Department of Radiation Center, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Yangpu, Shanghai, 201805, China.
Department of Radiology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Yangpu, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018 Oct 12;504(4):654-659. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.08.174. Epub 2018 Sep 8.
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is the as the most frequently observed biliary tract malignancy, which has low survival rate in addition to constrained treatment options. However, the fundamental molecular mechanism underlying malignant progression of CCA is quite ambiguous. Recent studies reported that long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) might play critical roles in regulating chemo-resistant of multiple types of cancer. In this study, our results indicate that the LncRNA-EPIC1 expression were significantly increased in cholangiocarcinoma tissues, compared to adjacent normal tissues. And also, its expression also increased in several CCA cancer cell lines than that in human normal immortalized cholangiocyte cell. Loss-and-gain of Lnc-EPIC1 contributes to the CCA cell growth, colony formation, cell apoptosis and also cell cycle. Myc has been reported to directly interact with Lnc-EPIC1 in several cancer cells. Myc targets, including Cyclin A/D and CDK9 were downregulated by Lnc-EPIC1 siRNA. Myc knockout also suppresses the CCA cell growth, colony formation and cell apoptosis. However, Lnc-EPIC1 knockdown failed to enhance the Myc-KO-induced suppression of CCA tumor progression. RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) results showed the direct interaction between Lnc-EPIC1 and Myc. Taken together, our results show that Lnc-EPIC1 promotes CCA cancer progression by targeting Myc.
胆管癌(CCA)是最常见的胆道恶性肿瘤,其治疗选择有限,生存率低。然而,CCA恶性进展的基本分子机制尚不清楚。最近的研究表明,长链非编码 RNA(lncRNA)可能在调节多种癌症的化疗耐药性方面发挥关键作用。在本研究中,我们的结果表明,lncRNA-EPIC1 在胆管癌组织中的表达明显高于相邻的正常组织。此外,其在几种 CCA 癌细胞系中的表达也高于人正常永生化胆管细胞。lnc-EPIC1 的缺失和获得有助于 CCA 细胞的生长、集落形成、细胞凋亡和细胞周期。已有研究报道,Myc 在几种癌细胞中与 lnc-EPIC1 直接相互作用。Myc 靶标,包括细胞周期蛋白 A/D 和 CDK9,被 lnc-EPIC1 siRNA 下调。Myc 敲除也抑制了 CCA 细胞的生长、集落形成和细胞凋亡。然而,lnc-EPIC1 敲低未能增强 Myc-KO 诱导的 CCA 肿瘤进展的抑制作用。RNA 免疫沉淀(RIP)结果显示 lnc-EPIC1 和 Myc 之间的直接相互作用。综上所述,我们的研究结果表明,lnc-EPIC1 通过靶向 Myc 促进 CCA 癌症的进展。