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Long non-coding RNA HOTAIR is expressed in small cell lung cancer and is relevant to cellular proliferation, invasiveness and clinical relapse: tissue and cell-line analyses

ABSTRACT: LincRNA HOTAIR was expressed in pure SCLC and higher expression was significantly related to lymphatic invasion and relapse. Multivariate analyses demonstrated that HOTAIR expression correlated with RFS. In vitro experiments demonstrated that half of SCLC cell lines expressed HOTAIR at higher levels than normal cells and that, using cells of SBC-3, knockdown of HOTAIR decreased proliferative activity and cellular invasiveness with altered expression of cell adhesion-related genes. Total RNAs from one siHOTAIR-transfected SBC-3 cells and control cells (siGFP-transfected cells), were extracted using RNeasy mini kit Plus (Qiagen) and hybridized to the microarrays, Sure Print G3 Human GE 8x60K microarrays (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA), according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Subsequently, data analysis was carried out using the GeneSpring GX 12 software (Agilent Technologies), with a stringency of P<0.1 and a 2-fold or more change using gene ontology analysis.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Ono Hiroshi

PROVIDER: S-ECPF-GEOD-43877 | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Project description:BackgroundTransposable elements (TEs) widely contribute to the evolution of genomes allowing genomic innovations, generating germinal and somatic heterogeneity, and giving birth to long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). These features have been associated to the evolution, functioning, and complexity of the nervous system at such a level that somatic retrotransposition of long interspersed element (LINE) L1 has been proposed to be associated to human cognition. Among invertebrates, octopuses are fascinating animals whose nervous system reaches a high level of complexity achieving sophisticated cognitive abilities. The sequencing of the genome of the Octopus bimaculoides revealed a striking expansion of TEs which were proposed to have contributed to the evolution of its complex nervous system. We recently found a similar expansion also in the genome of Octopus vulgaris. However, a specific search for the existence and the transcription of full-length transpositionally competent TEs has not been performed in this genus.ResultsHere, we report the identification of LINE elements competent for retrotransposition in Octopus vulgaris and Octopus bimaculoides and show evidence suggesting that they might be transcribed and determine germline and somatic polymorphisms especially in the brain. Transcription and translation measured for one of these elements resulted in specific signals in neurons belonging to areas associated with behavioral plasticity. We also report the transcription of thousands of lncRNAs and the pervasive inclusion of TE fragments in the transcriptomes of both Octopus species, further testifying the crucial activity of TEs in the evolution of the octopus genomes.ConclusionsThe neural transcriptome of the octopus shows the transcription of thousands of putative lncRNAs and of a full-length LINE element belonging to the RTE class. We speculate that a convergent evolutionary process involving retrotransposons activity in the brain has been important for the evolution of sophisticated cognitive abilities in this genus.

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