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Research Paper

LncRNA DUXAP10 modulates cell proliferation in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma through epigenetically silencing p21

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Pages 998-1005 | Received 11 Dec 2017, Accepted 24 Apr 2018, Published online: 14 Sep 2018
 

Abstract

Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ESCC) belongs to malignant tumor of human digestive system. It has greatly threatened human health both mentally and physically. Long non-coding RNAs have been discovered to be special molecular regulators in various cancers, including ESCC. LncRNA DUXAP10 is a newfound RNA, which is able to improve the progression of cancers Citation1–3. In this study, DUXAP10 was certified to be upregulated in ESCC tissues and cells. Besides, it was positively correlated with short survival time. Moreover, down-expression of DUXAP10 contributed to decreased cell proliferation and metastasis. Silenced DUXAP10 led to increased apoptosis rate and stagnation of cell cycle. Results of mechanism experiments suggested that DUXAP10 motivated ESCC progression through recruiting enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) to the promoter of p21. Our findings suggested that the pseudogene-derived from lncRNA DUXAP10 drove the biological progression of ESCC. DUXAP10 was likely to be a potential therapeutic target for ESCC.

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Funding

These study was supported by Jiangsu Provincial Special Program of Medical Science Funding (BE2017759).

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