Crea Francesco, Venalainen Erik, Ci Xinpei, Cheng Hongwei, Pikor Larissa, Parolia Abhijit, Xue Hui, Nur Saidy Nur Ridzwan, Lin Dong, Lam Wan, Collins Colin, Wang Yuzhuo
Experimental Therapeutics, BC Cancer Agency Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Department of Life Health & Chemical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Epigenomics. 2016 May;8(5):721-31. doi: 10.2217/epi.16.6. Epub 2016 Apr 20.
Neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) is the most lethal prostatic neoplasm. NEPC is thought to originate from the transdifferentiation of AR-positive adenocarcinoma cells. We have previously shown that an epigenetic/noncoding interactome (ENI) orchestrates cancer cells' plasticity, thereby allowing the emergence of metastatic, drug-resistant neoplasms. The primary objective of this manuscript is to discuss evidence indicating that some components of the ENI (Polycomb genes, miRNAs) play a key role in NEPC initiation and progression. Long noncoding RNAs represent vast and largely unexplored component of the ENI. Their role in NEPC has not been investigated. We show preliminary evidence indicating that a lncRNA (MIAT) is selectively upregulated in NEPCs and might interact with Polycomb genes. Our results indicate that long noncoding RNAs can be exploited as new biomarkers and therapeutic targets for NEPC.
神经内分泌前列腺癌(NEPC)是最致命的前列腺肿瘤。NEPC被认为起源于雄激素受体(AR)阳性腺癌细胞的转分化。我们之前已经表明,一种表观遗传/非编码相互作用组(ENI)协调癌细胞的可塑性,从而使转移性、耐药性肿瘤得以出现。本手稿的主要目的是讨论证据,表明ENI的一些成分(多梳基因、微小RNA)在NEPC的起始和进展中起关键作用。长链非编码RNA是ENI中一个庞大且基本未被探索的成分。它们在NEPC中的作用尚未得到研究。我们展示了初步证据,表明一种长链非编码RNA(MIAT)在NEPC中选择性上调,并且可能与多梳基因相互作用。我们的结果表明,长链非编码RNA可被用作NEPC的新生物标志物和治疗靶点。