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Long noncoding RNA BC032469, a novel competing endogenous RNA, upregulates hTERT expression by sponging miR-1207-5p and promotes proliferation in gastric cancer

Oncogene volume 35, pages 3524–3534 (2016)Cite this article

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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as new players in gene regulation and are associated with the development of cancers. To investigate the important role and mechanism of lncRNAs in the progression of gastric cancer, we screened lncRNAs in gastric cancer tissues and corresponding adjacent tissues, and assessed the effects on gastric cancer. Here, we report that BC032469, a novel lncRNA, expressed highly in gastric cancer tissues, and the upregulation was clinically associated with larger tumor size, poor differentiation and shorter survival of gastric cancer patients. Downregulation of BC032469 resulted in a significant inhibition of proliferation in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, BC032469 could directly bind to miR-1207-5p and effectively functioned as a sponge for miR-1207-5p to modulate the derepression of hTERT. Thus, BC032469 may function as a ceRNA to impair miR-1207-5p-dependent hTERT downregulation, suggesting that it may be clinically valuable as a poor prognostic biomarker of gastric cancer.

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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81201950) and Luzhou Medical University Funding (No. 2014ZD-001). We thank Professor Xia Zhang for suggestions on the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

    M-H Lü, B Tang, S Zeng, C-J Hu, R Xie, Y-Y Wu, S-M Wang & S-M Yang

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, China

    M-H Lü

  3. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

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Lü, MH., Tang, B., Zeng, S. et al. Long noncoding RNA BC032469, a novel competing endogenous RNA, upregulates hTERT expression by sponging miR-1207-5p and promotes proliferation in gastric cancer. Oncogene 35, 3524–3534 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2015.413

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