Long noncoding RNA<i> DLEU2</i> affects the proliferative and invasive ability of colorectal cancer cells

He, Xiaoyun; Yu, Bingbing; Kuang, Gaoyan; Wu, Yongrong; Zhang, Meili; Cao, Pengfei; Ou, Chunlin

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Long noncoding RNA DLEU2 affects the proliferative and invasive ability of colorectal cancer cells

Xiaoyun He¹, Bingbing Yu², Gaoyan Kuang³, Yongrong Wu³, Meili Zhang², Pengfei Cao⁴, Chunlin Ou^1,5✉

1. Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, Hunan, China.
2. Department of Pathology, Dezhou People's Hospital, Dezhou 253056, Shandong, China.
3. Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410007, Hunan, China.
4. Department of Hematology, Xiangya hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, Hunan, China.
5. National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, Hunan, China.

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He X, Yu B, Kuang G, Wu Y, Zhang M, Cao P, Ou C. Long noncoding RNA DLEU2 affects the proliferative and invasive ability of colorectal cancer cells. J Cancer 2021; 12(2):428-437. doi:10.7150/jca.48423. https://www.jcancer.org/v12p0428.htm

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Emerging evidence indicates that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are closely associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) tumorigenesis. One example is lncRNA Deleted in Lymphocytic Leukemia 2 (DLEU2). However, how DLEU2 contributes to CRC is still poorly understood. This study sought to investigate the effects of DLEU2 on CRC pathogenesis, and the underlying mechanism involved. Using a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assay, we demonstrated that the expression levels of DLEU2 in 45 pairs of CRC tissues were higher than those in the corresponding normal colon mucosal tissues. In addition, CRC patients with high DLEU2 expression levels exhibited poor overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS), as determined by analyses and measurements from the GEO and GEPIA databases. When DLEU2 was silenced using short interfering RNA (siRNA) in CRC cell line, the results demonstrated that DLEU2 silencing suppressed CRC cell tumorigenesis in vitro, which was associated with decreased expression of cyclin dependent kinase 6(CDK6), ZEB1, and ZEB2 as well as enhancing the expression of Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A (CDKN1A). Taken together, the results of this study suggested that DLEU2 may play critical roles in the progression of CRC and may serve as a prognostic biomarker for CRC.

Keywords: DLEU2, colorectal cancer, invasion, tumorigenesis, survival

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He, X., Yu, B., Kuang, G., Wu, Y., Zhang, M., Cao, P., Ou, C. (2021). Long noncoding RNA DLEU2 affects the proliferative and invasive ability of colorectal cancer cells. Journal of Cancer, 12(2), 428-437. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.48423.

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He, X.; Yu, B.; Kuang, G.; Wu, Y.; Zhang, M.; Cao, P.; Ou, C. Long noncoding RNA DLEU2 affects the proliferative and invasive ability of colorectal cancer cells. J. Cancer 2021, 12 (2), 428-437. DOI: 10.7150/jca.48423.

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He X, Yu B, Kuang G, Wu Y, Zhang M, Cao P, Ou C. 2021. Long noncoding RNA DLEU2 affects the proliferative and invasive ability of colorectal cancer cells. J Cancer. 12(2):428-437.

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