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A long noncoding RNA, LncRNA-LOC100127888, is associated with poor prognosis in colorectal cancer patients
Zhen Zhou1, Weimin Wang2, Jianliang Deng3
1Yangzhou University, Medical College, Institute of Translational Medicine, Yangzhou 225001, PR China; The Key Laboratory of Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment of Gastric Cancer of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yangzhou 225001, PR China.
Background:
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignant tumors in the world. Despite great advances in medical technology, the survival rate of CRC patients is still extremely low, mainly due to recurrence and chemotherapy resistance. Therefore, it is particularly important to find valuable biomarkers to predict the prognosis of CRC.
Methods:
Immunohistochemistry was performed to test the expression of LncA in a CRC tissue microarray containing 470 tumor and corresponding normal tissues. Kaplan-Meier survival curves and a Cox proportional hazard model were used to evaluate the correlation between lncRNA-LOC100127888 (LncA) expression and CRC prognosis. Cell proliferation, migration and invasion were detected by CCK-8 and Transwell assays.
Results:
The expression of LncA was significantly upregulated in CRC cancer tissues compared with the corresponding noncancer tissues. High LncA expression in cancer tissues was associated with pathological classification, depth of invasion, lymph node metastasis, TNM stage and distant metastasis. LncA expression was an unfavorable prognostic factor for CRC patients. Furthermore, LncA combined with clinical variables exhibited synergistic potential for the prediction of CRC prognosis. Low expression of LncA in HT 29 and HCT116 cells could decrease cell proliferation, and the migration and invasion of these cells was inhibited by knockdown of LncA.
Conclusion:
LncA could be used as an effective biomarker to predict the prognosis of CRC patients. We could predict the prognosis of CRC patients more effectively by combining LncA with clinical indicators.
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