ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023
PIWIL1 interacting RNA piR-017724 inhibits proliferation, invasion, and migration, and inhibits the development of HCC by silencing PLIN3.
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- Biological roles and clinical potential of piRNAs in cancer: Insights into glioblastoma.Iranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2026Review
- Emerging roles of PIWI-interacting RNAs in cancer molecular diagnostics and therapeutics: a molecular biosciences perspective.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Review
- PLIN3: a multifaceted regulator of lipid droplet dynamics and disease pathogenesis.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025Review
- Targeting epigenetic regulators as a promising avenue to overcome cancer therapy resistance.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Review
- Regulatory mechanisms and clinical implications of PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) in major digestive tract cancers.Cancer cell international · 2025Review
- Targeting Regulatory Noncoding RNAs in Human Cancer: The State of the Art in Clinical Trials.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- Hsa_piR_016975 Is a Novel Target of Nanotherapy that Boosts Hepatoma Progression and Sorafenib Resistance by Abating Maspin/GPX4-Mediated Ferroptosis.Biomaterials research · 2025Article
- The Role of PLIN3 in Prognosis and Tumor-Associated Macrophage Infiltration: A Pan-Cancer Analysis.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Article
- Recent advances of PIWI-interacting RNA in cardiovascular diseases.Clinical and translational medicine · 2024Review
- New challenges in hepatocellular carcinoma: A role for PIWI-interacting RNAs?World journal of gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Molecular Mechanisms in Tumorigenesis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and in Target Treatments-An Overview.Biomolecules · 2024Review
- Lipid droplets-related Perilipin-3: potential immune checkpoint and oncogene in oral squamous cell carcinoma.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2024Article
- Critical appraisal of the piRNA-PIWI axis in cancer and cancer stem cells.Biomarker research · 2024Review
- Somatic piRNA and PIWI-mediated post-transcriptional gene regulation in stem cells and disease.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) accounts for the majority of primary liver cancers. Worldwide, liver cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer-related death. Recent studies have found that PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) participate in the occurrence and development of various tumors and are closely related to the growth, invasion, metastasis and prognosis of malignant tumors. Studies on the role and functional mechanism of piRNAs in HCC development and progression are limited. Methods: Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) were used to detect the expression of piR-017724 in both HCC tissues and cells. Based on the clinical data of HCC patients, the clinical and prognostic value of piR-017724 was further analyzed. Then, targeted silencing and overexpressing of piR-017724 in HCC cells was further used to examine the biological functions of piR-017724. In addition, the downstream target protein of piR-017724 was predicted and validated through high-throughput sequencing and public databases. Results: The piR-017724 was significantly downregulated in HCC tissues and cells, and the downregulation of piR-017724 was associated with tumor stage and poor prognosis in HCC. The piR-017724 inhibitor promoted the proliferation, migration and invasion of HCC cells, while the piR-017724 mimic had the opposite effect. However, the piR-017724 did not affect apoptosis of HCC cells. High-throughput sequencing and qRT-PCR confirmed a reciprocal relationship between piR-017724 and PLIN3. Therefore, we speculate that piR-017724 may inhibit the development and progression of HCC by affecting the downstream protein PLIN3. Conclusions: Our study shows that piR-017724, which is lowly expressed in HCC, inhibits the proliferation, migration and invasion of HCC cells and may affect the development of hepatocellular liver cancer through PLIN3, which provides new insights into the clinical application of piR-017724 in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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