PMID- 31667207 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231014 IS - 2352-3204 (Electronic) IS - 2352-3204 (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2019 Dec TI - Long non-coding RNA ANRIL promotes proliferation, clonogenicity, invasion and migration of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma by regulating miR-181a/Snai2 axis. PG - 282-289 LID - 10.1016/j.reth.2019.07.007 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is the common cancer with poor prognosis. Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) ANRIL has been proven to play an important role in many cancers. However up to now, the role of ANRIL in LSCC is still poorly understood. The present study aimed to investigate the role and underlying mechanisms of ANRIL and miR-181a in LSCC. METHODS: Expression of ANRIL, miR-181a and Snai2 in both LSCC tissues and cells was determined by qRT-PCR. CCK-8 assay, colony formation assay, flow cytometry analysis and transwell assay were conducted to detect cell proliferation, clonogenicity, apoptosis, invasion and migration, respectively. The binding between ANRIL and miR-181a, as well miR-181a and Snai2 was confirmed by dual luciferase reporter assay. Western blotting was used to determine the protein levels of Snail, Slug, E-cadherin, N-cadherin and Vimentin. RESULTS: ANRIL was up-regulated while miR-181a was down-regulated in LSCC tissues. ANRIL was negatively correlated with miR-181a and was positively correlated with Snai1 and Snai2. Dual luciferase reporter assay showed ANRIL could directly sponge miR-181a to counteract its suppression on Snai2, serving as a positive regulator of Snai2. Either knockdown of ANRIL or overexpression of miR-181a significantly inhibited the proliferation, clonogenicity, invasion, migration and epithelial mesenchymal transformation (EMT), as well as promoted the apoptosis of LSCC cells, and knockdown of miR-181a reversed the effects. CONCLUSION: Inhibition of ANRIL could suppress cell proliferation, clonogenicity, invasion and migration, as well as enhance cell apoptosis of LSCC cells through regulation of miR-181a/Snai2 axis, indicating that ANRIL might be a promising therapeutic target during the treatment of LSCC. CI - (c) 2019 The Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Hao, Yan-Ru AU - Hao YR AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, Jilin Province, PR China. FAU - Zhang, De-Jun AU - Zhang DJ AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, Jilin Province, PR China. FAU - Fu, Ze-Ming AU - Fu ZM AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, Jilin Province, PR China. FAU - Guo, Ying-Yuan AU - Guo YY AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, Jilin Province, PR China. FAU - Guan, Guo-Fang AU - Guan GF AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, Jilin Province, PR China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190920 PL - Netherlands TA - Regen Ther JT - Regenerative therapy JID - 101709085 PMC - PMC6813643 OTO - NOTNLM OT - EMT OT - Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma OT - Snai2 OT - lncRNA-ANRIL OT - miR-181a EDAT- 2019/11/02 06:00 MHDA- 2019/11/02 06:01 PMCR- 2019/09/20 CRDT- 2019/11/01 06:00 PHST- 2019/01/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/07/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/07/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/11/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/11/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/11/02 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/09/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2352-3204(19)30015-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.reth.2019.07.007 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Regen Ther. 2019 Sep 20;11:282-289. doi: 10.1016/j.reth.2019.07.007. eCollection 2019 Dec.