Silencing linc00662 inhibits cell proliferation and colony formation of lung cancer cells via regulating the miR-145-5p–PAFAH1B2 axis

Publication: Biochemistry and Cell Biology27 October 2020https://doi.org/10.1139/bcb-2019-0396

Abstract

Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death in the world. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are longer than 200 nucleotide transcripts, and are not translated into protein. The lncRNA linc00662 is overexpressed in lung cancer; however, its role in lung cancer is still unknown. In our study, by analyzing the TCGA data, we found that linc00662 was overexpressed in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC). We knocked-down the expression of linc00662 using siRNA, and found that silencing linc00662 significantly inhibited the proliferation and colony formation of the lung cancer cell lines A549 and H460. We also found that knockdown of linc00662 increased the expression of the microRNA miR-145-5p and decreased the expression of the platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase IB subunit beta (PAFAH1B2) gene. We further show that linc00662 binds with miR-145-5p, and that miR-145-5p binds to the 3′UTR of PAFAH1B2. miR-145-5p negatively regulates PAFAH1B2 both at the mRNA and the protein level. Loss of miR-145-5p abolished the inhibitory effects of silencing linc00662 on the proliferation and colony formation of A549 and H460 cells. These findings indicate that linc00662 functions as an oncogene by acting as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) and sponges and regulates miR-145-5p in lung cancer, and thus may provide a potential target for treating lung cancer.

Résumé

Le cancer du poumon est la cause la plus fréquente de décès liés au cancer dans le monde. Les longs ARN non codants (lncARN) sont des transcrits de plus de 200 nucléotides qui ne sont pas traduits en protéines. Le linc00662 est surexprimé dans le cancer du poumon. Cependant, le rôle du linc00662 dans la progression du cancer du poumon est encore inconnu. Dans cette étude, les auteurs ont découvert que le linc00662 était surexprimé dans l’adénocarcinome du poumon et le carcinome épidermoïde du poumon en analysant les données de l’atlas TCGA. Ils ont réduit par knockdown l’expression du linc00662 en utilisant des ARNsi et découvert que le silençage du linc00662 inhibait de manière significative la prolifération et la formation de colonies des cellules A549 et H460. Ils ont également découvert que le knockdown du linc00662 accroissait l’expression du miR-145-5p et diminuait l’expression de PAFAH1B2 (platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase IB subunit beta). Ils ont aussi montré que le linc00662 pouvait se lier au miR-145-5p, et que le miR-145-5p pouvait se lier à l’extrémité 3′UTR de PAFAH1B2. Le miR-145-5p pouvait réguler négativement PAFAH1B2 au niveau de l’ARNm et de la protéine. La perte du miR-145-5p pouvait abolir les effets inhibiteurs du silençage du linc00662 sur la prolifération et la formation de colonies des cellules A549 et H460. Toutes ces données ont montré que le linc00662 fonctionnait comme un oncogène en agissant comme un ARN endogène compétitif (ARNce) pour capturer et réguler le miR-145-5p dans le cancer du poumon et qu’il pourrait constituer une cible potentielle pour le traitement du cancer du poumon. [Traduit par la Rédaction.]
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Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Volume 99Number 3June 2021
Pages: 330 - 338

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Received: 26 October 2019
Accepted: 24 March 2020
Published online: 27 October 2020

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Key Words

  1. linc00662
  2. PAFAH1B2
  3. miR-145-5p
  4. proliferation
  5. colony formation
  6. lung cancer

Mots-clés

  1. linc00662
  2. PAFAH1B2
  3. miR-145-5p
  4. prolifération
  5. formation de colonies
  6. cancer du poumon

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Zhe-yuan Xu
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China.
Jun Peng
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China.
Zhi-zhou Shi
Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China.
Xin-long Chen
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China.
Hong-zhong Cheng
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China.
Han Wang
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China.
Yang Wang
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China.
Guo-ping Wang
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China.
Wen Jiang
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China.

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