Knockdown of NEAT1 Restrained the Malignant Progression of Glioma Stem Cells by Activating MicroRNA Let-7e

Overview

Journal Oncotarget

Specialty Oncology

Date 2016 Aug 25

PMID 27556696

Citations 58

Authors

Wei Gong

Jian Zheng

Xiaobai Liu

Jun Ma

Yunhui Liu

Yixue Xue

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Abstract

Nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript 1 (NEAT1), a long non-coding RNA, promotes oncogenesis in various tumors, including human gliomas. Herein, we studied the expression and function of NEAT1 in glioma stem cells (GSCs). Quantitative real-time PCR demonstrated that NEAT1 was upregulated in GSCs. NEAT1 knockdown inhibited GSC cell proliferation, migration and invasion and promoted GSC apoptosis. A potential binding region between NEAT1 and microRNA let-7e was confirmed by dual-luciferase assays. Upregulation of NEAT1 reduced the expression of let-7e, and there was reciprocal repression between NEAT1 and let-7e in an Argonaute 2-dependent manner. Let-7e expression was lower expression in glioblastoma tissues and GSCs than in normal brain tissues and cells. Restoration of let-7e suppressed tumor function by inhibiting proliferation, migration and invasion while promoting apoptosis in GSCs. NEAT1 knockdown and let-7e overexpression both reduced NRAS protein expression. NRAS was identified as a direct target of let-7e and promoted oncogenesis in GSCs. As NEAT1 promoted oncogenesis by downregulating let-7e expression, both of these genes could be considered for application in glioma therapy.

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