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ArticleTumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine2016

Long noncoding RNA GAS5 suppresses the migration and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma cells via miR-21.

Litian Hu, Hua Ye, Guangming Huang, Fei Luo, Yawei Liu, Yi Liu, Xiaojun Yang, Jian Shen, Qizhan Liu, Jianping Zhang

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Article in Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Litian HuDepartment of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210011, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Hua YeSchool of Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Guangming HuangInstitute for Digestive Endoscopy and Medical Center for Digestive Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210011, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Fei LuoInstitute of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Yawei LiuDepartment of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210011, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Yi LiuInstitute of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Xiaojun YangDepartment of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210011, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Jian ShenDepartment of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210011, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Qizhan LiuInstitute of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. drqzliu@hotmail.com.
Jianping ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210011, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. drjpzhang@hotmail.com.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University · CNNanjing Medical University · CNYangzhou University · CN

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Abstract

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are aberrantly expressed in various cancers. Although lncRNA GAS5 (growth arrest-specific transcript 5) has been characterized as a tumor suppressor in some kinds of cancer, its role and function in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remain unknown. The present report demonstrates that there are lower levels of GAS5, PDCD4, and PTEN and higher levels of microRNA-21 (miR-21) in HCC tissues than in adjacent normal tissues. Moreover, the levels of GAS5 and miR-21 were correlated with the clinicopathological characteristics of HCC. HCC patients with higher levels of GAS5 or with the lower levels of miR-21 have longer survival times. There are lower levels of GAS5 and higher levels of miR-21 in HCC cell lines (Be7402, SMMC-7721, and HCCLM3) than in normal liver L-02 cells, and the levels correlate with the aggression of the HCC cell lines. Knockdown of GAS5 upregulates miR-21 levels in Bel-7402 cells (weakly aggressive); in contrast, there are opposite changes in HCCLM3 cells (highly aggressive). Moreover, GAS5 that upregulated or downregulated the expression of PDCD4 and PTEN was reversed by inhibiting or overexpressing miR-21 level in Bel-7402 and HCCLM3 cells. Then, overexpression of GAS5 suppresses the migration and invasion of HCC cells and high expression of miR-21 largely eliminates GAS5-mediated suppression of HCC cell migration and invasion. Thus, GAS5 acts as a tumor suppressor in HCCs through negative regulation of miR-21 and its targets and proteins about migration and invasion in cancer cells, which may be a target for treating HCC.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularCell Line, TumorCell MovementDown-RegulationFemaleGenes, Tumor SuppressorHumansLiver NeoplasmsMaleMicroRNAsMiddle AgedPTEN PhosphohydrolaseRNA, Long NoncodingUp-RegulationGAS5 long non-coding RNA, humanMicroRNAsMIRN21 microRNA, humanPTEN PhosphohydrolasePTEN protein, humanRNA, Long NoncodingHepatocellular carcinomalncRNA GAS5Migration and invasionmiR-21

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