PMID- 31814904 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200928 IS - 1943-8141 (Print) IS - 1943-8141 (Electronic) IS - 1943-8141 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 11 DP - 2019 TI - LncRNA DLX6-AS1 promotes laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma growth and invasion through regulating miR-376c. PG - 7009-7017 AB - Accumulating evidence showed that lncRNAs play important roles in tumour development. Recently, a novel lncRNA DLX6-AS1 was found to be overexpressed in some tumors such as lung adenocarcinoma, renal cell carcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the functional roles of DLX6-AS1 in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) are still unclear. In the study, we showed that the expression level of DLX6-AS1 was upregulated in the LSCC samples compared to the noncancerous tissues. By using CCK-8 analysis, we demonstrated that knockdown expression of DLX6-AS1 suppressed the Hep2 cell growth. DLX6-AS1 knockdown inhibited the Hep2 cell cycle and invasion. MiR-376c was identified to have the complementary binding sites with the DLX6-AS1. By luciferase reporter assay, we indicated that overexpression of miR-376c inhibited the luciferase activity of wild-type DLX6-AS1, but it failed to suppress luciferase activity of mutated one. DLX6-AS1 knockdown enhanced the expression of miR-376c in the Hep2 cell. Moreover, we showed that the expression level of miR-376c was lower in the LSCC samples than in the noncancerous tissues and the expression of miR-376c was negatively correlated with expression of DLX6-AS1 in LSCC tissues. Ectopic expression of miR-376c suppressed cell proliferation, cycle and invasion of LSCC cell. DLX6-AS1 knockdown suppressed cell proliferation, cycle and invasion via regulating miR-376c expression. These data proved that lncRNA DLX6-AS1 might play as an oncogene in LSCC development and tumorigenesis. CI - AJTR Copyright (c) 2019. FAU - Yang, Qingjun AU - Yang Q AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Zhoukou Central Hospital Zhoukou 466000, Henan, China. FAU - Sun, Jin AU - Sun J AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450052, Henan, China. FAU - Ma, Yifei AU - Ma Y AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University Guiyang 550004, Guizhou, China. FAU - Zhao, Chunjie AU - Zhao C AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Zhoukou Central Hospital Zhoukou 466000, Henan, China. FAU - Song, Jijun AU - Song J AD - Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Zhoukou Central Hospital Zhoukou 466000, Henan, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191115 PL - United States TA - Am J Transl Res JT - American journal of translational research JID - 101493030 PMC - PMC6895517 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DLX6-AS1 OT - Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma OT - lncRNA OT - miR-376c COIS- None. EDAT- 2019/12/10 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/10 06:01 PMCR- 2019/11/15 CRDT- 2019/12/10 06:00 PHST- 2019/07/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/09/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/12/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/12/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/10 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/15 00:00 [pmc-release] PST - epublish SO - Am J Transl Res. 2019 Nov 15;11(11):7009-7017. eCollection 2019.