Oncogenic Ras regulated long non-coding RNA Orilnc1 in human cancer
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ABSTRACT: Ras and its downstream cascades transmit cellular signals, resulting in increased transcription of a large number of genes involved in cell growth and division. Research on long non-coding transcripts regulated by the Ras signaling cascade is still in its infancy. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are operationally defined as transcripts that are larger than 200 nt that do not appear to have protein-coding potential. Using a custom-designed lncRNA microarray, we identified a novel lncRNA (oncogenic Ras-induced lncRNA 1, Orilnc1) whose expression is significantly induced by activation of Ras. Further molecular studies demonstrated that the expression of Orilnc1 is regulated by the Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK signaling cascade via the transcriptional factor AP1. Importantly, Orilnc1 is highly expressed in BRAF mutant cancers such as BRAF-driven melanoma. Inhibition of Orilnc1 expression by small RNA interference (siRNA) significantly blocked tumor cell proliferation and growth in vitro and in vivo. Finally, we observed that blocking Orilnc1 reduced expression levels of cell cycle related genes such as Cyclin E1 and induced G1/S arrest in tumor cells. Taken together, Orilnc1 may function as a novel non-protein mediator to respond the Ras/Raf activation and could serve as a potential therapeutic target for RAS or BRAF-driven cancers such as melanoma.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE90044 | GEO | 2017/09/05
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA354395
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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