FEZF1-AS1 functions as an oncogenic lncRNA in retinoblastoma
| Autor: | Lian-Jiao Quan, Wen-Jun Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Biophysics Biology Biochemistry Cell Movement medicine Humans cancer Gene silencing Neoplasm Invasiveness RNA Neoplasm Molecular Biology Research Articles Survival analysis Cell Proliferation Cell growth Retinoblastoma biomarkers RNA Cancer FEZF1-AS1 Oncogenes Cell Biology large intervening non-coding RNA medicine.disease eye diseases Antisense RNA Gene Expression Regulation Neoplastic Cell culture Cancer research Female RNA Long Noncoding Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Bioscience Reports |
| ISSN: | 1573-4935 0144-8463 |
| Popis: | Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) FEZF1 antisense RNA 1 (FEZF1-AS1) has been shown to be up-regulated in tumor tissues and cells, and exerts oncogenic effects on various types of malignancies. However, the expression and function of FEZF1-AS1 was still fully unclear in retinoblastoma. The purpose of our study was to investigate the expression and clinical value of FEZF1-AS1 in retinoblastoma patients, and explore the effect of FEZF1-AS1 on retinoblastoma cell proliferation, migration and invasion. In our results, levels of FEZF1-AS1 expression were elevated in retinoblastoma tissue specimens and cell lines compared with adjacent normal retina tissue specimens and human retinal pigment epithelial cell line, respectively. The correlation analysis indicated that high FEZF1-AS1 expression was significantly correlated with present choroidal invasion and optic nerve invasion. Survival analysis suggested that retinoblastoma patients in high FEZF1-AS1 expression group had obviously short disease-free survival (DFS) compared with retinoblastoma patients in low FEZF1-AS1 expression group, and high FEZF1-AS1 expression was an independent unfavorable prognostic factor for DFS in retinoblastoma patients. Loss-of-function study indicated silencing FEZF1-AS1 expression inhibited retinoblastoma cell proliferation, invasion and migration. In conclusion, FEZF1-AS1 functions as an oncogenic lncRNA in retinoblastoma. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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