IMR Press / FBL / Volume 28 / Issue 10 / DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2810270
Open Access Original Research
LncRNA PART1 Regulates Ovarian Carcinoma Development via the miR-150-5p/MYB Axis
Jing Wang1,2,†Yun Han3,†Tingting Zhang4Jing Li5,*Boqun Xu1,6,*
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1 Obstetric and Gynecological Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210000 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
2 Obstetric and Gynecological Department, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210000 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
3 Obstetrics and Gynecological Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 226000 Nantong, Jiangsu, China
4 Obstetric and Gynecological Department, Suqian People's Hospital of Nanjing Drum-Tower Hospital Group, 223800 Suqian, Jiangsu, China
5 State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, 210000 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
6 Obstetrics and Gynecological Department, Affiliated Sir Run Run Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210000 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
*Correspondence: ljwth@njmu.edu.cn (Jing Li); boqun_xu@njmu.edu.cn (Boqun Xu)
These authors contributed equally.
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2023, 28(10), 270; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2810270
Submitted: 1 December 2022 | Revised: 17 February 2023 | Accepted: 23 February 2023 | Published: 27 October 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Biomarkers for Ovarian Cancer)
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Over the past few years, there have been many reports on the abnormal expression and functional relevance of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in tumors. The role played by lncRNAs in epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) remains poorly understood, however the goal of the present work was to study molecular mechanisms that underlie involvement of prostate androgen-regulated transcript 1 (PART1) lncRNA in EOC development. Methods: A total of 25 tumor and 17 normal specimens were obtained from women undergoing surgery between 2015 and 2019 in the Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University. Expression levels for PART1 in EOC tissue and EOC cell lines were assessed using qRT-PCR. Assays for CCK-8, trans-well, colony forming and western blotting were used to investigate PART1, miR-150-5p and MYB (MYB proto-oncogene) for their invovement in EOC cell proliferation, migration and invasion. Luciferase reporter gene assay was also performed to investigate biological functions of PART1, miR-150-5p and MYB in EOC, and an animal xenograft model was employed to test tumorigenicity. Results: PART1 expression was increased in EOC relative to normal cells and correlated with EOC cell proliferation, migration and invasion. PART1 can sponge miR-150, thereby inhibiting growth of EOC by targeting MYB. The xenograft mouse model revealed that PART1 can regulate tumorigenesis in vivo. Conclusions: The PART1/miR-150/MYB axis is involved in EOC pathogenesis and could represent a new target to use in diagnosis and therapy.

Keywords
ovarian carcinoma
long non-coding RNAs
PART1
ceRNA
Funding
81873820/National Natural Science Foundation of China
789ZYRC202070208/789 Excellent Talents Training Program of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
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