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ArticleJournal of cellular physiology2018

The lncRNA MALAT1 contributes to non-small cell lung cancer development via modulating miR-124/STAT3 axis.

Sen Li, Zhoufang Mei, Hai-Bo Hu, Xin Zhang

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sen LiDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3914-9120
Zhoufang MeiDepartment of Respiratory, The Fifth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Fudan university, Shanghai, China.
Hai-Bo HuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Huai'an Second People's Hospital, The Affiliated Huai'an Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Huai'an, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1851-7756
Xin ZhangDepartment of Medical Imaging, The Fourth People's Hospital of Huai'an, Huai'an, China.
Fudan University · CNSouthwest Medical University · CNThe Fourth People's Hospital · CNXuzhou Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

lncRNAs can exert many biological effects in several cancer types. MALAT1 is a kind of lncRNA which is greatly overexpressed in several tumors including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the mechanism of MALAT1 in NSCLC still remains unclear. In our current study, we concentrated on the biological mechanism of MALAT1 in NSCLC. It was observed that MALAT1 was significantly upregulated in five human NSCLC cells including A549, H23, H522, H1299, and H460 cells compared to normal bronchial epithelial cell line 16HBE cells. On the contrary, miR-124 was remarkably downregulated, which indicated a potential negative correlation between miR-124 and MALAT1. MALAT1 inhibition can increase miR-124 expression in A549 and H460 cells. In addition, miR-124 mimics were able to repress MALAT1 expression and miR124 inhibitors can promote MALAT1 levels. Then it was found that shMALAT1 can inhibit NSCLC cell proliferation, colony formation and apoptosis, which can be reversed by miR-124 inhibitors. Bioinformatic analysis predicted the correlation between miR-124 and MALAT1. In addition, STAT3 was found to be a novel mRNA target of miR-124. Downregulation of MALAT1 can inhibit NSCLC development by enhancing miR-124 and decreasing STAT3 expression. We speculated that MALAT1can act as a competing endogenous lncRNA (ceRNA) to modulate miR-124/STAT3 in NSCLC. Taken these together, we revealed that MALAT1/miR-124/STAT3 was involved in NSCLC development.

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A549 CellsApoptosisCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCell LineCell Line, TumorCell MovementDown-RegulationEpithelial CellsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHEK293 CellsHumansLung NeoplasmsMicroRNAsRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, MessengerSTAT3 Transcription FactorMALAT1 long non-coding RNA, humanMicroRNAsMIRN124 microRNA, humanRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, MessengerSTAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription FactorMALAT1miR-124NSCLCSTAT3

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PMID29215698
PMCPMC13482422
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