[1] PubMed ID: | 31649487 |
Disease Name: | Skin Neoplasms |
Sample: | cell lines |
Dysfunction Pattern: | Interaction[sponging miR-326] |
Validated Method: | Western Blot//CCK8//qRT-PCR//RIP//Luciferase Report Assay//EdU Staining//Transwell Assay |
Description: | HOTAIR expression in CSCC cell lines exhibited an obvious elevation. Furthermore, HOTAIR competitively bound to miR-326, so as to positively modulate miR-326 expression. |
Causality: | Yes |
Causal Description: | Cell function analysis revealed that HOTAIR overexpression remarkably facilitated CSCC cell migration, proliferation and EMT process, which were impeded by down-regulation of HOTAIR. |
Clinical-realted Application: | |
[2] PubMed ID: | 34697449 |
Disease Name: | Skin Neoplasms |
Sample: | CSCC, CSCC cell lines A431 or SCC13, A431- or SCC13-derived CSCC stem cells |
Dysfunction Pattern: | Interaction(Sp1/miR-199a ) |
Validated Method: | In Vivo Experiment//ChIP//Western Blot//Transfection//qRT-PCR//FISH//RIP//Luciferase Report Assay//Colony Formation Assay//IF |
Description: | By measuring its expression using RT-qPCR in CSCC vs. normal tissues, as well as in CSCC cell lines A431 or SCC13, A431- or SCC13-derived CSCC stem cells (CSCSCs), and normal skin fibroblasts (HSFs), we detected higher expression of HOTAIR in CSCC than in normal tissues, in recurrent than in non-recurrent CSCC tissues, in CSCCs and CSCSCs than in HSFs, and particularly, in CSCSCs than in CSCCs. Mechanistically, HOTAIR directly interacted with and up-regulated Sp1. Sp1 then induced DNMT1-mediated promoter methylation and direct transcriptional repression of miR-199a-5p. Targeting Sp1 or DNMT1 further boosted the in vivo anti-tumor and anti-metastasis activities of targeting HOTAIR. |
Causality: | Yes |
Causal Description: | Functional assays on colony formation, EdU incorporation, sphere formation, western blot on stem-cell biomarkers, and in vivo models showed that HOTAIR was essential in maintaining multiple stem cell phenotypes of CSCSCs in vitro and in vivo xenograft growth as well as metastasis. |
Clinical-realted Application: | Kaplan-Meier analysis suggested that higher expression of HOTAIR was positively correlated with worse overall survival of CSCC patients. |
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