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STAT3-mediated upregulation of lncRNA HOXD-AS1 as a ceRNA facilitates liver cancer metastasis by regulating SOX4

STAT3-mediated upregulation of lncRNA HOXD-AS1 as a ceRNA facilitates liver cancer metastasis by regulating SOX4

Authors :
Hui Wang
Xisong Huo
Xin-Rong Yang
Jia He
Lijun Cheng
Na Wang
Xuan Deng
Haojie Jin
Ning Wang
Cun Wang
Fangyu Zhao
Jingyuan Fang
Ming Yao
Jia Fan
Wenxin Qin
Source :
Molecular Cancer, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
BMC, 2017.

Abstract

Abstract Background Several of the thousands of human long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been functionally characterized, yet their potential involvement in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains poorly understood. Methods LncRNA-HOXD-AS1 was identified by microarray and validated by real-time PCR. The clinicopathological significance of HOXD-AS1 was analyzed by Kaplan-Meier method. Chromatin immunoprecipitation was conducted to examine the mechanism of HOXD-AS1 upregulation. The role of HOXD-AS1 in HCC cells was assessed both in vitro and in vivo. ceRNA function of HOXD-AS1 was evaluated by RNA immunoprecipitation and biotin-coupled miRNA pull down assays. Results In this study, we found that HOXD-AS1 was significantly upregulated in HCC tissues. Clinical investigation demonstrated high expression level of HOXD-AS1 was associated with poor prognosis and high tumor node metastasis stage of HCC patients, and was an independent risk factor for survival. Moreover, our results revealed that STAT3 could specifically interact with the promoter of HOXD-AS1 and activate HOXD-AS1 transcription. Knockdown of HOXD-AS1 significantly inhibited migration and invasion of HCC cells in vitro and distant lung metastasis in vivo. Additionally, HOXD-AS1 was enriched in the cytoplasm, and shared miRNA response elements with SOX4. Overexpression of HOXD-AS1 competitively bound to miR-130a-3p that prevented SOX4 from miRNA-mediated degradation, thus activated the expression of EZH2 and MMP2 and facilitated HCC metastasis. Conclusions In summary, HOXD-AS1 is a prognostic marker for HCC patients and it may play a pro-metastatic role in hepatocarcinogenesis.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14764598
Volume :
16
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Molecular Cancer
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2a5b82b72634356ac03dad4e7bce38d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-017-0680-1