Gu Li-Ping, Jin Shuo, Xu Rong-Chun, Zhang Jing, Geng Ying-Chun, Shao Xing-Yue, Qin Li-Bo
Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Daqing Oil Field General Hospital, Daqing, Heilongjing, China.
Arch Med Sci. 2019 Mar;15(2):513-521. doi: 10.5114/aoms.2018.75534. Epub 2018 Apr 30.
Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the most common malignancies and the leading cause of cancer-related death among women. The long non-coding RNA Prostate cancer-associated transcript-1 (PCAT-1) has been reported to play important roles in multiple human cancers. However, the role of PCAT-1 in OC has never been investigated. The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression and roles of PCAT-1 in OC.
Expression of PCAT-1 and miR-129-5p in OC tissues and cell lines was determined by qRT-PCR. Cell proliferation and apoptosis were analyzed by MTT assay and flow cytometry, respectively. The interaction between PCAT-1 and miR-129-5p was demonstrated by luciferase reporter assay.
PCAT-1 is significantly upregulated in OC tissues and cell lines ( < 0.05). Overexpression of PCAT-1 promotes proliferation of OC cells and inhibits their apoptosis ( < 0.05). In addition, miR-129-5p is markedly downregulated in OC and its level is inversely correlated with PCAT-1 expression in OC tumor tissues ( < 0.05). miR-129-5p inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis in OC cell lines ( < 0.05). Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that miR-129-5p is directly targeted by PCAT-1 and miR-129-5p overexpression can effectively attenuate the effects of PCAT-1 on the proliferation and apoptosis of OC cells.
Our results suggest that PCAT-1 functions as an oncogene by inhibiting miR-129-5p in OC and silencing PCAT-1 may be a novel therapeutic strategy in the treatment of OC.
卵巢癌(OC)是最常见的恶性肿瘤之一,也是女性癌症相关死亡的主要原因。据报道,长链非编码RNA前列腺癌相关转录本1(PCAT-1)在多种人类癌症中发挥重要作用。然而,PCAT-1在OC中的作用尚未得到研究。本研究的目的是探讨PCAT-1在OC中的表达及作用。
采用qRT-PCR检测OC组织和细胞系中PCAT-1和miR-129-5p的表达。分别通过MTT法和流式细胞术分析细胞增殖和凋亡情况。通过荧光素酶报告基因实验证明PCAT-1与miR-129-5p之间的相互作用。
PCAT-1在OC组织和细胞系中显著上调(<0.05)。PCAT-1的过表达促进OC细胞增殖并抑制其凋亡(<0.05)。此外,miR-129-5p在OC中明显下调,其水平与OC肿瘤组织中PCAT-1的表达呈负相关(<0.05)。miR-129-5p抑制OC细胞系的增殖并诱导其凋亡(<0.05)。此外,已证明miR-129-5p是PCAT-1的直接靶点,miR-129-5p的过表达可有效减弱PCAT-1对OC细胞增殖和凋亡的影响。
我们的结果表明,PCAT-1在OC中通过抑制miR-129-5p发挥癌基因作用,沉默PCAT-1可能是治疗OC的一种新的治疗策略。