LncRNA CDKN2B-AS1 Promotes Cell Viability, Migration, and Invasion of Hepatocellular Carcinoma via Sponging miR-424-5p

• Main Authors: Shen X, Li Y, He F, Kong J
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press 2020-08-01
• Series: Cancer Management and Research
• Subjects: lncrna cdkn2b-as1; mir-424-5p; migration; invasion; hepatocellular carcinoma
• Online Access: https://www.dovepress.com/lncrna-cdkn2b-as1-promotes-cell-viability-migration-and-invasion-of-he-peer-reviewed-article-CMAR

Xinying Shen, Yong Li, Fan He, Jian Kong Department of Interventional Radiology, Shenzhen People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Xinying ShenDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Shenzhen People’s Hospital, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518020, People’s Republic of ChinaTel [phone]Email [e-mail]: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) results in high mortality and metastasis. In this study, the effects of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) CDKN2B-AS1 on the progression of HCC were investigated.Materials and Methods: LncRNA CDKN2B-AS1 expression of HCC cancer and adjacent tissues, and HCC cells were detected. Subsequently, CDKN2B-AS1 was overexpressed and silenced in HCC cells to observe the effects of CDKN2B-AS1 on the cell viability, migration, invasion, and epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) of HCC cells by performing cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8), wound-healing, Transwell, and Western blot. The target gene of CDKN2B-AS1 was predicted and verified to be miR-424-5p, whose expression in HCC cells with up- or down-regulation of CDKN2B-AS1 expression was determined. Moreover, the effects of miR-424-5p on cell viability, migration, and invasion and EMT of HCC cells were investigated with miR-424-5p up-regulation or down-regulation, together with overexpression or silencing of CDKN2B-AS1.Results: CDKN2B-AS1 expression was increased in HCC tissues and cells. Silencing of CDKN2B-AS1 suppressed cell viability, migration, invasion, and EMT, while overexpression of CDKN2B-AS1 produced the opposite results. Furthermore, CDKN2B-AS1 was predicted and verified to target miR-424-5p and was confirmed to negatively modulate miR-424-5p expression. Moreover, overexpression of miR-424-5p partially suppressed the previously high cell viability, migration, and invasion, and activated EMT resulted from up-regulation of CDKN2B-AS1, while silencing of miR-424-5p elevated the cellular processes inhibited by silencing the expression of CDKN2B-AS1.Conclusion: The present study revealed that high-expressed CDKN2B-AS1 may associate with the progression of HCC by affecting the cell viability, migration, invasion, and EMT of HCC cells by negatively regulating miR-424-5p.Keywords: lncRNA CDKN2B-AS1, miR-424-5p, migration, invasion, hepatocellular carcinoma