期刊
CANCER LETTERS
卷 498, 期 -, 页码 70-79出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2020.10.031
关键词
HOTAIR; GLI2; Renal cell carcinoma; Angiogenesis; Androgen receptor
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81672958, 81672557]
In renal cell carcinoma (RCC), the interaction between long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) HOTAIR and androgen receptor (AR) forms a feedback loop that promotes tumor angiogenesis, with HOTAIR enhancing GLI2 expression by cooperatively binding to its promoter with AR. These findings suggest that HOTAIR and GLI2 could serve as novel therapeutic targets against RCC.
Tumor angiogenesis is a major characteristic of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Herein, we report a novel mechanism of how lncRNA and androgen receptor (AR) drive the Hedgehog pathway to promote tumor angiogenesis in RCC. We found that the high expression of lncRNA HOTAIR in RCC is associated with poor prognosis. Moreover, HOTAIR and AR form a feedback loop to promote the expression of each other. Interestingly, we also found that in RCC, HOTAIR is associated with the Hedgehog pathway, especially GLI2, via bioinformatics analysis. Furthermore, HOTAIR promotes GLI2 expression in the presence of AR. Mechanistically, HOTAIR interacts with AR and they cooperatively bind to GLI2 promoter and increase its transcription activity. We further confirmed how HOTAIR-AR axis regulates GLI2 expression by analyzing its function in RCC cells and found that HOTAIR and AR synergistically enhanced the expression of GLI2 downstream genes, such as VEGFA, PDGFA, and cancer stem cell transcription factors, and promoted tumor angiogenesis and cancer stemness in RCC cells both in vitro and in tumor xenografts. Overall, these findings suggest that HOTAIR and GLI2 could be novel therapeutic targets against RCC.
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