LncRNA SPRY4-IT1 Facilitates Cell Proliferation and Angiogenesis of Glioma by the miR-101-3p/EZH2/VEGFA Signaling Axis

ABSTRACT: SPRY4-IT1 (SPRY4 intronic transcript 1) is a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) that was identified as a novel oncogene in various human cancers, including glioma. However, its function and the further mechanism in glioma remain largely unclear. Here, we aimed to investigate the role of SPRY4-IT1 in the development of glioma and its underlying molecular mechanism. We identify that SPRY4-IT1 is overexpressed in patients with glioma from the TCGA database and own cohort, and correlated with poor prognosis of patients. Then, loss of function and gain of function cell model were established by transfected with siRNA and pcDNA3.1 plasmid. SPRY4-IT1 promotes glioma cells proliferation by Cell Count Kit 8 assays and EdU assay in vitro, and xenograft tumor assays in vivo. RNA sequence was performed to compare the transcriptomes of U87 siSPRY4-IT1-NC and U87 siSPRY4-IT1 cells, and Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis indicated angiogenesis is significantly enriched. HUVEC tube forming assays and Chick Embryo Chorioallantoic Membrane (CAM) assays confirmed that SPRY4-IT1 can induce angiogenesis of glioma in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, we identify that SPRY4-IT1 upregulates EZH2 expression by sponge miR-101-3p to induce VEGFA expression in glioma cells. Moreover, SPRY4-IT1 activates VEGFR2/AKT/ERK1/2 pathway in HUVECs by glioma cell-mediated. Rescue experiments were performed by co-transfected with SPRY4-IT1 and EZH2 overexpression plasmid in glioma cells, and confirmed that SPRY4-IT1 promotes cell proliferation and angiogenesis of glioma by miR-101-3p/EZH2/VEGFA signaling axis. Taken together, our studies clarify that SPRY4-IT1 upregulates EZH2 to induce VEGFA by sponge miR-101-3p to achieve cell proliferation and angiogenesis in glioma. Thus, these findings have provided insights into the prognosis prediction and therapeutic target of glioma.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE189462 | GEO | 2022/06/30

REPOSITORIES: GEO