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OBJECTIVES: It has been widely reported that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) can participate in multiple biological processes of human cancers. lncRNA HLA complex group 11 (HCG11) has been reported in human cancers as a tumour suppressor. This study focused on investigating the function and mechanism of HCG11 in glioma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Based on The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data set and qRT-PCR analysis, the expression pattern of HCG11 was identified in glioma samples. The mechanism associated with HCG11 downregulation was determined by mechanism experiments. Gain-of-function assays were conducted for the identification of HCG11 function in glioma progression. Mechanism investigation based on the luciferase reporter assay, RIP assay and pull-down assay was used to explore the downstream molecular mechanism of HCG11. The role of molecular pathway in the progression of glioma was analysed in accordance with the rescue assays. RESULTS: HCG11 was expressed at low level in glioma samples compared with normal samples. FOXP1 could bind with HCG11 and transcriptionally inactivated HCG11. Overexpression of HCG11 efficiently suppressed cell proliferation, induced cell cycle arrest and promoted cell apoptosis. HCG11 was predominantly enriched in the cytoplasm of glioma cells and acted as a competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) by sponging micro-496 to upregulate cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein 3 (CPEB3). CEPB3 and miR-496 involved in HCG11-mediated glioma progression. CONCLUSIONS: HCG11 inhibited glioma progression by regulating miR-496/CPEB3 axis.
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Glioma/patologia , MicroRNAs/metabolismo , RNA Longo não Codificante/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA/metabolismo , Animais , Antagomirs/metabolismo , Apoptose , Pontos de Checagem do Ciclo Celular , Linhagem Celular , Movimento Celular , Proliferação de Células , Progressão da Doença , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/química , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/metabolismo , Glioma/metabolismo , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Nus , MicroRNAs/antagonistas & inibidores , MicroRNAs/genética , Interferência de RNA , RNA Longo não Codificante/genética , RNA Interferente Pequeno/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA/genética , Proteínas Repressoras/química , Proteínas Repressoras/metabolismoRESUMO
It has been announced in accumulative studies that non-coding (nc)RNAs are responsible for a varieties of biological behaviors during the progression of tumors. As two subgroups of ncRNAs family, micro (mi)RNAs can interact with long non-coding (lnc)RNAs, thereby forming ceRNA network. In this study, miR-448 was expressed higher in NSCLC tissues (P < 0.01) and NSCLC cell lines (P < 0.01). Moreover, low expression of miR-448 predicted poor prognosis for patients with NSCLC (P < 0.001). Functional assays revealed the anti-oncogenic function of miR-448 in NSCLC by inhibiting cell proliferation, invasion, migration and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Mechanically, miR-448 was found to be negatively regulated by lncRNA PRNCR1 (prostate cancer non-coding RNA 1). Moreover, HEY2 (Hairy and enhancer of split-related with YRPW motif protein 2) was demonstrated to be the target mRNA of miR-448 in NSCLC cells. All mechanism experiments revealed that lncRNA PRNCR1 exerted ceRNA function in NSCLC by regulating miR-448 and HEY2. To validate the function of PRNCR1-miR-488-HEY2 network in NSCLC progression, rescue assays were conducted. Taken all together, we confirmed that lncRNA PRNCR1 upregulates HEY2 to promote tumor progression in NSCLC by competitively binding miR-448.