Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Renji Hospital, Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Xin Hua Hospital affiliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
J Cell Mol Med. 2020 Jun;24(11):6070-6082. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.15189. Epub 2020 Apr 23.
Increasing evidence has validated the essential regulation of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the biological process of tumours. LncRNA PXN-AS1 has been discovered to be as a tumour suppressor in pancreatic cancer; however, its function and mechanism remain greatly unknown in glioblastoma (GBM). Our present study indicated that PXN-AS1 was highly expressed in GBM tissues and cells. Besides, the knock-down of PXN-AS1 was closely associated with the inhibitory proliferation and inducing apoptosis of GBM cells. PXN-AS1 inhibition was also found to restrain GBM tumour growth. Importantly, SOX9 functioned as a transcription factor and activated PXN-AS1 expression, and overexpressed PXN-AS1 rescued the inhibitory role of down-regulated SOX9 in GBM cell growth. Subsequently, it was discovered that PXN-AS1 activated Wnt/β-catenin pathway. DKK1 was widely known as an inhibitor gene of Wnt/β-catenin pathway, and its expression was negatively associated with PXN-AS1 and SOX9. Interestingly, we found that PXN-AS1 could recruit EZH2 to mediate the H3K27me3 level of DKK1 promoter. Restoration experiments manifested that DKK1 knock-down counteracted PXN-AS1 depletion-mediated repression in GBM cell growth. All facts pointed out that PXN-AS1 might be of importance in exploring the therapeutic strategies of GBM.
越来越多的证据证实了长非编码 RNA(lncRNA)在肿瘤生物学过程中的重要调控作用。已经发现 lncRNA PXN-AS1 在胰腺癌中作为一种肿瘤抑制因子;然而,其在胶质母细胞瘤(GBM)中的功能和机制仍知之甚少。我们的研究表明,PXN-AS1 在 GBM 组织和细胞中高表达。此外,敲低 PXN-AS1 与抑制 GBM 细胞增殖和诱导细胞凋亡密切相关。还发现 PXN-AS1 抑制可抑制 GBM 肿瘤生长。重要的是,SOX9 作为转录因子发挥作用并激活 PXN-AS1 的表达,而过表达 PXN-AS1 挽救了下调的 SOX9 在 GBM 细胞生长中的抑制作用。随后,发现 PXN-AS1 激活了 Wnt/β-catenin 通路。DKK1 是 Wnt/β-catenin 通路的抑制剂基因,其表达与 PXN-AS1 和 SOX9 呈负相关。有趣的是,我们发现 PXN-AS1 可以招募 EZH2 来介导 DKK1 启动子的 H3K27me3 水平。恢复实验表明,DKK1 敲低可拮抗 PXN-AS1 耗竭介导的 GBM 细胞生长抑制。所有事实都表明,PXN-AS1 在探索 GBM 的治疗策略方面可能具有重要意义。