PMID- 34403532 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220124 LR - 20220124 IS - 1098-2825 (Electronic) IS - 0887-8013 (Print) IS - 0887-8013 (Linking) VI - 35 IP - 9 DP - 2021 Sep TI - AC016405.3 functions as an oncogenic long non-coding RNA by regulating ERBB3 via sponging miR-22-3p in breast cancer. PG - e23952 LID - 10.1002/jcla.23952 [doi] LID - e23952 AB - BACKGROUND: Increasing studies reported that long non-coding RNAs are involved in regulating breast cancer (BRCA) progression. However, the specific roles and mechanisms of lncRNAs in BRCA remain largely unknown. Here, we sought to explore the functions and mechanisms of AC016405.3 in BRCA progression. METHODS: Bioinformatic analysis for AC016405.3, miR-22-3p, and ERBB3 were performed on starBase. The expressions of AC016405.3, miR-22-3p, and ERBB3 were examined by RT-qPCR. The functions of AC016405.3 on the proliferation, migration, and invasion of cells were evaluated by conducting CCK-8, colony formation, wound-healing, and Transwell assays. The subcellular distribution of AC016405.3 in BRCA cells was identified by performing fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and subcellular fractionation techniques. Dual-luciferase assay was applied to validate the interactions of miR-22-3p with AC016405.3 or ERBB3. The interaction between ERBB3 and miR-22-3p was also tested by Anti-Ago2 RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) assay. RESULTS: The results showed that AC016405.3 is highly expressed in BRCA tissues as well as cells and positively correlated with poor prognosis in BRCA patients. Silencing AC016405.3 obviously repressed the malignant behaviors of BRCA cells. Mechanistically, AC016405.3 functioned as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) for miR-22-3p in the cytoplasm and sponged miR-22-3p to release its suppression of ERBB3. Rescue experiments revealed that the suppression role induced by AC016405.3 depletion on malignant behaviors of BRCA cells could be obviously counter by inhibiting miR-22-3p or overexpressing ERBB3. CONCLUSION: AC016405.3 promotes BRCA progression by the derepression of ERBB3 via sponging miR-22-3p, which may represent a potential target for BRCA treatment. CI - (c) 2021 The Authors. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. FAU - Wei, Min AU - Wei M AD - Department of Breast, School of Medicine, The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. AD - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Diseases, Shanghai, China. AD - Shanghai Municipal Key Clinical Specialty, Shanghai, China. FAU - Wang, Jie AU - Wang J AD - Department of Breast, School of Medicine, The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. AD - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Diseases, Shanghai, China. AD - Shanghai Municipal Key Clinical Specialty, Shanghai, China. FAU - He, Qi AU - He Q AD - Department of Breast, School of Medicine, The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. AD - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Diseases, Shanghai, China. AD - Shanghai Municipal Key Clinical Specialty, Shanghai, China. FAU - Liu, Lei AU - Liu L AD - Department of Surgery, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China. FAU - Wang, Zhiwei AU - Wang Z AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8728-1543 AD - Department of Breast, School of Medicine, The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. AD - Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Diseases, Shanghai, China. AD - Shanghai Municipal Key Clinical Specialty, Shanghai, China. LA - eng GR - 124119a4801/Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology, China/ GR - Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology, China/ GR - 81101847/Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 20110073120089/Ministry of Education of China/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210817 PL - United States TA - J Clin Lab Anal JT - Journal of clinical laboratory analysis JID - 8801384 SB - IM MH - *Breast Neoplasms MH - Female MH - Humans PMC - PMC8418490 OTO - NOTNLM OT - AC016405.3 OT - ERBB3 OT - breast cancer OT - competing endogenous RNA network OT - miR-22-3p COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2021/08/18 06:00 MHDA- 2022/01/27 06:00 PMCR- 2021/08/17 CRDT- 2021/08/17 17:21 PHST- 2021/07/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/05/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/07/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/08/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/01/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/17 17:21 [entrez] PHST- 2021/08/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - JCLA23952 [pii] AID - 10.1002/jcla.23952 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Lab Anal. 2021 Sep;35(9):e23952. doi: 10.1002/jcla.23952. Epub 2021 Aug 17.