PRUNE2 is a human prostate cancer suppressor regulated by the intronic long noncoding RNA PCA3.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 112(27): 8403-8, 2015 Jul 07.
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ABSTRACT
Prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3) is the most specific prostate cancer biomarker but its function remains unknown. Here we identify PRUNE2, a target protein-coding gene variant, which harbors the PCA3 locus, thereby classifying PCA3 as an antisense intronic long noncoding (lnc)RNA. We show that PCA3 controls PRUNE2 levels via a unique regulatory mechanism involving formation of a PRUNE2/PCA3 double-stranded RNA that undergoes adenosine deaminase acting on RNA (ADAR)-dependent adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing. PRUNE2 expression or silencing in prostate cancer cells decreased and increased cell proliferation, respectively. Moreover, PRUNE2 and PCA3 elicited opposite effects on tumor growth in immunodeficient tumor-bearing mice. Coregulation and RNA editing of PRUNE2 and PCA3 were confirmed in human prostate cancer specimens, supporting the medical relevance of our findings. These results establish PCA3 as a dominant-negative oncogene and PRUNE2 as an unrecognized tumor suppressor gene in human prostate cancer, and their regulatory axis represents a unique molecular target for diagnostic and therapeutic intervention.
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Neoplasias da Próstata
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Íntrons
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Proteínas Supressoras de Tumor
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RNA Longo não Codificante
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Antígenos de Neoplasias
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Proteínas de Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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Humans
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Male
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En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article