Integrated Analysis of Long Noncoding RNA and mRNA Expression Profile in Advanced Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

PLoS One. 2016 Dec 29;11(12):e0169232. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169232. eCollection 2016.

Abstract

Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) plays an important role in tumorigenesis. However, the expression pattern and function of lncRNAs in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) are still unclear. To investigate the aberrantly expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs in advanced LSCC, we screened lncRNA and mRNA expression profiles in 9 pairs of primary Stage IVA LSCC tissues and adjacent non-neoplastic tissues by lncRNA and mRNA integrated microarrays. Gene Ontology and pathway analysis were performed to find out the significant function and pathway of the differentially expressed mRNAs, gene-gene functional interaction network and ceRNA network were constructed to select core mRNAs, and lncRNA-mRNA expression correlation network was built to identify the interactions between lncRNA and mRNA. qRT-PCR was performed to further validate the expressions of selected lncRNAs and mRNAs in advanced LSCC. We found 1459 differentially expressed lncRNAs and 2381 differentially expressed mRNAs, including 846 up-regulated lncRNAs and 613 down-regulated lncRNAs, 1542 up-regulated mRNAs and 839 down-regulated mRNAs. The mRNAs ITGB1, HIF1A, and DDIT4 were selected as core mRNAs, which are mainly involved in biological processes, such as matrix organization, cell cycle, adhesion, and metabolic pathway. LncRNA-mRNA expression correlation network showed LncRNA NR_027340, MIR31HG were positively correlated with ITGB1, HIF1A respectively. LncRNA SOX2-OT was negatively correlated with DDIT4. qRT-PCR further validated the expression of these lncRNAs and mRNAs. The work provides convincing evidence that the identified lncRNAs and mRNAs are potential biomarkers in advanced LSCC for further future studies.

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / genetics*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
  • Computational Biology / methods*
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Profiling*
  • Gene Ontology
  • Gene Regulatory Networks
  • Humans
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • RNA, Long Noncoding / genetics*
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics

Substances

  • RNA, Long Noncoding
  • RNA, Messenger

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission Program (no. Z141107002514003) (http://www.bjkw.gov.cn/n244495/), Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals Clinical medicine Development of special funding support (code. XMLX201311) (http://www.bjah.gov.cn/), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 81072204, 81272267) (http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/publish/portal1/). JF received the funding. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.