LncRNA PCED1B-AS1 Upregulation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Regulation of the miR-10a/BCL6 Axis to Promote Cell Proliferation

Crit Rev Eukaryot Gene Expr. 2022;32(6):11-20. doi: 10.1615/CritRevEukaryotGeneExpr.2022039954.

Abstract

Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) PCED1B-AS1 has been characterized as an oncogene in glioma, but its role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unknown. We explored the involvement of PCED1B-AS1 in HCC. Its expression in paired HCC and nontumor tissues from 62 HCC patients was determined by qRT-PCR. Correlations of PCED1B-AS1 with miR-10a and BCL6 were analyzed by Pearson's correlation coefficient. The patients were followed up for 5 years to analyze the prognostic value of PCED1B-AS1 for HCC. Interactions among PCED1B-AS1, miR-10a, and BCL6 were detected by overexpression experiments. Cell proliferation was analyzed by CCK-8 assay. We found the following. PCED1B-AS1 is upregulated in HCC, and its upregulation correlates with poor survival. Across HCC tissues, PCED1B-AS1 expression inversely correlates with miR-10a but positively correlates with BCL6. In HCC cells, overexpression of PCED1B-AS1 decreases miR-10a expression and increases BCL6 expression. Moreover, PCED1B-AS1 overexpression reduces the inhibitory effects of miR-10a overexpression on BCL6 expression and cell proliferation. PCED1B-AS1 is upregulated in HCC and regulates the miR-10a/BCL6 axis to promote cell proliferation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* / pathology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / genetics
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms* / genetics
  • Liver Neoplasms* / pathology
  • MicroRNAs* / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6* / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6* / metabolism
  • RNA, Long Noncoding* / genetics
  • Up-Regulation / genetics

Substances

  • BCL6 protein, human
  • MIRN10 microRNA, human
  • MicroRNAs
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6
  • RNA, Long Noncoding