PMID- 32703403 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210210 LR - 20210210 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 529 IP - 2 DP - 2020 Aug 20 TI - Long noncoding RNA LINC01194 enhances the malignancy of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma by sponging miR-655 to increase SOX18 expression. PG - 148-155 LID - S0006-291X(20)31115-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.05.178 [doi] AB - Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have undergone a comprehensive study for their involvements in tumor treatments. The purpose of our study was to explore the biological effects and regulatory mechanisms of lncRNA LINC01194 (LINC01194) in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). The levels of LINC01194 in 105 LSCC patients were detected by RT-qPCR. The diagnostic and prognostic value of LINC01194 in LSCC patients were statistically analyzed. The potential functions of LINC01194 in proliferation, apoptosis, and metastasis of LSCC cells were evaluated. The interaction among LINC01194, miR-655 and SOX18 was explored by bioinformatics analysis, luciferase reporter assays and biotinylated RNA pull-down. We found that the expression levels of LINC01194 were highly expressed in LSCC, which was negatively correlated with the clinical outcome of LSCC patients. The area under the ROC curve for LINC01194 was up to 0.8388. Functional assays indicated that LINC01194 knockdown distinctly inhibited LSCC cells proliferation, induced apoptosis, and also attenuated LSCC cells migration and invasion in vitro. Furthermore, we elucidated that LINC01194 promoted SOX18 expression in LSCC cells via functioning as a molecular sponge for miR-655. Overall, based on our findings, LINC01194 served as a tumor promoter and potentially represents a novel prognostic indicator and therapeutic target in LSCC. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Liu, Da-Ming AU - Liu DM AD - Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - Yang, Hao AU - Yang H AD - Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - Yuan, Zhen-Nan AU - Yuan ZN AD - Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - Yang, Xian-Guang AU - Yang XG AD - Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - Pei, Rong AU - Pei R AD - Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. FAU - He, Hong-Jiang AU - He HJ AD - Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. Electronic address: hjl157710@yeah.net. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200621 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (MIRN655 microRNA, human) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (RNA, Long Noncoding) RN - 0 (SOX18 protein, human) RN - 0 (SOXF Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Humans MH - Laryngeal Neoplasms/diagnosis/*genetics/pathology MH - MicroRNAs/*genetics MH - Prognosis MH - RNA, Long Noncoding/*genetics MH - SOXF Transcription Factors/*genetics MH - Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck/diagnosis/*genetics/pathology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biomarker OT - Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma OT - LncRNA LINC01194 OT - Metastasis OT - SOX18 OT - miR-655 COIS- Declaration of competing interest The Authors declare that they have no conflict of interests. EDAT- 2020/07/25 06:00 MHDA- 2021/02/11 06:00 CRDT- 2020/07/25 06:00 PHST- 2020/05/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/05/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/07/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/07/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/02/11 06:00 [medline] AID - S0006-291X(20)31115-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.05.178 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2020 Aug 20;529(2):148-155. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.05.178. Epub 2020 Jun 21.