PloS one, 2015-05, Vol.10 (5), p.e0114586-e0114586
2015
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- Titel
- The Long Noncoding RNA MEG3 Contributes to Cisplatin Resistance of Human Lung Adenocarcinoma
- Ist Teil von
- PloS one, 2015-05, Vol.10 (5), p.e0114586-e0114586
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: Public Library of Science
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2015
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been identified as oncogenes or tumor suppressors that are involved in tumorigenesis and chemotherapy drug resistance. Maternally expressed gene 3 (MEG3) is an imprinted gene located at 14q32 that encodes an lncRNA, and decreased MEG3 expression plays an important role in multiple cancers. However, its biological role in the development of the chemoresistance phenotype of human lung adenocarcinoma (LAD) is unknown. This study aimed to observe the expression of MEG3 in LAD and to evaluate its biological role and clinical significance in the resistance of LAD cells to cisplatin. MEG3 expression was markedly decreased in cisplatin-resistant A549/DDP cells compared with parental A549 cells as shown by an lncRNA microarray. MEG3 overexpression in A549/DDP cells increased their chemosensitivity to cisplatin both in vitro and in vivo by inhibiting cell proliferation and inducing apoptosis. By contrast, MEG3 knockdown in A549 cells decreased the chemosensitivity. Moreover, MEG3 was decreased in cisplatin-insensitive LAD tissues while p53 protein levels were decreased and Bcl-xl protein levels increased. Furthermore, patients with lower levels of MEG3 expression showed worse responses to cisplatin-based chemotherapy. These findings demonstrate that MEG3 is significantly downregulated in LAD and partially regulates the cisplatin resistance of LAD cells through the control of p53 and Bcl-xl expression. Thus, MEG3 may represent a new marker of poor response to cisplatin and could be a potential therapeutic target for LAD chemotherapy.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1932-6203eISSN: 1932-6203DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114586Titel-ID: cdi_plos_journals_1682209853
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- Schlagworte
- Adenocarcinoma, Adenocarcinoma - drug therapy, Adenocarcinoma - genetics, Adenocarcinoma - pathology, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents - pharmacology, Apoptosis, Apoptosis - drug effects, Bcl-x protein, Blotting, Western, Cancer therapies, Cell cycle, Cell Cycle - drug effects, Cell growth, Cell proliferation, Cell Proliferation - drug effects, Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, Chemoresistance, Chemotherapy, Chromosome 14, Cisplatin, Cisplatin - pharmacology, DNA microarrays, Drug resistance, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm - genetics, Flow Cytometry, Gene expression, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic - drug effects, Hospitals, Humans, Lung cancer, Lung Neoplasms - drug therapy, Lung Neoplasms - genetics, Lung Neoplasms - pathology, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Nude, Oncology, p53 Protein, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Ribonucleic acid, RNA, RNA, Long Noncoding - genetics, RNA, Messenger - genetics, Suppressors, Tissues, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Tumorigenesis, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays