lncRNA HOTAIRM1 regulates cell proliferation and the metastasis of thyroid cancer by targeting Wnt10b
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Abstract
Introduction
Thyroid cancer (TC), is the most common endocrine malignancy (1), with papillary TC accounting for 80–90% of all TC cases (2). While the 5-year survival rate of the patients with TC is >95%, the local invasion or distant metastases of these tumors can result in poor outcomes, as these tumors generally respond poorly to standard treatments (3,4). It is thus essential that the mechanistic basis for TC onset and progression be better understood in an effort to develop reliable approaches for the treatment of patients suffering from these tumors.
HOX antisense intergenic RNA myeloid 1 (HOTAIRM1) is a type of lncRNA, which has reported to be associated with tumor metastasis. HOTAIRM1 may function as regulator of gene expression, which is expressed from HOXA genomic cluster between HOXA1 and HOXA2. For example, HOTAIRM1 has been reported to exert a crucial effect on multiply types of cancer, such as breast (5), colorectal cancer (6) and glioma (7). However, it remains unclear whether HOTAIRM1 contributes to the malignant progression of TC. To explore the effect and biology function of HOTAIRM1 in TC, the present study assessed its expression, biological functions and the underlying molecular pathways in TC cells.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs or miRs, 18–22 nucleotides in length) are endogenous short noncoding single-stranded RNAs, which have been been reported to induce messenger RNA (mRNA) degradation or block translation by interacting with the 3′-untranslated region (UTR) of target mRNAs (8,9). miRNAs have been reported regulate cellular physiological processes via complex mechanisms. Multiple studies have demonstrated that miR-148a is involved in cervical (10), pancreatic (11), colorectal (12) and gastric cancer (13). However, to date, there is no evidence of an association between HOTAIRM1 and miR-148a in TC, at least to the best of our knowledge.
Herein, it was found that the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) HOTAIRM1 was significantly upregulated in TC tumor tissues and cells. The knockdown of this lncRNA in TC cell lines was sufficient to impair their proliferative and invasive activity, while simultaneously promoting the upregulation of miR-148a and the downregulation of Wnt10b. The inhibition of miR-148a was sufficient to reverse this reduction in Wnt10b expression, and miR-148 overexpression exerted the opposite effect, owing to the ability of this miRNA to directly bind to the Wnt10b 3′-UTR. The overexpression of Wnt10b reversed the effect of miR-148a mimics on both TPC-1 and BCPAP cells. Taken together, the data thus suggest that HOTAIRM1 knockdown can suppress the proliferation and metastasis of TC cells via modulating the miR-148a/Wnt10b axis.
Materials and methods
Tissue specimens
A total of 52 pairs clinical tissues were obtained from patients with TC at the First Hospital of Jilin University from March 2019 to November 2019. Written informed consent was obtained from all study subjects. The present study conformed to the principles presented in the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved (no. 20190318) by the Ethics Committee of the First Hospital of Jilin University (Jilin, China).
Cells and cell culture
Human TPC-1 [cat. no. CC-Y1522; Meiyan (Shanghai) Biological Technology Co., Ltd.], BCPAP [cat. no. CC-Y1064; Meiyan (Shanghai) Biological Technology Co., Ltd.] and Nthy-ori 3-1 [cat. no. CC-Y1708; Meiyan (Shanghai) Biological Technology Co., Ltd.] cells were grown in DMEM supplemented 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) at 37°C in a 5% CO2 incubator.
Construction of lentiviruses
The primer sequences targeting lncRNA HOTAIRM1 (Table I) were chemically synthesized, and each was inserted into the AgeI-EcoRI site of the pLKO.1-Puro vector purchased from Beijing Solarbio Science & Technology Co., Ltd. The coding sequence (CDS) of Wnt10b was synthesized from GenePharma Co., Ltd., and inserted into the EcoRI-BamHI site of the pLVX-Puro vector (Shanghai Yubo Biotechnology Co., Ltd.). Subsequently, HOTAIRM1-specific shRNAs (GenePharma Co., Ltd.) or pLKO.1-Puro vector of the lentiviral particles were co-transfected (1:1.5) into 293T cells (ATCC) with the mixed set of packaging plasmids (SPAX2 and MD2G) using Lipofectamine 3000 (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). Following 48 h of incubation at 37°C, viral particles were achieved by ultracentrifugation (12,000 × g for 1 min at room temperature).
Cell treatment
TPC-1 and BCPAP cells were transduced with lentiviruses encoding HOTARIRM1-specific shRNAs (shHOTAIRM1-1 and shHOTAIRM1-2), corresponding negative controls (shNC), or a Wnt10b overexpression (Wnt10b) vector (all from RiboBio Co. Ltd.) at 1:1.2, after which reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) was used to determine the efficacy of HOTAIRM1 knockdown or Wnt10b overexpression.
Following lentiviral transfection with shHOTAIRM1-1 (5′-AGAAACUCCGUGUUACUCAUU-3′), shHOTAIRM1-2 (5′-GCCAGAAACCAGCCAUAGU-3′) or shNC, MTT and Transwell assays were respectively used to determine the proliferation and invasion of the transduced cells. Furthermore, the expression of Wnt10b and specific miRNAs in these cells was analyzed. miR-148a mRNA, Wnt10b expression and luciferase activity were assessed following transfection with miR-148a mimic or inhibitor at 1:1.5 at room temperature.
For individual experiments, cells were transfected with lentiviral constructs and miR-148a inhibitors/mimic and respective negative controls (Guangzhou RiboBio Co. Ltd.) using DharmaFECT 1 (Qcbio Science & Technologies Co., Ltd.) transfection reagent at 1:1.5 with the following combinations: shNC, shNC + miR-148a inhibitor, shHOTAIRM1, shHOTAIRM1 + miR-148a inhibitor. Moreover, cells were stimulated with miR-148a mimics, miR-148a mimics + Wnt10b, NC + Wnt10b, or NC alone. Following the indicated treatments, cellular proliferation, invasion and gene expression were analyzed.
RT-qPCR
Total RNA was extracted from the TC cells and tissues using TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). A total of 1 µg RNA was reverse transcribed into cDNA using the PrimeScript™ RT reagent kit (Takara Biotechnology Co., Ltd.). RT-qPCR was performed using the CFX96 system using SYBR® Premix Ex Taq™ II kit (Takara Biotechnology Co., Ltd.). The thermocycling conditions were as follows: 95°C for 30 sec, 95°C for 10 sec, 60°C for 30 sec, 35 cycles. GAPDH was used as the endogenous control. The Cq values was calculated through the 2−ΔΔCq method (14).
Likewise, miRNAs were reverse transcribed and miRNA-specific primers (10 µM) (Table II). miRNA expression was detected using the TaqMan microRNA assay kit (Applied Biosystems; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.), with an ABI7900 real-time PCR system (Applied Biosystems; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). The thermocycling conditions were as follows: 95°C for 5 min, 95°C for 30 sec, 58°C for 20 sec, 40 cycles. U6 was used as the endogenous control.
 | Table II.Primers for the target gene and primers for Wnt10b 3′UTR used for RT-qPCR and in the luciferase report assay. |
Western blot analysis
Total protein was extracted from the treated and untreated TC cells using RIPA buffer (Beijing Solarbio Science & Technology Co., Ltd.). Following quantification using a BCA quantification kit (Beijing Solarbio Science & Technology Co., Ltd.), 50 µg protein were separated in a 10% SDS-PAGE gels and transferred onto a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes (EMD Millipore). The membranes were blocked for 1 h at room temperature with 5% no-fat milk (BD Biosciences), followed by incubation with the primary antibodies overnight at 4°C. The primary antibodies used were as follows: Against Wnt10b (1:1,000; ab70816; Abcam) and GAPDH (1:2,000; ab9485; Abcam). The following day, after 3 washes with 0.1% TBST at room temperature, the membranes were incubated with HRP-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (1:2,000; ab6721; Abcam) for 2 h at room temperature. Following 3 washes with 0.1% TBST, the blots were incubated for 3 min at room temperature with ECL reagent (EMD Millipore) and exposed on an imaging system (Tanon Science & Technology Co., Ltd.). Protein density values were assessed and calculated using ImageJ software (version 1.47; National Institutes of Health).
3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay
A 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay was used to assess TC cell proliferation following the indicated treatments. Briefly, at 0, 24, 48 or 72 h post-treatment, the cells were treated with MTT (5 mg/ml) for 4 h. Dimethyl sulfoxide was then used to dissolve the resultant formazan crystals, and the absorbance (OD) values at 570 nm were measured using a plate reader (ELX800; Biotek Instruments, Inc.).
Transwell invasion assay
The upper chamber of a Transwell plate insert was coated with Matrigel (BD Biosciences). Cells (5×104) appropriately treated in serum-free medium were added to the upper chamber at 24 h post-treatment, while medium containing 10% FBS was added to the lower chamber. Following 48 h of incubation at 37°C, cells that remained in the upper chamber were carefully removed using cotton swab, while 4% paraformaldehyde was used to stain the remaining cells for 10 min at room temperature, and invasive cells in 6 random fields of view per samples were counted using a light microscope (Olympus Corporation).
Luciferase reporter assay
The cells (5×105 per well) were added to 6-well plates for 24 h at 37°C, after which they were transfected with 1.5 µg of a luciferase plasmid (pGL3-promoter Wnt10b) and 5 µl of NC miRNA (5′-CAGUACUUUUGUGUAGUACAA-3′), 1.5 µg of luciferase plasmid and 5 µl of miR-148a inhibitor, or 1.5 µg luciferase plasmid and 5 µl miR-148a mimics for 6 h at 37°C using Lipofectamine 3000 (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). At 48 h post-transfection, a Dual-Luciferase Reporter Assay System (Promega Corporation) was used to assess the luciferase activity in these cells, with Renilla luciferase activity being used for normalization.
Targeting of 148a
TargetScan (http://www.targetscan.org) software program was used to search for miR-148a target genes.
Statistical analysis
SPSS 22.0 software (IBM, Inc.) was used for all statistical analyses. All data are the means ± the standard deviation (SD), and were compared using Student's t-tests or one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the Tukey's post hoc test. The Kaplan-Meier analysis and the log rank test were used for the survival analysis. HOTAIRM1 expression was analyzed using Fisher's exact probability test in Excel. A value of P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.
Results
PTC tissues and cells exhibit HOTAIRM1 upregulation
The present study began by comparing the expression of HOTAIRM1 in human TC tumor and paracancerous tissue samples, revealing that this lncRNA was markedly upregulated in cancerous tissues (Fig. 1A; P<0.01). It was also found that HOTAIRM1 upregulation was closely associated with patient TNM stage and lymph node metastasis, whereas it was not associated with patient age, sex, or tumor size (Table III; P<0.05). The long-term survival of patients expressing higher HOTAIRM1 levels was also significantly decreased relative to that of patients expressing lower levels of this lncRNA (Fig. 1B; P<0.05).
| Table III.Association between clinicopathological features and HOTAIRM1 expression in 52 patients with thyroid carcinoma. |
The expression of HOTAIRM1 was then compared in TC and control cell lines, revealing that this lncRNA was expressed at significantly higher levels in the TPC-1 and BCPAP PTC cell lines relative to the control Nthy-ori 3-1 cell line (Fig. 1C; P<0.01). Thus, the TPC-1 and BCPAP cells were selected for use in further analyses in order to better understand the functional relevance of HOTAIRM1 in TC.
Knockdown of HOTAIRM1 impairs TC cell proliferation and invasion
Subsequently, HOTAIRM1 expression was successfully knocked down in TC cell lines using lentiviruses encoding shHOTAIRM1 (Fig. 2A; P<0.05). The knockdown of this lncRNA significantly impaired TPC-1 and BCPAP cell proliferation (Fig. 2B, P<0.05) and invasion (Fig. 2C, P<0.05). Thus, HOTAIRM1 may drive TC cell proliferation and metastasis.
miR-148a represents a putative HOTAIRM1 downstream target in TC
The miRNA expression patterns in TC cells following the knockdown of HOTAIRM1 were then evaluated. HOTAIRM1 knockdown promoted the upregulation of miR-141-3p (Fig. 3A, P<0.05), miR-148a (Fig. 3B, P<0.05) and miR-1 (Fig. 3C, P<0.05) in TC cells, whereas it suppressed the expression of miR-21 (Fig. 3D, P<0.05). No marked changes in the expression of miR-202-3p were observed as a function of HOTAIRM1 knockdown (Fig. 3E, P>0.05). Of the miRNAs examined, miR-148a exhibited the most marked changes relative to baseline expression, and it was also found that miR-148a was significantly downregulated in tissues from patients with TC relative to the paracancerous tissue samples (Fig. 3F, P<0.01).
Inhibition of miR-148a reverses the effects of HOTAIRM1 knockdown on TC cells
The potential association between HOTAIRM1 and miR-148a was then evaluated in TC cells. It was found that transfection with miR-148a inhibitor following HOTAIRM1 knockdown was sufficient to restore TC cell proliferation (Fig. 4A, P<0.01) and invasion (Fig. 4B, P<0.01), indicating that this lncRNA controls TC cell proliferation and invasion, at least in part by regulating miR-148a.
miR-148a directly suppresses Wnt10b expression in TC cells
Subsequently, the mechanisms whereby miR-148a affects TC cells were evaluated. TargetScan software revealed a putative miR-148a binding site within the Wnt10b 3′-UTR. In line with this prediction, it was found that Wnt10b was significantly upregulated in TC tumor tissues relative to paracancerous control tissues (Fig. 5A, P<0.01). Importantly, the knockdown of HOTAIRM1 decreased the protein expression level of Wnt10b in TPC-1 and BCPAP cells (Fig. 5B, P<0.01), whereas transfection with miR-148a inhibitor reversed this effect (Fig. 5C, P<0.01). Following miR-148a overexpression or inhibition in TC cell lines (Fig. 5D, P<0.01), a luciferase reporter assay was then conducted, which revealed that the overexpression of miR-148a suppressed the luciferase activity and the expression of Wnt10b expression, while miR-148a inhibition resulted in the opposite effect (Fig. 5E-G, P<0.01). Taken together, these findings suggested that miR-148a suppressed Wnt10b expression via binding to the Wnt10b 3′-UTR in TC cells.
miR-148a targets Wnt10b to control TC cell proliferation and invasion
Finally, the functional impact of the overexpression of Wnt10b in TC cells was evaluated using a lentiviral construct (Fig. 6A-C). Following Wnt10b overexpression and simultaneous transfection with miR-148a mimic, it was found that the overexpression of miR-148a was sufficient to impair cell proliferation (Fig. 6C, P<0.01) and invasion (Fig. 6D, P<0.01), while also suppressing Wnt10b expression (Fig. 6E, P<0.01) in TPC-1 and BCPAP cells. Wnt10b overexpression, however, was sufficient to reverse these effects induced by miR-148a mimic, thus suggesting that the miR-148a-mediated suppression of Wnt10b expression is an important regulator of TC cell proliferation and invasion.
Discussion
Herein, it was found that both HOTAIRM1 and Wnt10b were significantly upregulated in TC tissues and cells, whereas miR-148a was downregulated in these samples. The knockdown of HOTAIRM1 and the overexpression miR-148a were both sufficient to suppress the proliferation and invasion of TC cells and to reduce Wnt10b expression in these cells. As such, these data suggested that HOTAIRM1, miR-148a and Wnt10b may serve as key regulators of TC progression.
While the mechanistic basis for TC development remains complex and incompletely understood, several lncRNAs have been shown to regulate key oncogenic processes in this context, including cellular proliferation, migration and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (15–18). As such, the present study sought to evaluate the functional relevance of lncRNAs in TC.
Previous studies have demonstrated that miRNAs can also regulate TC pathogenesis (19–21). For example, miR-141-3p suppresses the growth and metastasis of TC cells (22), while miR-1 serves as a tumor suppressor that constrains the migration and proliferation of TC cells (23). Similarly, miR-148a impairs TC cell proliferation, migration and invasion (24,25), while miR-21 and miR-202-3p also serve as regulators of this cancer type (26,27).
Based on the above-mentioned reports, the present study observed that several miRNAs exert marked effects on TC, particularly miR-148a. Furthermore, miR-148a expression in TC cells was negatively regulated by HOTAIRM1, which is consistent with the findings of previous studies (28,29). From these results, it was hypothesized that miR-148a functions downstream of HOTAIRM1. Furthermore, the inhibitory effects of HOTAIRM1 knockdown on the proliferation and invasion of TC cells were potently counteracted by the inhibition of miR-148a. These findings indicate that the HOTAIRM1-regulated cell proliferative and invasive ability in TC is likely modulated by miR-148a.
It was found that miR-148a upregulation in TC cells directly suppressed Wnt10b expression by binding to the Wnt10b 3′-UTR. As such, Wnt10b is a miR-148a target gene that may be linked to TC pathogenesis. Previous studies have demonstrated that a range of miRNAs control cellular proliferation and metastasis by targeting Wnt10b (12,30). This result was consistent with the current finding that transfection with miR-148a mimic suppressed TC cell proliferation and invasion, whereas Wnt10b overexpression reversed this effect. Taken together, the data suggested that this HOTAIRM1/miR-148a/Wnt10b axis controls TC progression. By knocking down HOTAIRM1, it may be possible to inhibit TC cell proliferation and invasion through the miR-148a-mediated suppression of Wnt10b expression.
In conclusion, the present study investigated explored the potential role of lncRNA HOTAIRM1 in inhibiting TC cell proliferation and suppressing the invasive ability by modulating the invasion of TC cells by controlling miR-148a and Wnt10b. This lncRNA mediated the regulation of Wnt10b expression. Taken together, these results suggest that targeting this HOTAIRM1/miR-148a/Wnt10b axis may be represent a potential therapeutic strategy for the treatment of TC.
Acknowledgements
Not applicable.
Funding
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province (grant no. 20180101138JC).
Availability of data and materials
The datasets used during the present study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Authors' contributions
CL and GC conceived and designed the study. CL, GC, XC and TL performed the experiments. CL and GC wrote the manuscript. CL, GC, XC and TL reviewed and edited the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.
Ethics approval and consent to participate
The present study conformed to the principles presented in the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved (no. 20190318) by the Ethics Committee of the First Hospital of Jilin University (Jilin, China). Written informed consent was obtained from all study subjects.
Patient consent for publication
Not applicable.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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