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28 October 2018 : Clinical Research  

Long Non-Coding RNA (lncRNA) Growth Arrest Specific 5 (GAS5) Suppresses Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Proliferation and Migration by Inactivating Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT/Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Signaling Pathway

Guojun Wang1ABDE*, Junfeng Sun1BC, Hongchao Zhao1DEF, Haohao Li1BCD

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.910867

Med Sci Monit 2018; 24: CLR7689-7696

Abstract

BACKGROUND: lncRNA GAS5 acts as a tumor-suppressor gene in various types of malignancies, but its involvement in esophageal cancer has not been well studied.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 112 patients with esophageal cancer and 55 volunteers with normal physiological conditions were included in this study. Tumor tissues and adjacent healthy tissues were collected from esophageal cancer patients and blood was extracted from patients and controls. Expression of GAS5 in those tissues was detected by qRT-PCR. All patients were followed up for 5 years and diagnostic and prognostic values of serum GAS5 for esophageal cancer were investigated by ROC curve analysis and survival curve analysis, respectively. Effects of GAS5 expression on cell proliferation and migration were investigated by CCK-8 assay and Transwell cell migration assay, respectively. Effects of GAS5 overexpression on expression of PI3K/AKT/mTOR-related proteins were explored by Western blot analysis.

RESULTS: GAS5 expression level was lower in tumor tissues than in adjacent healthy tissues. Serum level of GAS5 was lower in cancer patients than in healthy controls, and serum level of GAS5 was decreased with increase in stage of primary tumor (T stage). GAS5 overexpression inhibited tumor cell proliferation and migration, while treatment with PI3K activator reduced the inhibitory effects. GAS5 overexpression decreased the expression level of PI3K and phosphorylation levels of Akt and mTOR in esophageal cancer cells, while PI3K activator treatment showed no significant effects on GAS5 expression.

CONCLUSIONS: GAS5 was downregulated in esophageal cancer patients compared to healthy controls, and GAS5 overexpression suppressed proliferation and migration of esophageal cancer cells by inactivating the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway.

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