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Published on: April 7, 2017
Long non-coding RNA SPRY4-IT1 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition of cervical cancer by regulating the
Ming-Jun Fan1, Yong-Hui Zou1, Peng-Juan He1
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, P.R. China.
Background:
Emerging evidences have indicated that long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) play vital roles in cancer development and progression. Previous studies have suggested that overexpression of SPRY4 intronic transcript 1 (SPRY4-IT1) predicates poor prognosis and promotes tumor progress in cervical cancer (CC). However, the underlying mechanism of SPRY4-IT1 in CC remains unknown. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the function and mechanism of SPRY4-IT1 in CC.
Methods:
SPRY4-IT1 was detected by quantitative PCR. Wound-healing assay and Transwell assay were performed to detect cell migration and invasion, respectively. Western blotting assays were used to analyze the protein expression of E-cadherin, N-cadherin and vimentin. Tumor xenografts experiments were performed to detect the effect of SPRY4-IT1 in vivo. Dual luciferase reporter assay was used to investigate potential molecular mechanism of SPRY4-IT1 in CC cells.
Results:
SPRY4-IT1 was up-regulated in CC cell lines. Knockdown of SPRY4-IT1 significantly inhibited CC cells migration and invasion in vitro and in vivo Moreover, knockdown of SPRY4-IT1 significantly suppressed the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of CC by increased E-cadherin expression and decreased the N-cadherin and vimentin expression. Mechanically, SPRY4-IT1 could directly bind to miR-101-3p and effectively act as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) for miR-101-3p to regulate the expression of the target gene ZEB1Conclusions: Our findings indicate that the SPYR4-IT1/miR-101-3p/ZEB1 axis contributes to CC migration and invasion, which may provide novel insights into the function of lncRNA-driven tumorigenesis of CC.
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