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LncRNA TUSC7 suppresses pancreatic carcinoma progression by modulating miR‐371a‐5p expression
Author(s) -
Yue Lei,
Guo Jing
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cellular physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 174
eISSN - 1097-4652
pISSN - 0021-9541
DOI - 10.1002/jcp.28248
Subject(s) - cancer research , pancreatic cancer , biology , microrna , suppressor , carcinoma , tumor progression , cell growth , apoptosis , long non coding rna , cancer , gene , downregulation and upregulation , genetics
Abstract Pancreatic carcinoma is one of the most common and lethal human malignancies worldwide. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a well‐known type of nonprotein‐coding transcripts implicated in cancer development and progression. Increasing evidence has indicated that lncRNA tumor suppressor candidate 7 (TUSC7) is a novel cancer suppressor gene in various cancers. Nevertheless, the function of TUSC7 in pancreatic carcinoma is urgent to be clarified. We found that TUSC7 was notably decreased in tissues and cell lines of pancreatic carcinoma. Moreover, the low expression of TUSC7 was correlated with advanced clinical grades and poorer overall survival. Our findings revealed that TUSC7 repressed cell proliferation, migration, invasion, epithelial–mesenchymal transition, and stemness whereas facilitated cell apoptosis of pancreatic carcinoma cells. Further investigations demonstrated that miR‐371a‐5p directly bound with TUSC7 and negatively regulated by TUSC7. MiR‐371a‐5p rescued the inhibitory effects of TUSC7 on the development of pancreatic carcinoma. We conclude that lncRNA TUSC7 suppresses pancreatic carcinoma progression by modulating miR‐371a‐5p expression, indicating an innovative therapeutic strategy for pancreatic carcinoma.