Wu Dongping, Xia Qing, Su Xinming, Mao Yunan, Mao Jiwei, Ding Qiannan, Liu Jianjiang, Zhong Wangyan, Zhang Xiaoyu, Li Hanbing, Duan Shiwei
Department of Radiation Oncology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing, 312000, Zhejiang, China.
College of Pharmacy, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China.
Discov Oncol. 2025 May 23;16(1):878. doi: 10.1007/s12672-025-02676-z.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cause of death worldwide and has high mortality and a poor prognosis. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are non-coding RNAs longer than 200 nucleotides that play roles in cancer through multiple mechanisms. TMEM51-AS1 is a newly discovered 40,650 bp lncRNA. Our results showed that TMEM51-AS1 expression was significantly downregulated in CRC tissues (fold change = 0.74, P < 0.0001). This finding was confirmed in 20 pairs of CRC carcinoma and paracancerous tissues (fold change = 0.5, P < 0.001). Additionally, TMEM51-AS1 expression was found to be significantly reduced in CRC cell lines compared to normal human intestinal epithelial cells (P < 0.001). Bioinformatic analysis revealed that TMEM51-AS1 expression was associated with immune escape, RNA methylation, and DNA damage and repair. TMEM51-AS1 may also activate energy metabolism pathways to participate in cancer development. Drug sensitivity analysis confirmed that several drugs are more effective in CRC patients with high expression of TMEM51-AS1. In conclusion, our study demonstrates that TMEM51-AS1 can suppress the progression of CRC.
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