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Published on: June 16, 2023
Long non-coding RNA RAB11B-AS1 prevents osteosarcoma development and progression via its natural antisense transcript
Zhixu Chen1, Zezheng Liu1, Yang Yang1
1Academy of Orthopedics, Guangdong Province, Department of Orthopedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510630, China.
Abstract:
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to exert essential roles in development and progression of tumors. Here we discovered a novel lncRNA, RAB11B antisense RNA (RAB11B-AS1), which is markedly down-regulated in human osteosarcoma (OS) and associated with OS metastasis and poor prognosis. We find that reduction of RAB11B-AS1 significantly facilitates proliferation, migration and invasiveness and prevents apoptosis of OS cells and results in lower sensitivity to cisplatin in these cells. In contrast, up-regulation of RAB11B-AS1 suppresses the aggressive behaviors of OS cells. Mechanistically, down-regulation of RAB11B-AS1 elevates its sense-cognate gene RAB11B expression at both mRNA and protein levels. RAB11B-AS1 expression correlates negatively with RAB11B expression in OS tissues. Luciferase reporter assay illuminated that RAB11B-AS1 regulates RAB11B expression through antisense pairing. Most importantly, all the effects of RAB11B-AS1 were abrogated by RAB11B down-regulation. Thus our findings revealed that lnc-RAB11B-AS1 prevents osteosarcoma development and progression via inhibiting RAB11B expression, indicating lnc-RAB11B-AS1 as a potential therapeutic target for osteosarcoma.
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