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LncRNA APTR Promotes Uterine Leiomyoma Cell Proliferation by Targeting ERα to Activate the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway
The molecular mechanisms by which uterine leiomyoma (UL) cells proliferate are unclear. Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) is reported to participate in the occurrence and development of gynecological cancers. We investigated the molecular mechanisms that lncRNA uses in UL. We found that lncRNA Alu-mediate...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7989393/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33777725 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.536346 |
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author | Zhou, Weiqiang Wang, Guocheng Li, Bilan Qu, Junjie Zhang, Yongli |
author_facet | Zhou, Weiqiang Wang, Guocheng Li, Bilan Qu, Junjie Zhang, Yongli |
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description | The molecular mechanisms by which uterine leiomyoma (UL) cells proliferate are unclear. Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) is reported to participate in the occurrence and development of gynecological cancers. We investigated the molecular mechanisms that lncRNA uses in UL. We found that lncRNA Alu-mediated p21 transcriptional regulator (APTR) showed higher expression in UL tumor tissues compared with that in normal uterine tissues. APTR induced cell proliferation and colony formation both in vitro and in vivo. The JASPAR database showed that APTR was likely interacted with ERα, and these molecules were identified via laser scanning confocal microscopy and RNA immunoprecipitation analysis. To verify the correlation between APTR and ERα, we overexpressed and underexpressed APTR and simultaneously expressed ERα. The results showed that APTR function was suppressed. APTR increased the expressions of the proteins in the Wnt pathway, and inhibiting ERα eliminated these responses. In conclusion, our data suggest that APTR promoted leiomyoma cell proliferation through the Wnt pathway by targeting ERα, suggesting a new role of APTR in the Wnt signaling pathway in UL. |
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spelling | pubmed-79893932021-03-25 LncRNA APTR Promotes Uterine Leiomyoma Cell Proliferation by Targeting ERα to Activate the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway Zhou, Weiqiang Wang, Guocheng Li, Bilan Qu, Junjie Zhang, Yongli Front Oncol Oncology The molecular mechanisms by which uterine leiomyoma (UL) cells proliferate are unclear. Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) is reported to participate in the occurrence and development of gynecological cancers. We investigated the molecular mechanisms that lncRNA uses in UL. We found that lncRNA Alu-mediated p21 transcriptional regulator (APTR) showed higher expression in UL tumor tissues compared with that in normal uterine tissues. APTR induced cell proliferation and colony formation both in vitro and in vivo. The JASPAR database showed that APTR was likely interacted with ERα, and these molecules were identified via laser scanning confocal microscopy and RNA immunoprecipitation analysis. To verify the correlation between APTR and ERα, we overexpressed and underexpressed APTR and simultaneously expressed ERα. The results showed that APTR function was suppressed. APTR increased the expressions of the proteins in the Wnt pathway, and inhibiting ERα eliminated these responses. In conclusion, our data suggest that APTR promoted leiomyoma cell proliferation through the Wnt pathway by targeting ERα, suggesting a new role of APTR in the Wnt signaling pathway in UL. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7989393/ /pubmed/33777725 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.536346 Text en Copyright © 2021 Zhou, Wang, Li, Qu and Zhang http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Oncology Zhou, Weiqiang Wang, Guocheng Li, Bilan Qu, Junjie Zhang, Yongli LncRNA APTR Promotes Uterine Leiomyoma Cell Proliferation by Targeting ERα to Activate the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway |
title | LncRNA APTR Promotes Uterine Leiomyoma Cell Proliferation by Targeting ERα to Activate the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway |
title_full | LncRNA APTR Promotes Uterine Leiomyoma Cell Proliferation by Targeting ERα to Activate the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway |
title_fullStr | LncRNA APTR Promotes Uterine Leiomyoma Cell Proliferation by Targeting ERα to Activate the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway |
title_full_unstemmed | LncRNA APTR Promotes Uterine Leiomyoma Cell Proliferation by Targeting ERα to Activate the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway |
title_short | LncRNA APTR Promotes Uterine Leiomyoma Cell Proliferation by Targeting ERα to Activate the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway |
title_sort | lncrna aptr promotes uterine leiomyoma cell proliferation by targeting erα to activate the wnt/β-catenin pathway |
topic | Oncology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7989393/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33777725 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.536346 |
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