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MOLECULAR CANCER
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12943-017-0743-3
Keywords
lncRNA; MALAT1; Gastric cancer; Chemoresistance; Autophagy
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- National Nature Science Foundation of China [81702388]
- Zhejiang province key science and technology innovation team [2013TD13]
- Institute of Gastroenterology, Zhejiang University (IGZJU)
- Wenzhou Science and Technology Bureau [Y20160426]
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Background: Chemoresistance has long been recognized as a major obstacle in cancer therapy. Clarifying the underlying mechanism of chemoresistance would result in novel strategies to improve patient's response to chemotherapeutics. Methods: lncRNA expression levels in gastric cancer (GC) cells was detected by quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). MALAT1 shRNAs and overexpression vector were transfected into GC cells to down-regulate or up-regulate MALAT1 expression. In vitro and in vivo assays were performed to investigate the functional role of MALAT1 in autophagy associated chemoresistance. Results: We showed that chemoresistant GC cells had higher levels of MALAT1 and increased autophagy compared with parental cells. Silencing of MALAT1 inhibited chemo-induced autophagy, whereas MALAT1 promoted autophagy in gastric cancer cells. Knockdown of MALAT1 sensitized GC cells to chemotherapeutics. MALAT1 acts as a competing endogenous RNA for miR-23b-3p and attenuates the inhibitory effect of miR-23b-3p on ATG12, leading to chemo-induced autophagy and chemoresistance in GC cells. Conclusions: Taken together, our study revealed a novel mechanism of lncRNA-regulated autophagy-related chemoresistance in GC, casting new lights on the understanding of chemoresistance.
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