LncRNA MALAT1 Inhibits Apoptosis and Promotes Invasion by Antagonizing miR-125b in Bladder Cancer Cells

Xie, Haibiao; Liao, Xinhui; Chen, Zhicong; Fang, Yuan; He, Anbang; Zhong, Yucheng; Gao, Qunjun; Xiao, Huizhong; Li, Jianfa; Huang, Weiren; Liu, Yuchen

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LncRNA MALAT1 Inhibits Apoptosis and Promotes Invasion by Antagonizing miR-125b in Bladder Cancer Cells

Haibiao Xie^{1, 2*}, Xinhui Liao^{1, 3*}, Zhicong Chen^{1, 2*}, Yuan Fang¹, Anbang He¹, Yucheng Zhong¹, Qunjun Gao¹, Huizhong Xiao¹, Jianfa Li^{1, 2, 4✉}, Weiren Huang^1✉, Yuchen Liu^{1, 2✉}

1. Key Laboratory of Medical Reprogramming Technology, Department of Urology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518039, Guangdong Province, China;
2. Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong Province, China;
3. Department of Urology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518039, Guangdong Province, China;
4. Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Institute of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Peking University, Shenzhen 518036, China.
* Equal contributors

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Xie H, Liao X, Chen Z, Fang Y, He A, Zhong Y, Gao Q, Xiao H, Li J, Huang W, Liu Y. LncRNA MALAT1 Inhibits Apoptosis and Promotes Invasion by Antagonizing miR-125b in Bladder Cancer Cells. J Cancer 2017; 8(18):3803-3811. doi:10.7150/jca.21228. https://www.jcancer.org/v08p3803.htm

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Accumulating evidences suggest that longnon-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play functional roles in development of different cancers, including cancer initiation and progression. Metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1(MALAT1) is a well-known lncRNA which was previously shown to be a direct target of miR-125b in bladder cancer (BCa) and to promote cancer progression and invasion. However, little is known whether MALAT1 can also target miR-125b. In the present study, using CRISPR-based technologies and qRT-PCR, we show that MALAT1 is capable of suppressing mature miR-125b and increasing the expression of its target genes (Bcl-2 and MMP-13), but has no effect on pri-miR-125b and pre-miR-125b. We observe that the biotin-labeled MALAT1-RNA probe is able to pull down Ago2 and miR-125b and that the negative regulation of miR-125b by MALAT1 is dependent on Ago2. Importantly, the results of flow cytometry assay and transwell assay reveal that the MALAT1-mediated cancer progression is in part due to specific suppression of miR-125b and activation of its two target genes. All together, these data suggest that the “MALAT1-miR-125b-Bcl-2 / MMP-13” axis plays an important role in the progression of BCa, thereby may provide a potential therapeutic strategy for the treatment of human BCa.

Keywords: MALAT1, miR-125b, Ago-2, bladder cancer, CRISPR-based technology.

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Xie, H., Liao, X., Chen, Z., Fang, Y., He, A., Zhong, Y., Gao, Q., Xiao, H., Li, J., Huang, W., Liu, Y. (2017). LncRNA MALAT1 Inhibits Apoptosis and Promotes Invasion by Antagonizing miR-125b in Bladder Cancer Cells. Journal of Cancer, 8(18), 3803-3811. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.21228.

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Xie, H.; Liao, X.; Chen, Z.; Fang, Y.; He, A.; Zhong, Y.; Gao, Q.; Xiao, H.; Li, J.; Huang, W.; Liu, Y. LncRNA MALAT1 Inhibits Apoptosis and Promotes Invasion by Antagonizing miR-125b in Bladder Cancer Cells. J. Cancer 2017, 8 (18), 3803-3811. DOI: 10.7150/jca.21228.

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Xie H, Liao X, Chen Z, Fang Y, He A, Zhong Y, Gao Q, Xiao H, Li J, Huang W, Liu Y. 2017. LncRNA MALAT1 Inhibits Apoptosis and Promotes Invasion by Antagonizing miR-125b in Bladder Cancer Cells. J Cancer. 8(18):3803-3811.

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