Hypoxia-induced lncRNA RP11-390F4.3 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and metastasis through upregulating EMT regulators

Pei Hua Peng, Joseph Chieh-Yu Lai, Kai Wen Hsu, Kou Juey Wu*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Hypoxia-induced long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to induce tumor metastasis. However, lncRNAs that are regulated by hypoxia/HIF-1α and subsequently control the expression of multiple epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) regulators have not been identified. To identify such lncRNAs, analysis of RNA-sequencing datasets was performed. The lncRNA RP11-390F4.3 was shown to be induced by hypoxia and directly activated by HIF-1α. Overexpression of lncRNA RP11-390F4.3 induced EMT and metastasis. LncRNA RP11-390F4.3 was essential for hypoxia-induced EMT and metastasis. LncRNA RP11-390F4.3 overexpression induced the expression of multiple EMT regulators. This report demonstrates that LncRNA RP11-390F4.3 is induced by hypoxia/HIF-1α and is essential for hypoxia-induced EMT and metastasis via the activation of multiple EMT regulators.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)35-45
Number of pages11
JournalCancer Letters
Volume483
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 07 2020

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Keywords

  • Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
  • Hypoxia
  • Metastasis
  • lncRNA

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