PMID- 28651931 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170818 LR - 20171129 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 490 IP - 3 DP - 2017 Aug 26 TI - Upregulated long non-coding RNA LOC90784 promotes cell proliferation and invasion and is associated with poor clinical features in HCC. PG - 920-926 LID - S0006-291X(17)31272-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.06.141 [doi] AB - A growing amount of literature has indicated that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are important factors in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression. However, the significance of lncRNAs in the progression and prognosis of liver cancer is largely unknown. In the present study, upregulated lncRNA LOC90784 was identified through integrative analysis of GSE58043 and GSE55191. Furthermore, associations between LOC90784 expression and the clinicopathological characteristics of patients were analyzed with a validated cohort 1 and the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) cohort 2. We investigated the mechanisms by which this highly expressed lncRNA promotes HCC proliferation, invasion and migration via qRT-PCR, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) staining, siRNA transfection, cell proliferation assays, Transwell and colony formation assays, flow cytometry analysis and Western blot. The results showed that LOC90784 expression levels were significantly higher in HCC cell lines and tissues and mainly localized in the cytoplasm. Knockdown of lncRNA LOC90784 expression inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest by promoting Bax and repressing CDK4 and Cyclin D1 protein expression; it also inhibited invasion and migration by repressing MMP2 and MMP9 expression in HCC cells. LOC90784 overexpression was associated with poor clinical features in the two cohorts and poor overall survival rates in HCC patients with clear resection margins (R0) in cohort 2. These results indicated that LOC90784 upregulation may be a critical oncogene and potential new biomarker in HCC. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Xu, Jian-Hua AU - Xu JH AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Daping Hospital & Research Institute of Surgery, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China. FAU - Chang, Wei-Hua AU - Chang WH AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Daping Hospital & Research Institute of Surgery, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China. FAU - Fu, Hang-Wei AU - Fu HW AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Daping Hospital & Research Institute of Surgery, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China. FAU - Shu, Wei-Qun AU - Shu WQ AD - Department of Environmental Hygiene, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, PR China. FAU - Yuan, Tao AU - Yuan T AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Daping Hospital & Research Institute of Surgery, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China. Electronic address: yuantaotmmu@163.com. FAU - Chen, Ping AU - Chen P AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Daping Hospital & Research Institute of Surgery, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China. Electronic address: chenpingsyd@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20170624 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (RNA, Long Noncoding) RN - 0 (long non-coding RNA LOC90784, human) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis MH - Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/genetics/*pathology MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Movement MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Humans MH - Liver/metabolism/*pathology MH - Liver Neoplasms/genetics/*pathology MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness/genetics/*pathology MH - RNA, Long Noncoding/*genetics MH - Up-Regulation OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biomarker OT - Hepatocellular carcinoma OT - LOC90784 OT - Long non-coding RNA OT - Progression EDAT- 2017/06/28 06:00 MHDA- 2017/08/19 06:00 CRDT- 2017/06/28 06:00 PHST- 2017/06/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/06/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/06/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/06/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/08/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/06/28 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-291X(17)31272-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.06.141 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2017 Aug 26;490(3):920-926. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.06.141. Epub 2017 Jun 24.