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LncRNA PTAR promotes EMT and invasion-metastasis in serous ovarian cancer by competitively binding miR-101-3p to regulate ZEB1 expression

Authors: Haihai Liang, Tong Yu, Yue Han, Hua Jiang, Chengyu Wang, Tianyi You, Xiaoguang Zhao, Huitong Shan, Rui Yang, Lida Yang, Hongli Shan, Yunyan Gu

Published in: Molecular Cancer | Issue 1/2018

Abstract

Background

Ovarian cancer (OvCa) is one of the most common malignant diseases of the female reproductive system in the world. The majority of OvCa is diagnosed with metastasis in the abdominal cavity. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a key role in tumor cell metastasis. However, it is still unclear whether long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) is implicated in EMT and influences cell invasion and metastasis in OvCa.

Results

In this study, using bioinformatcis analysis, we constructed a lncRNA-mediated competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network for mesenchymal OvCa and identified lncRNA AP000695.4, which we named pro-transition associated RNA (PTAR). PTAR was significantly up-regulated in the mesenchymal subtype samples compared with the epithelial subtype samples from the TCGA OvCa data sets. In addition, our study showed that PTAR expression was positively correlated with the expression level of ZEB1 in the mesenchymal OvCa samples. Meanwhile, we found that silencing miR-101 promoted cell migration, whereas the overexpression of miR-101 suppressed EMT and cell migration in OvCa cell lines through the regulation of ZEB1. Further analysis showed that enhanced expression of PTAR promoted EMT and metastasis through the regulation of miR-101, whereas silencing PTAR led to the attenuation of TGF-β1-induced tumorigenicity in ovarian cancer cells. Mechanistically, we found that PTAR acted as a ceRNA of miR-101, as forced expression of PTAR reduced the expression and activity of miR-101. More importantly, the knockdown of PTAR reduced tumorigenicity and metastasis in vivo.

Conclusions

Taken together, the results from our study highlight a role for the PTAR-miR-101-ZEB1 axis in OvCa, which offers novel strategies for the prevention of metastasis in OvCa.

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Title: LncRNA PTAR promotes EMT and invasion-metastasis in serous ovarian cancer by competitively binding miR-101-3p to regulate ZEB1 expression
Authors: Haihai Liang
Tong Yu
Yue Han
Hua Jiang
Chengyu Wang
Tianyi You
Xiaoguang Zhao
Huitong Shan
Rui Yang
Lida Yang
Hongli Shan
Yunyan Gu
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Molecular Cancer / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1476-4598
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-018-0870-5

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