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CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 81, Issue 13, Pages 3509-3524Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-19-3806
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31601057, 32022015, 31871295]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [020814380146]
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A novel lncRNA, CTD-2245E15.3, has been identified to promote lung tumorigenesis by regulating key metabolic enzymes, ACC1 and PC.
Long noncoding RNAs (IncRNA) have been shown to play critical regulatory roles in the onset and progression of human cancers. However, the functions of a large proportion of lncRNAs are still unexplored. Here we describe a novel lncRNA, CTD-2245E15.3, that promotes lung tumorigenesis by regulating the anabolic enzymes acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 (ACC1, encoded by the ACACA gene) and pyruvate carboxylase (PC). Differentially expressed lncRNAs between non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and paired adjacent nontumor tissues were identified by a microarray and validated using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. CTD-2245E15.3 was significantly upregulated in NSCLC and was mainly located in the cytoplasm. Knockdown of CTD-2245E15.3 by specific antisense oligonucleotides suppressed cell growth in vitro and in vivo, largely due to cell-cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis. Overexpression of CTD-2245E15.3 in an orthotopic model of lung cancer led to a significant increase in total tumor burden. CTD-2245E15.3 exerted its oncogenic function by binding ACC1 and PC, which are key anabolic factors for biomolecule synthesis in rapidly proliferating tumor cells. Knockdown of CTD-2245E15.3 increased phosphorylation of ACC1 at an inhibitory site for enzymatic activity and promoted PC degradation via ubiquitination. Supplements of palmitate or oxaloacetate, products of ACC1 and PC, alleviated the suppression of cell growth caused by loss of CTD-2245E15.3. These findings reveal the important role of CTD-2245E15.3 as an oncogenic lncRN A in the anabolic process for tumor growth. Significance: These findings demonstrate a novel lncRNA CTD2245E15.3 that binds and positively regulates anabolic enzymes ACC1 and PC to promote tumor growth. [GRAPHICS] .
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