Center for Molecular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 76 West Yanta Road, 710061 Xi'an, China.
Gene. 2012 Mar 15;496(1):8-16. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.01.012. Epub 2012 Jan 20.
Long non-coding RNA urothelial carcinoma associated 1 (UCA1) promotes human bladder cancer cell proliferation, but the underlying mechanism remains unknown. After knocking down of UCA1 in BLZ-211 cells, several cell cycle-related genes (CDKN2B, EP300 and TGFβ-2) were screened by microarray assay and validated by real-time PCR. Interestingly, in western blot analysis, p300 (encoded by EP300) and its coactivator cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) level were significantly down-regulated. Both suppression of UCA1 expression by shRNA in BLZ-211 cells and ectopic expression of UCA1 in UMUC-2 cells showed that UCA1 alteration paralleled to the expression and phosphorylation of CREB, and UCA1 obviously influenced AKT expression and activity. Furthermore, in BLZ-211 cells, cell cycle progression was greatly reduced after PI3-K pathway was blocked by LY294002, indicating that UCA1 affected cell cycle progression through CREB. Taken together, we concluded that UCA1 regulated cell cycle through CREB via PI3K-AKT dependent pathway in bladder cancer.
长链非编码 RNA 膀胱癌相关 1 号(UCA1)可促进人膀胱癌细胞增殖,但具体机制尚不清楚。在 BLZ-211 细胞中敲低 UCA1 后,通过微阵列分析筛选出几个细胞周期相关基因(CDKN2B、EP300 和 TGFβ-2),并通过实时 PCR 进行验证。有趣的是,在 Western blot 分析中,p300(由 EP300 编码)及其共激活因子 cAMP 反应元件结合蛋白(CREB)水平显著下调。BLZ-211 细胞中 shRNA 对 UCA1 的抑制作用和 UMUC-2 细胞中 UCA1 的异位表达均表明,UCA1 的改变与 CREB 的表达和磷酸化平行,并且 UCA1 明显影响 AKT 的表达和活性。此外,在 BLZ-211 细胞中,PI3-K 通路被 LY294002 阻断后,细胞周期进程大大减少,表明 UCA1 通过 CREB 影响细胞周期进程。综上所述,我们得出结论,UCA1 通过 PI3K-AKT 依赖性途径通过 CREB 调节膀胱癌中的细胞周期。