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ArticleOncology research2019

Silencing of lncRNA AFAP1-AS1 Inhibits Cell Growth and Metastasis in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma.

Zhongyi Mu, Dan Dong, Ning Wei, Mingli Sun, Wei Wang, Yue Shao, Jian Gao, Ping Yin, Chenghai Zhao

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Article in Oncology research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhongyi MuDepartment of Pathophysiology, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China.
Dan DongDepartment of Pathophysiology, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China.
Ning WeiDivision of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Mingli SunDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China.
Wei WangDepartment of Pathophysiology, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China.
Yue ShaoDepartment of Pathophysiology, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China.
Jian GaoDepartment of Pathophysiology, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China.
Ping YinDepartment of Pathophysiology, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China.
Chenghai ZhaoDepartment of Pathophysiology, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China.
China Medical University · CNUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lncRNA AFAP1-AS1, oriented from an antisense direction to the protein-coding gene AFAP1 in the opposite strand, was upregulated in a variety of tumors and associated with poor prognosis, including lung cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and so on. However, the biological role of AFAP1-AS1 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is still unknown. We observed that AFAP1-AS1 expression was significantly upregulated in ccRCC tissues and that patients with high-level expression of AFAP1-AS1 had a shorter overall survival. Knockdown of AFAP1-AS1 markedly suppressed the progression of proliferation, invasion, migration, and EMT in ccRCC cells. Downregulation of AFAP1-AS1 resulted in an increase in E-cadherin and a decrease in vimentin. Noticeably, we found that PTEN has a negative correlation with the lncRNA AFAP1-AS1 expression. Further studies verified that PTEN deficiency effectively attenuated the ability of AFAP1-AS1 in promoting ccRCC cell proliferation, invasion, migration, and EMT. Moreover, the similar biological response of silencing AFAP1-AS1 was observed in our ccRCC mice model. Knockdown of AFAP1-AS1 evidently suppressed tumor growth. Taken together, our results provide the evidences that silencing of AFAP1-AS1 inhibits cell proliferation, EMT, and metastasis through PTEN-dependent signaling, and our findings elucidate a novel potential therapeutic target or biomarker for the treatment of ccRCC.

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Gene SilencingAnimalsCarcinoma, Renal CellCell CycleCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHeterograftsHumansKidney NeoplasmsMiceModels, BiologicalPTEN PhosphohydrolaseAFAP1-AS1 long noncoding RNA, humanPTEN PhosphohydrolasePTEN protein, humanRNA, Long Noncoding

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PMID30832752
PMCPMC7848283
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