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Author Spotlight: RNA FISH for Locating lncRNA-SNHG6 in Osteosarcoma Cells

Author Spotlight: RNA FISH for Locating lncRNA-SNHG6 in Osteosarcoma Cells

Published on: June 16, 2023

Changes in the small noncoding RNA transcriptome in osteosarcoma cells

Hui Wang¹, Guiquan Cai¹, Fengbin Yu²

¹Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM), Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

|November 24, 2023

Abstract

Background:

Osteosarcoma has the highest incidence among bone malignant tumors and mainly occurs in adolescents and the elderly, but the pathological mechanism is still unclear, which makes early diagnosis and treatment very difficult. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) are considered to be one of the sources of osteosarcoma cells. Therefore, a full understanding of the gene expression differences between BMSCs and osteosarcoma cells is very important to explore the pathogenesis of osteosarcoma and facilitate the early diagnosis and treatment of osteosarcoma. Small noncoding RNAs (sncRNAs) are a class of RNAs that do not encode proteins but directly play biological functions at the RNA level. SncRNAs mainly include Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs), small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs), repeat RNAs and microRNAs (miRNAs).

Methods:

In this study, we compared the expression of sncRNAs in BMSCs and osteosarcoma cells by high-throughput sequencing and qPCR and looked for differentially expressed sncRNAs. CCK-8, clone formation and transwell assay were used to detect the effect of sncRNA in MG63 cells.

Results:

We found that 66 piRNAs were significantly upregulated and 70 piRNAs were significantly downregulated in MG63 cells. As for snoRNAs, 71 snoRNAs were significantly upregulated and 117 snoRNAs were significantly downregulated in MG63 cells. As for snRNAs, 35 snRNAs were significantly upregulated and 17 snRNAs were significantly downregulated in MG63 cells. As for repeat RNAs, 6 repeat RNAs were significantly upregulated and 7 repeat RNAs were significantly downregulated in MG63 cells. As for miRNAs, 326 miRNAs were significantly upregulated and 281 miRNAs were significantly downregulated in MG63 cells. Overexpression of piRNA DQ596225, snoRNA ENST00000364830.2, snRNA ENST00000410533.1 and miRNA hsa-miR-369-5p inhibited the proliferation and migration of MG63 cells.

Conclusions:

Our results provide a theoretical basis for the pathogenesis, early diagnosis and treatment of osteosarcoma.

Keywords:

Osteosarcoma Repeat RNA miRNA piRNA snRNA snoRNA

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