Title:Long Noncoding RNA C21orF96 Promotes the Migration, Invasion and Lymph Node Metastasis in Gastric Cancer
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Author(s):Ziguo Yang, Qiaoming Zhi, Dan Wang, Li Zhang, Burnley Preston, Coder Brandon, Yuting Kuang, Ruizhen Miao, Yulong Shi and Xiaobo Guo
Affiliation:Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, 250021, China.
Keywords:Lymph node, gastric cancer, lncRNA, microarray, C21orf96.
Abstract:Lymphatic metastasis is a primary cause of gastric cancer-related death, yet factors
governing tumor cell lymphatic metastasis have not been fully elucidated. Little is known about
the contributions of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) to lymphatic metastasis in gastric cancer.
Differentially expressional lncRNAs between metastatic lymph node tissues and normal lymph
node tissues were identified and validated by microarray and quantitative real-time polymerase
chain reaction (qRT-PCR), respectively. Our results found that the expression level of C21orF96
was over-expressed in positive lymph node tissues and gastric cancer tissues. We evaluated the
altered expressions of C21orF96 in gastric cancer tissues comparing to adjacent normal
specimens, and their association with clinicopathological factors. We showed that the expression
levels of C21orF96 were associated with gross appearance, lymphatic metastasis and distal
metastasis. The effect of C21orF96 was assessed by over-expressing the lncRNA. We also
found that C21orF96 promoted the tubular formation, migration and invasion. Together, our
results suggest that C21orF96 is an oncogenic lncRNA that promotes tumor progression and
plays a pivotal role in the development of gastric cancer.
