Abstract |
Accumulating evidence has suggested the involvement of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) on the acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the unknown function of lncRNA Prostate cancer-associated transcript-1 (PCAT-1) in AML cells. Our data found that PCAT-1 was highly expressed in AML-M1/2 and AML-M3 patients than normal controls and its expression was significantly up-regulated in AML cell lines Kasumi-6 and HL-60. The functional experiments demonstrated that knockdown of PCAT-1 remarkably inhibited proliferation, arrested cell cycle progression and triggered apoptosis of AML cells. Mechanistically, we revealed that PCAT-1 could directly interact with FZD6 protein to regulate its stability. Overexpression of FZD6 partly abolished the effects of PCAT-1 silencing on AML cells. Our integrated experiments then suggested that PCAT-1 could activate the Wnt/β- catenin signaling pathway in an FZD6-dependent manner. Taken together, the present study indicated that PCAT-1 interacting with FZD6 to activate Wnt/β- catenin signaling, which may play an important role in the pathogenesis of AML.
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Authors | Yuan Yuan, Qian Wang, Shu Li Ma, Long Qiang Xu, Meng Yang Liu, Bin Han, Ning Du, Xiao Lan Sun, Xiao Lin Yin, Fang Fang Cao |
Journal | American journal of translational research
(Am J Transl Res)
Vol. 11
Issue 11
Pg. 7104-7114
( 2019)
ISSN: 1943-8141 [Print] United States |
PMID | 31814913
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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