Pituitary null cell adenoma is a challenging clinical condition, and its pathogenesis remains to be elucidated. We performed this study to determine the roles of C5orf66-AS1, NORAD, and TINCR in the pathogenesis and invasion of pituitary null cell adenomas. Expression of the three long non-coding RNAs in pituitary null cell adenoma tissues of 11 patients and normal pituitary tissues from four donors was examined by performing quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. We found that C5orf66-AS1 expression was lower in pituitary null cell adenoma tissues than in normal pituitary tissues. Moreover, C5orf66-AS1 expression level was significantly lower in invasive pituitary null cell adenomas than in non-invasive ones. After transfection of C5orf66-AS1 into pituitary adenoma cells, assessment of cell viability and invasion suggested that overexpressed C5orf66-AS1 inhibited cell viability and cell invasion. In silico algorithms predicted several cis- and trans-acting target genes of C5orf66-AS1, including PITX1 and SCGB3A1. In addition, expression of some of the predicted target genes was determined using microarray data of another cohort with pituitary null cell adenomas. It showed that some of these target genes were differentially expressed between pituitary null cell adenoma tissues and normal pituitary tissues as well as between invasive and non-invasive tumors. Co-expression analysis in RNA sequencing data showed that PAQR7 was the most correlated gene of C5orf66-AS1 and that several predicted trans-acting target genes, including SCGB3A1, were highly correlated with C5orf66-AS1. NORAD and TINCR expression was not statistically significant in the complete cohort; however, a negative correlation was observed between NORAD expression and maximum tumor diameter in some subgroups. These results indicate that C5orf66-AS1 suppresses the development and invasion of pituitary null cell adenomas. However, our results do not provide enough statistical evidence to support the roles of NORAD and TINCR in the development and invasion of pituitary null cell adenomas.
基金:
Common Fund of the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health; NCIUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH National Cancer Institute (NCI); NHGRIUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI); NHLBIUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI); NIDAUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); NIMHUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH); NINDSUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (NINDS); Research Special Fund for Public Welfare Industry of Health [201402008]; National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program)National High Technology Research and Development Program of China [2015AA020504]
第一作者机构:[1]Tsinghua Univ, Med Ctr, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China;[2]Capital Med Univ, Beijing Neurosurg Inst, Beijing, Peoples R China;
通讯作者:
通讯机构:[2]Capital Med Univ, Beijing Neurosurg Inst, Beijing, Peoples R China;[3]Capital Med Univ, Beijing Tiantan Hosp, Dept Neurosurg, Beijing, Peoples R China;[4]Beijing Inst Brain Disorders, Brain Tumor Ctr, Beijing, Peoples R China;[5]China Natl Clin Res Ctr Neurol Dis, Beijing 100050, Peoples R China;[7]Beijing Neurosurg Inst, 6 Tiantan Xili, Beijing 100050, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Yu Guoqiang,Li Chuzhong,Xie Weiyan,et al.Long non-coding RNA C5orf66-AS1 is downregulated in pituitary null cell adenomas and is associated with their invasiveness[J].ONCOLOGY REPORTS.2017,38(2):1140-1148.doi:10.3892/or.2017.5739.
APA:
Yu, Guoqiang,Li, Chuzhong,Xie, Weiyan,Wang, Zhuang,Gao, Hua...&Zhang, Yazhuo.(2017).Long non-coding RNA C5orf66-AS1 is downregulated in pituitary null cell adenomas and is associated with their invasiveness.ONCOLOGY REPORTS,38,(2)
MLA:
Yu, Guoqiang,et al."Long non-coding RNA C5orf66-AS1 is downregulated in pituitary null cell adenomas and is associated with their invasiveness".ONCOLOGY REPORTS 38..2(2017):1140-1148