PMID- 31572003 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220410 IS - 1179-1322 (Print) IS - 1179-1322 (Electronic) IS - 1179-1322 (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2019 TI - Long Noncoding RNA GAS5 Acts As A Tumor Suppressor In Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Via miR-21. PG - 8487-8498 LID - 10.2147/CMAR.S213690 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been identified as an important class of noncoding RNAs that are deeply involved in multiple biological processes in tumorigenesis. This study is to investigate the critical roles and biological function of lncRNA growth arrest-specific 5 (GAS5) in tumorigenesis of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 59 samples of LSCC and paired adjacent tissue, as well as corresponding clinicopathological information were collected. GAS5 expression in both LSCC tissues and human SUN1076 and SNU899 cell lines were analyzed by Real-time quantitative RT-PCR method. Ectopic expression of GAS5 by vector transfection in LSCC cell lines and followed by in vitro experiments was to investigate the critical roles and function of GAS5 in LSCC. Cell Counting Kit 8 (CCK8) assay and PE/7AAD Annexin V Apoptosis analysis was to evaluate cell proliferation ability and cell apoptosis. Co-transfection of GAS5 and miR-21 was to explore the interaction between GAS5 and miR-21 in LSCC. BAX and CDK6 protein level were analyzed by western blot method. RESULTS: This study demonstrated that GAS5 was significantly downregulated in LSCC tissue and human LSCC cell lines. GAS5 levels were correlated with the clinicopathological features of LSCC patients. In addition, the ectopic expression of GAS5 significantly inhibited cell proliferation and promoted apoptosis. Co-expression analyses indicated that GAS5 is negatively correlated with miR-21 in LSCC tissues. Overexpression of miR-21 eliminated GAS5-mediated cell apoptosis and proliferation suppression. Furthermore, GAS5, which upregulated BAX mRNA expression and downregulated CDK6 mRNA expression, was reversed by ectopic expression of miR-21. CONCLUSION: GAS5 suppresses LSCC progression through the negative regulation of miR-21 and its targets involved in cell proliferation and apoptosis, indicating that GAS5 may serve as a biomarker and potential target for LSCC therapy. CI - (c) 2019 Lyu et al. FAU - Lyu, Kexing AU - Lyu K AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. FAU - Xu, Yang AU - Xu Y AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yue, Huijun AU - Yue H AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. FAU - Li, Yun AU - Li Y AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhao, Jing AU - Zhao J AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The Third Hospital of Heibei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China. FAU - Chen, Lin AU - Chen L AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. FAU - Wu, Jianhui AU - Wu J AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhu, Xiaolin AU - Zhu X AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. FAU - Chai, Liping AU - Chai L AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. FAU - Li, Chunwei AU - Li C AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. FAU - Wen, Weiping AU - Wen W AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. FAU - Lei, Wenbin AU - Lei W AD - Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190917 PL - New Zealand TA - Cancer Manag Res JT - Cancer management and research JID - 101512700 EIN - Cancer Manag Res. 2019 Oct 23;11:9047. PMID: 31695496 PMC - PMC6756574 OTO - NOTNLM OT - GAS5 OT - LSCC OT - apoptosis OT - long noncoding RNA OT - miR-21 OT - proliferation COIS- The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work. EDAT- 2019/10/02 06:00 MHDA- 2019/10/02 06:01 PMCR- 2019/09/17 CRDT- 2019/10/02 06:00 PHST- 2019/04/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/09/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/10/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/10/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/10/02 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/09/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 213690 [pii] AID - 10.2147/CMAR.S213690 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cancer Manag Res. 2019 Sep 17;11:8487-8498. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S213690. eCollection 2019.