PMID- 34659430 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240403 IS - 1741-427X (Print) IS - 1741-4288 (Electronic) IS - 1741-427X (Linking) VI - 2021 DP - 2021 TI - LncRNA-URHC Functions as ceRNA to Regulate DNAJB9 Expression by Competitively Binding to miR-5007-3p in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. PG - 3031482 LID - 10.1155/2021/3031482 [doi] LID - 3031482 AB - BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is often diagnosed at a late stage, when the prognosis is poor. The regulation of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) plays a crucial role in HCC. However, the precise regulatory mechanisms of lncRNA signaling in HCC remain largely unknown. Our study aims to investigate the underlying mechanisms of lncRNA (upregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma) URHC in HCC. OBJECTIVE: To study the in vivo and in vitro localization and biological effects of URHC on liver cancer cells. Through bioinformatics analysis, dual-luciferase reporter gene analysis and rescue experiments revealed the possible mechanism of URHC. METHODS: RT-qPCR, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) staining, EdU, colony formation, and tumor xenograft experiments were used to identify localized and biological effects of URHC on HCC cells in vitro and in vivo. The bioinformatics analysis, dual-luciferase reporter assay, and rescue experiments revealed the potential mechanism of URHC. RESULTS: URHC silencing may inhibit the HCC cells' proliferation in vitro and in vivo. We found that URHC was mainly localized in the cytoplasm. The expression of miR-5007-3p was negatively regulated by URHC. And miR-5007-3p could reverse the effect of URHC in HCC cells. The expression of DNAJB9 was negatively regulated by miR-5007-3p but positively regulated by URHC. These suggestive of lncRNA-URHC positively regulated the level of DNAJB9 by sponging miR-5007-3p. CONCLUSION: Together, our study elucidated the role of URHC as a miRNA sponge in HCC and shed new light on lncRNA-directed diagnostics and therapeutics in HCC. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Kunwei Niu et al. FAU - Niu, Kunwei AU - Niu K AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. FAU - Qu, Shibin AU - Qu S AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. FAU - Zhang, Xuan AU - Zhang X AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. FAU - Dai, Jimin AU - Dai J AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. FAU - Wang, Jianlin AU - Wang J AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. FAU - Nie, Ye AU - Nie Y AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. FAU - Zhang, Hong AU - Zhang H AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. FAU - Tao, Kaishan AU - Tao K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8573-0445 AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. FAU - Song, Wenjie AU - Song W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6628-7302 AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Retracted Publication DEP - 20211007 PL - United States TA - Evid Based Complement Alternat Med JT - Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM JID - 101215021 RIN - Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2023 Jun 21;2023:9789637. PMID: 37387927 PMC - PMC8516585 COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2021/10/19 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/19 06:01 PMCR- 2021/10/07 CRDT- 2021/10/18 08:57 PHST- 2021/08/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/09/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/10/18 08:57 [entrez] PHST- 2021/10/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/19 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/10/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1155/2021/3031482 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2021 Oct 7;2021:3031482. doi: 10.1155/2021/3031482. eCollection 2021.