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BACKGROUND: Glioma is one of the most common and aggressive primary malignant tumor in the brain. Accumulating evidences indicated that aberrantly expressed non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), including long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs), contribute to tumorigenesis. However, potential mechanisms between lncRNAs and miRNAs in glioma remain largely unknown. METHODS: Long non-coding RNA activated by TGF-ß (LncRNA-ATB) expression in glioma tissues and cells was quantified by quantitative reverse transcription-PCR. Glioma cell lines U251 and A172 were transfected with sh-ATB, miR-200a mimics, miR-200a inhibitors, after we assayed the cell phenotype and expression of the relevant molecules. Dual-luciferase reporter assay, RIP and a xenograft mouse model were used to examine the expression of sh-ATB and its target gene miR-200a. RESULTS: ATB is abnormally up-regulated both in glioma tissues and cell lines compared with normal brain tissues, and glioma patients with high ATB expression had shorter overall survival time. Knockdown of ATB significantly inhibits glioma malignancy, including cell proliferation, colony formation, migration, invasion in vitro, and the xenograft tumor formation in vivo. In addition, ATB was confirmed to target miR-200a, and miR-200a inhibition reversed the malignant characteristics of ATB knockdown on glioma cells. In particular, ATB may act as a ceRNA, effectively becoming a sink for miR-200a, thereby modulating the derepression of TGF-ß2. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that ATB plays an oncogenic role of glioma cells by inhibiting miR-200a and facilitating TGF-ß2 in glioma, thereby may represent a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of human glioma.
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Neoplasias Encefálicas/genética , Glioma/genética , MicroRNAs/genética , RNA Longo não Codificante/genética , Regulação para Cima , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Animais , Neoplasias Encefálicas/patologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Movimento Celular , Proliferação de Células , Feminino , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Glioma/patologia , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Invasividade Neoplásica , Transplante de Neoplasias , Prognóstico , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta2/genética , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are generally expressed as [M(2+)(1-x)M(3+)(x) (OH)(2)] [A(n-)(x/n)·mH(2)O], where M(2+) and M(3+) are divalent and trivalent metal cations respectively, and A is n-valent interlayer guest anion. Co-Al layered double hydroxides (LDHs) with different sizes have been grown on graphene oxide (GO) via in situ hydrothermal crystallization. In the synthesis procedure, the GO is partially reduced in company with the formation of Co-Al LDHs. The morphology and structure of LDHs/GO hybrids are characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Raman spectroscopy. The growth mechanism of LDHs on GO nanosheets is discussed. Moreover, both LDHs and LDHs/graphene nanosheets (GNS) hybrids are further used as electrochemical supercapacitor materials and their performance is evaluated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and galvanostatic charge/discharge measurements. It is shown that the specific capacitances of LDHs are significantly enhanced by the hybridization with GNS.