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ArticleCell death & disease2022

lncRNA CYTOR promotes aberrant glycolysis and mitochondrial respiration via HNRNPC-mediated ZEB1 stabilization in oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Weiwen Zhu, Jie Wang, Xiang Liu, Yanbin Xu, Rundong Zhai, Jiayi Zhang, Mengqi Wang, Mengyao Wang, Laikui Liu

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Weiwen ZhuDepartment of Basic Science of Stomatology, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Jie WangDepartment of Basic Science of Stomatology, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Xiang LiuDepartment of Basic Science of Stomatology, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Yanbin XuDepartment of Basic Science of Stomatology, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Rundong ZhaiDepartment of Basic Science of Stomatology, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Jiayi ZhangDepartment of Basic Science of Stomatology, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Mengqi WangDepartment of Basic Science of Stomatology, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Mengyao WangDepartment of Basic Science of Stomatology, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China.
Laikui LiuDepartment of Basic Science of Stomatology, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, China. my_yunkong@njmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-6509-922X
Nanjing Medical University · CNShanghai Stomatological Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), the most common malignancy of the oral and maxillofacial region, severely affects human health. However, current treatments for OSCC commonly show only a ~60% 5-year survival rate of patients with distant metastases, indicating an urgent need for targeted treatments for patients with advanced metastases. Here, we report a survival-related long non-coding RNA, CYTOR, which is highly expressed in the lesions of oral cancer patients. We found that CYTOR can promote both migration and invasion in oral cancer cells as well as the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). RNA-sequencing of CYTOR-knockdown oral cancer cells revealed that CYTOR can regulate mitochondrial respiration and RNA splicing. Mechanistically, we found that nuclear-localized CYTOR interacts with HNRNPC, resulting in stabilization of ZEB1 mRNAs by inhibiting the nondegradative ubiquitination of HNRNPC. By synthesizing CYTOR-targeting small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) encapsulated in Nanoscale Metal Organic Frameworks (NMOFs), we demonstrate the targeted suppression of CYTOR to inhibit invasion and metastasis of oral cancer cells in a nude mouse model. Cumulatively, this study reveals the potential role of the CYTOR-HNRNPC-ZEB1 axis in regulating mitochondrial metabolism and glycolysis of oral cancer cells, and illustrates the effective use of lncRNA targeting in anti-metastatic cancer therapies.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Squamous CellHead and Neck NeoplasmsMouth NeoplasmsRNA, Long NoncodingAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell MovementGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGlycolysisHeterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group CHumansMiceRespirationRNA, Small InterferingSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckZinc Finger E-box-Binding Homeobox 1Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group CHNRNPC protein, humanRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, Small InterferingZEB1 protein, humanZinc Finger E-box-Binding Homeobox 1

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