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      Long noncoding RNA B3GALT5-AS1 suppresses colon cancer liver metastasis via repressing microRNA-203

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          Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are implicated in various cancers, including colon cancer. Liver metastasis is the main cause of colon cancer-related death. However, the roles of lncRNAs in colon cancer liver metastasis are still largely unclear. In this study, we identified a novel lncRNA B3GALT5-AS1, which is reduced in colon cancer tissues and further reduced in colon cancer liver metastasis tissues. Reduced expression of B3GALT5-AS1 is associated with liver metastasis and poor outcome of colon cancer patients. Gain-of-function and loss-of-function assays revealed that B3GALT5-AS1 inhibited proliferation but promoted migration and invasion of colon cancer cells. Further investigation revealed that B3GALT5-AS1 directly bound to the promoter of miRNA-203, repressed miR-203 expression, upregulated miR-203 targets ZEB2 and SNAI2, and induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In vivo study revealed that B3GALT5-AS1 suppressed colon cancer liver metastasis via its binding on miR-203 promoter and the repression of miR-203. miR-203 is increased and epithelial phenotype is preferred in colon cancer liver metastasis tissues. Collectively, our data revealed the suppressive roles of B3GALT5-AS1/miR-203/EMT regulation axis in colon cancer liver metastasis. Our data suggested that the activating B3GALT5-AS1/miR-203/EMT axis may be potential therapeutic strategy for colon cancer liver metastasis.

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          Metastasis: a question of life or death.

          Patrick Mehlen, Alain Puisieux (2006)
          The metastatic process is highly inefficient--very few of the many cells that migrate from the primary tumour successfully colonize distant sites. One proposed mechanism to explain this inefficiency is provided by the cancer stem cell model, which hypothesizes that micrometastases can only be established by tumour stem cells, which are few in number. However, recent in vitro and in vivo observations indicate that apoptosis is an important process regulating metastasis. Here we stress that the inhibition of cell death, apart from its extensively described function in primary tumour development, is a crucial characteristic of metastatic cancer cells.
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            MicroRNA-200c modulates epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in human colorectal cancer metastasis.

            Keun Hur, Yuji Toiyama, Masanobu Takahashi … (2013)
            Distant metastasis is the major cause of cancer-related death in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Although the microRNA-200 (miR-200) family is a crucial inhibitor of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in human cancer, the role of miR-200 members in the pathogenesis of metastatic CRC has not been investigated. Fifty-four pairs of primary CRC and corresponding matched liver metastasis tissue specimens were analysed for expression and methylation status of the miR-200 family members. Functional analysis of miR-200c overexpression was investigated in CRC cell lines, and cells were analysed for proliferation, invasion and migration. Expression of several miR-200c target genes (ZEB1, ETS1 and FLT1) and EMT markers (E-cadherin and vimentin) in CRC cell lines and tissue specimens was validated. Liver metastasis tissues showed higher expression of miR-200c (primary CRC = 1.31 vs. liver metastasis = 1.59; p = 0.0014) and miR-141 (primary CRC = 0.14 vs. liver metastasis = 0.17; p = 0.0234) than did primary CRCs, which was significantly associated with hypomethylation of the promoter region of these miRNAs (primary CRC = 61.2% vs. liver metastasis = 46.7%; p < 0.0001). The invasive front in primary CRC tissues revealed low miR-200c expression by in situ hybridization analysis. Transfection of miR-200c precursors resulted in enhanced cell proliferation but reduced invasion and migration behaviours in CRC cell lines. Overexpression of miR-200c in CRC cell lines caused reduced expression of putative gene targets, and resulted in increased E-cadherin and reduced vimentin expression. The associations between miR-200c, target genes and EMT markers were validated in primary CRCs and matching liver metastasis tissues. miR-200c plays an important role in mediating EMT and metastatic behaviour in the colon. Its expression is epigenetically regulated, and miR-200c may serve as a potential diagnostic marker and therapeutic target for patients with CRC.
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              A transient, EMT-linked loss of basement membranes indicates metastasis and poor survival in colorectal cancer.

              Geert Berx, Otto Schmalhofer, Thomas Kirchner … (2006)
              Loss of the basement membrane (BM) is considered an important step toward tumor malignancy. However, the BM is still expressed in most typical colorectal adenocarcinomas; nevertheless, these tumors can invade and develop metastases. The aim of this study was to investigate the role, mechanisms, and clinical relevance of BM turnover in malignant colorectal cancer (CRC) progression. Expression of BM components and their transcriptional regulation and clinical relevance were investigated in human CRCs and cell lines. Our data show new aspects in BM turnover in CRCs with impact on malignant tumor progression: (1) The BM is still expressed in the main tumor mass of most colorectal adenocarcinomas, but selectively lost at invasive regions of the tumor in many cases. (2) Selective loss of the BM at the invasive front has high clinical and tumor biologic relevance for distant metastasis and survival. (3) The BM is reexpressed in metastases, indicating that its loss is transient and regulated by environmental factors. (4) This transient loss is not only due to proteolytic breakdown but to a down-regulated synthesis and linked to an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in tumor cells, and, thereby, zinc-finger-enhancer protein 1 (ZEB1) is the crucial transcriptional repressor of BM components in CRCs. A transient BM loss at the invasive front is correlated with increased distant metastasis and poor patient survival, indicating its tumor biologic relevance and usefulness as a prognostic marker. Targeting ZEB1 might be a promising therapeutic option to prevent metastasis.
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Aging (Albany NY)
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Aging (Albany NY)
                Journal ID (publisher-id): Aging
                Title: Aging (Albany NY)
                Publisher: Impact Journals
                ISSN (Electronic): 1945-4589
                Publication date Collection: December 2018
                Publication date (Electronic): 10 December 2018
                Volume: 10
                Issue: 12
                Pages: 3662-3682
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, 510080, China
                [* ]Equal contribution
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                Correspondence to: Yulong He; email: yulong_he123@ 123456163.com
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                Publisher ID: 101628
                DOI: 10.18632/aging.101628
                PMC ID: 6326654
                PubMed ID: 30530918
                SO-VID: f9ce84c0-25e9-4986-87d9-a18e2d3ec403
                Copyright © Copyright © 2018 Wang et al.
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 3.0 License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                Date received : 28 August 2018
                Date accepted : 27 October 2018
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                Subject: Research Paper

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Cell biology
                Keywords: long noncoding rna,colon cancer,liver metastasis,microrna,epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Cell biology
                Keywords: long noncoding rna, colon cancer, liver metastasis, microrna, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition

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