Hao Chen1, Lining Wei2, Min Luo3, Xiaochen Wang3, Chaohua Zhu1, Huixian Huang1, Xu Liu1, Heming Lu4, Yahua Zhong5. 1. Department of Radiation Oncology, People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, No. 6 Taoyuan Road, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China. 2. Department of Endoscopy, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China. 3. Department of Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530031, Guangxi, China. 4. Department of Radiation Oncology, People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, No. 6 Taoyuan Road, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China. luhming3632@hotmail.com. 5. Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, 169 Donghu Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan, 430000, Hubei, China. doctorzyh73@163.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has high incidence in Southern China and is derived from the mucosal epithelium of the nasopharynx. Accumulating evidence has revealed that peptidyl arginine deiminase 4 (PAD4) exerts carcinogenic effect on certain cancers. We designed this study to probe the specific role that PAD4 plays in NPC and its molecular mechanism. METHODS: PAD4 expression in NPC cells was detected by RT-qPCR analysis. MTT, colony formation, flow cytometry, TUNEL staining, and LC3-II punctuation experiments were done to probe into the biological functions of PAD4 on NPC cellular behaviors in vitro. Subsequently, the upstream regulatory mechanism of PAD4 was investigated by luciferase reporter, RNA pull-down, and RIP assays. The impact of PAD4 on NPC tumor growth in mice was assessed by in vivo xenograft tumor assay. RESULTS: PAD4 was upregulated in NPC cells. PAD4 knockdown suppressed proliferative ability and promoted apoptosis and autophagy in NPC cells. Additionally, PAD4 expression was negatively regulated by microRNA 3164 (miR-3164). LINC00324 positively upregulated PAD4 expression by interacting with miR-3164 and recruiting HuR protein. The LINC00324/miR-3164/PAD4 axis modulated the PI3K/AKT pathway in NPC cells. Moreover, PAD4 upregulation countervailed the influences of LINC00324 deficiency on NPC cell proliferation, apoptosis, and autophagy and on NPC tumor growth in mice. CONCLUSION: LINC00324 promoted NPC malignancy by upregulation of PAD4 to activate the PI3K/AKT pathway.
BACKGROUND: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has high incidence in Southern China and is derived from the mucosal epithelium of the nasopharynx. Accumulating evidence has revealed that peptidyl arginine deiminase 4 (PAD4) exerts carcinogenic effect on certain cancers. We designed this study to probe the specific role that PAD4 plays in NPC and its molecular mechanism. METHODS: PAD4 expression in NPC cells was detected by RT-qPCR analysis. MTT, colony formation, flow cytometry, TUNEL staining, and LC3-II punctuation experiments were done to probe into the biological functions of PAD4 on NPC cellular behaviors in vitro. Subsequently, the upstream regulatory mechanism of PAD4 was investigated by luciferase reporter, RNA pull-down, and RIP assays. The impact of PAD4 on NPC tumor growth in mice was assessed by in vivo xenograft tumor assay. RESULTS: PAD4 was upregulated in NPC cells. PAD4 knockdown suppressed proliferative ability and promoted apoptosis and autophagy in NPC cells. Additionally, PAD4 expression was negatively regulated by microRNA 3164 (miR-3164). LINC00324 positively upregulated PAD4 expression by interacting with miR-3164 and recruiting HuR protein. The LINC00324/miR-3164/PAD4 axis modulated the PI3K/AKT pathway in NPC cells. Moreover, PAD4 upregulation countervailed the influences of LINC00324 deficiency on NPC cell proliferation, apoptosis, and autophagy and on NPC tumor growth in mice. CONCLUSION:LINC00324 promoted NPC malignancy by upregulation of PAD4 to activate the PI3K/AKT pathway.
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