PMID- 33882027 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210729 LR - 20210729 IS - 1945-4589 (Electronic) IS - 1945-4589 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 7 DP - 2021 Mar 19 TI - LncRNA MNX1-AS1 drives aggressive laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma progression and serves as a ceRNA to target FoxM1 by sponging microRNA-370. PG - 9900-9910 LID - 10.18632/aging.202746 [doi] AB - Long non-coding RNA (LncRNA) MNX1 antisense RNA 1(MNX1-AS1) is associated with the pathology of numerous cancers. But, the role and underlying pathways of MNX1-AS1 in the regulation of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is not known. We demonstrated remarkably elevated levels of MNX1-AS1 in the LSCC tissues, which was correlated with poor disease prognosis. Moreover, MNX1-AS1-silencing strongly suppressed LSCC cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. We also demonstrated that MNX1-AS1 sequesters that activity of miR-370, thereby releasing Forkhead Box ml (FoxM1) from the inhibitory actions of MNX1-AS1. Furthermore, the positive correlation of MNX1-AS1 and FoxM1 as well as the converse correlation between miR-370 and MNX1-AS1 (or FoxM1) were revealed in LSCC tissues using experiments. Based on rescue assays, FoxM1 overexpression or miR-370 downregulation partially recovered the inhibitory effect of MNX1-AS1 silencing on LSCC cells. Moreover, knockdown of MNX1-AS1 retarded tumor growth in nude mice model. In summary, these findings verified that MNX1-AS1 modulated LSCC progression by competitively binding with miR-370 to regulate FoxM1. FAU - Cui, Xiangyan AU - Cui X AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China. FAU - Yu, Hong AU - Yu H AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China. FAU - Yu, Tingting AU - Yu T AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China. FAU - Xiao, Dong AU - Xiao D AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China. FAU - Wang, Xin AU - Wang X AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210319 PL - United States TA - Aging (Albany NY) JT - Aging JID - 101508617 RN - 0 (Forkhead Box Protein M1) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (RNA, Long Noncoding) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Cell Movement/genetics MH - Cell Proliferation/genetics MH - Disease Progression MH - Female MH - Forkhead Box Protein M1/genetics/*metabolism MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Humans MH - Laryngeal Neoplasms/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - MicroRNAs/genetics/*metabolism MH - Middle Aged MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness/genetics MH - RNA, Long Noncoding/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC8064170 OTO - NOTNLM OT - FoxM1 OT - MNX1-AS1 OT - laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma OT - miR-370 COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interests. EDAT- 2021/04/22 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/30 06:00 PMCR- 2021/04/15 CRDT- 2021/04/21 17:16 PHST- 2020/11/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/02/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/04/21 17:16 [entrez] PHST- 2021/04/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/04/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 202746 [pii] AID - 10.18632/aging.202746 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Aging (Albany NY). 2021 Mar 19;13(7):9900-9910. doi: 10.18632/aging.202746. Epub 2021 Mar 19.