Zou Wenxu, Yin Qing, Guo Wei, Dong Zhiming, Guo Yanli
Hebei Cancer Institute, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Cancer Sci. 2024 Dec;115(12):3875-3889. doi: 10.1111/cas.16350. Epub 2024 Sep 24.
It is recognized that lncRNA BBOX1-AS1 exerts a crucial oncogenic property in several cancer types. However, the functions and underlying mechanisms of BBOX1-AS1 in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process of gastric cardia adenocarcinoma (GCA) have remained unclarified. The findings of this study demonstrated that GCA tissues had elevated BBOX1-AS1 expression levels, which was associated with a worse prognosis in GCA patients. BBOX1-AS1 dramatically enhanced cell proliferation, invasion, and TGF-β1-induced the EMT process in vitro. Further mechanism analysis revealed that BBOX1-AS1 could combine with CtBP2 and strengthen the interaction of CtBP2 and ZEB1. BBOX1-AS1 might regulate the E-cadherin expression through CtBP2/ZEB1 transcriptional complex-mediated transcriptional repression, further affecting the activation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway and the EMT process. Overall, our findings demonstrate that BBOX1-AS1 might act as an lncRNA associated with EMT for facilitating GCA advancement via interaction with CtBP2 to facilitate the activation of Wnt/β-catenin pathway and the EMT process, which indicated that it might function as an exploitable treatment target for GCA patients.
人们认识到,长链非编码RNA BBOX1-AS1在几种癌症类型中发挥着关键的致癌作用。然而,BBOX1-AS1在贲门腺癌(GCA)上皮-间质转化(EMT)过程中的功能及潜在机制仍不清楚。本研究结果表明,GCA组织中BBOX1-AS1表达水平升高,这与GCA患者较差的预后相关。BBOX1-AS1在体外显著增强细胞增殖、侵袭及TGF-β1诱导的EMT过程。进一步的机制分析显示,BBOX1-AS1可与CtBP2结合并增强CtBP2与ZEB1的相互作用。BBOX1-AS1可能通过CtBP2/ZEB1转录复合物介导的转录抑制来调节E-钙黏蛋白的表达,进而影响Wnt/β-连环蛋白通路的激活及EMT过程。总体而言,我们的研究结果表明,BBOX1-AS1可能作为一种与EMT相关的长链非编码RNA,通过与CtBP2相互作用促进Wnt/β-连环蛋白通路的激活及EMT过程,从而推动GCA进展,这表明它可能成为GCA患者的一个可利用的治疗靶点。
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