Retracted Article: Long non-coding RNA KCNQ1OT1 promotes osteosarcoma progression by increasing β-catenin activity
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Published on: October 27, 2014
Changsheng Zhang1, Shengyang Du2, Lei Cao2
1Department of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Henan Luoyang Orthopedic Hospital (Henan Provincial Orthopedic Hospital) No. 100 Yongping road Zhengzhou 450000 Henan China hlohchanger@sina.com +86-0371-85965160.
Abstract:
Objective: Long non-coding RNA KCNQ1OT1 has been associated with the development of different types of cancers. The present research investigated the role of KCNQ1OT1 in osteosarcoma. Methods: Expression level of KCNQ1OT1 in osteosarcoma and paired non-cancerous tissue specimens from 56 osteosarcoma patients and its association with patients' clinicopathological features was investigated. KCNQ1OT1 overexpression and knockdown in primary-cultured osteosarcoma cells was constructed by lentiviral transduction. Influence of KCNQ1OT1 overexpression or knockdown on osteosarcoma cell growth, apoptosis, migration, invasion, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and beta-catenin activation was investigated. Results: Expression of KCNQ1OT1 in osteosarcoma tissue specimens was significantly increased in comparison to that in adjacent counterparts. High expression of KCNQ1OT1 significantly associated with osteosarcoma progression and patients' decreased survival. Overexpression of KCNQ1OT1 significantly increased osteosarcoma cell growth, proliferation, migration, invasion, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and beta-catenin activation while reducing cell apoptosis in vitro, and KCNQ1OT1 knockdown showed opposite effects. Inhibition of beta-catenin/TCF activity by ICG-001 treatment significantly attenuated the promoting effect of KCNQ1OT1 overexpression on osteosarcoma cell malignancy described above. Conclusion: KCNQ1OT1 might be a potential prognostic factor in osteosarcoma. High expression of KCNQ1OT1 might promote osteosarcoma development by increasing the activation of WNT/beta-catenin signaling pathway.
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