Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2017
Abstract
Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) are emerging as contributors to malignancies. Little is understood about the contribution of lncRNA to epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), which correlates with metastasis. Ovarian cancer is usually diagnosed after metastasis. Here we report an integrated analysis of >700 ovarian cancer molecular profiles, including genomic data sets, from four patient cohorts identifying lncRNA DNM3OS, MEG3, and MIAT overexpression and their reproducible gene regulation in ovarian cancer EMT. Genome-wide mapping shows 73% of MEG3-regulated EMT-linked pathway genes contain MEG3 binding sites. DNM3OS overexpression, but not MEG3 or MIAT, significantly correlates to worse overall patient survival. DNM3OS knockdown results in altered EMT-linked genes/pathways, mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition, and reduced cell migration and invasion. Proteotranscriptomic characterization further supports the DNM3OS and ovarian cancer EMT connection. TWIST1 overexpression and DNM3OS amplification provides an explanation for increased DNM3OS levels. Therefore, our results elucidate lncRNA that regulate EMT and demonstrate DNM3OS specifically contributes to EMT in ovarian cancer.
Recommended Citation
Mitra, Ramkrishna; Chen, Xi; Greenawalt, Evan J.; Maulik, Ujjwal; Jiang, Wei; Zhao, Zhongming; and Eischen, Christine M., "Decoding critical long non-coding RNA in ovarian cancer epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition." (2017). Department of Cancer Biology Faculty Papers. Paper 121.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/cbfp/121
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PubMed ID
29150601
Comments
This article has been peer reviewed. It is the author’s final published version in Nature Communications
Volume 8, Issue 1, December 2017, Article number 1781.
The published version is available at DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01781-0. Copyright © Mitra et al.