overexpression was highly correlated with poor prognosis. ANLN knockdown inhibited CC cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in vitro, while ANLN overexpression exerted an inverse biological phenotype. Immunofluorescence showed that ANLN inhibition could influence actin stress fiber integrity. ANLN expression was positively correlated with ROCK1 and ROCK2 expression in CC. Overexpression of ANLN activated RhoA and upregulated ROCK1 and ROCK2. Furthermore, ROCK1 and ROCK2 expression levels were also impeded by Y27632, which is a specific inhibitor of RhoA. They also weakened the migration and invasion ability in ANLN overexpression HeLa cells.ConclusionsANLN promotes cell migration and invasion through RhoA-ROCK signaling in CC.


2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guosen Wang ◽  
Weiwei Sheng ◽  
Jingtong Tang ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Jianping Zhou ◽  
...  

Abstract Serine-arginine protein kinase 2 (SRPK2) is aberrantly expressed in human malignancies including colorectal cancer (CRC). However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms, and the role of SRPK2 in chemosensitivity remains unexplored in CRC. We recently showed that SRPK2 promotes pancreatic cancer progression by down-regulating Numb and p53. Therefore, we investigated the cooperation between SRPK2, Numb and p53 in the cell migration, invasion and chemosensitivity of CRC in vitro. Here, we showed that SRPK2 expression was higher in CRC tumors than in nontumor tissues. SRPK2 expression was positively associated with clinicopathological characteristics of CRC patients, including tumor differentiation, T stage, N stage and UICC stage. Additionally, SRPK2 had no association with mutant p53 (mtp53) in SW480 and SW620 cells, but negatively regulated Numb and wild-type p53 (wtp53) in response to 5-fluorouracil or cisplatin treatment in HCT116 cells. Moreover, SRPK2, Numb and p53 coimmunoprecipitated into a triple complex with or without the treatment of 5-fluorouracil in HCT116 cells, and p53 knockdown reversed the up-regulation of wtp53 induced by SRPK2 silencing with chemical agent treatment. Furthermore, overexpression of SRPK2 increased cell migration and invasion and decreased chemosensitivity to 5-fluorouracil or cisplatin in HCT116 cells. Conversely, SRPK2 silencing decreased cell migration and invasion and increased chemosensitivity to 5-fluorouracil or cisplatin, yet these effects could be reversed by p53 knockdown under chemical agent treatment. These results thus reveal a novel role of SRPK2-Numb-p53 signaling in the progression of CRC and demonstrate that SRPK2 is a potential therapeutic target for CRC clinical therapy.


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