PMID- 27830017 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220330 IS - 1943-8141 (Print) IS - 1943-8141 (Electronic) IS - 1943-8141 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 10 DP - 2016 TI - CCAT1 promotes laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma cell proliferation and invasion. PG - 4338-4345 AB - Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are proved tobe deregulated in a number of cancers and play important roles in tumor biology. Colon cancer-associated transcript-1 (CCAT1) was initially found in colon cancer and promoted cancer cell development. However, the role of CCAT1 in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is still unknown. In this study, we demonstrated that CCAT1 expression was upregulated in the LSCC tissues compared with the normal adjacent tissues. Moreover, CCAT1 expression was higher in LSCC tissues thanin adjacent normal tissues in 70% of patients. In addition, higher expression of CCAT1 was correlated with T3-4 grade and advanced clinical stage. Overexpression of CCAT1 promoted Hep-2 cell proliferation, migration and invasion. Ectopic expression of CCAT1 suppressed E-cadherin expression while enhanced the expressionof N-cadherin and Vimentin. Furthermore, CCAT1 overexpression increased Hep-2 cell colony formation and cell cycle. We also demonstrated that CCAT1 overexpression suppressed the expression of let-7 and enhanced the expression of HMGA2 and Myc, the direct target genes of let-7. To conclude, our data demonstrated that CCAT1 played an oncogenic role in the development of LSCC. FAU - Zhuang, Kun AU - Zhuang K AD - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University 23 Youzheng Street, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province 150001, China. FAU - Wu, Qiang AU - Wu Q AD - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University 23 Youzheng Street, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province 150001, China. FAU - Jiang, Senhe AU - Jiang S AD - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University 23 Youzheng Street, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province 150001, China. FAU - Yuan, Huijun AU - Yuan H AD - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University 23 Youzheng Street, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province 150001, China. FAU - Huang, Shaomin AU - Huang S AD - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Forest Industry General Hospital 32 Hexing Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province 150080, China. FAU - Li, Huijun AU - Li H AD - Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University 23 Youzheng Street, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province 150001, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161015 PL - United States TA - Am J Transl Res JT - American journal of translational research JID - 101493030 PMC - PMC5095326 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CCAT1 OT - Long noncoding RNAs OT - laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma OT - lncRNAs EDAT- 2016/11/11 06:00 MHDA- 2016/11/11 06:01 PMCR- 2016/10/15 CRDT- 2016/11/11 06:00 PHST- 2016/02/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/05/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/11/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/11/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/11/11 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/10/15 00:00 [pmc-release] PST - epublish SO - Am J Transl Res. 2016 Oct 15;8(10):4338-4345. eCollection 2016.