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The natural antisense transcript HAS2-AS1 regulates breast cancer cells aggressiveness independently from hyaluronan metabolism.
Parnigoni, Arianna; Caon, Ilaria; Teo, Wei Xuan; Hua, San Hue; Moretto, Paola; Bartolini, Barbara; Viola, Manuela; Karousou, Evgenia; Yip, George W; Götte, Martin; Heldin, Paraskevi; Passi, Alberto; Vigetti, Davide.
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  • Parnigoni A; Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 5, Varese 21100, Italy.
  • Caon I; Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 5, Varese 21100, Italy.
  • Teo WX; Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore 4 Medical Drive, Block MD10, Singapore 117594, Singapore.
  • Hua SH; Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore 4 Medical Drive, Block MD10, Singapore 117594, Singapore.
  • Moretto P; Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 5, Varese 21100, Italy.
  • Bartolini B; Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 5, Varese 21100, Italy.
  • Viola M; Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 5, Varese 21100, Italy.
  • Karousou E; Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 5, Varese 21100, Italy.
  • Yip GW; Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore 4 Medical Drive, Block MD10, Singapore 117594, Singapore.
  • Götte M; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, D11, Münster 48149, Germany.
  • Heldin P; Department Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Passi A; Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 5, Varese 21100, Italy.
  • Vigetti D; Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 5, Varese 21100, Italy. Electronic address: Davide.vigetti@uninsubria.it.
Matrix Biol ; 109: 140-161, 2022 05.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35395387
Hyaluronan (HA) is a ubiquitous extracellular matrix component playing a crucial role in the regulation of cell behaviors, including cancer. Aggressive breast cancer cells tend to proliferate, migrate and metastatize. Notably, triple-negative breast cancer cells lacking the expression of estrogen receptor (ER) as well as progesterone receptor and HER2 are more aggressive than ER-positive ones. As currently no targeted therapy is available for triple-negative breast cancer, the identification of novel therapeutic targets has a high clinical priority. In ER-negative cells, tumoral behavior can be reduced by inhibiting HA synthesis or silencing the enzymes involved in its metabolism, such as HA synthase 2 (HAS2). HAS2-AS1 is a long non-coding RNA belonging to the natural antisense transcript family which is known to favor HAS2 gene expression and HA synthesis, thus bolstering malignant progression in brain, ovary, and lung tumors. As the role of HAS2-AS1 has not yet been investigated in breast cancer, in this work we report that ER-positive breast cancers had lower HAS2-AS1 expression compared to ER-negative tumors. Moreover, the survival of patients with ER-negative tumors was higher when the expression of HAS2-AS1 was elevated. Experiments with ER-negative cell lines as MDA-MB-231 and Hs 578T revealed that the overexpression of either the full-length HAS2-AS1 or its exon 2 long or short isoforms alone, strongly reduced cell viability, migration, and invasion, whereas HAS2-AS1 silencing increased cell aggressiveness. Unexpectedly, in these ER-negative cell lines, HAS2-AS1 is involved neither in the regulation of HAS2 nor in HA deposition. Finally, transcriptome analysis revealed that HAS2-AS1 modulation affected several pathways, including apoptosis, proliferation, motility, adhesion, epithelial to mesenchymal transition, and signaling, describing this long non-coding RNA as an important regulator of breast cancer cells aggressiveness.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Neoplasias de la Mama / ARN Largo no Codificante / Neoplasias de la Mama Triple Negativas Límite: Female / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Matrix Biol Asunto de la revista: BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR / BIOQUIMICA Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Países Bajos

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Neoplasias de la Mama / ARN Largo no Codificante / Neoplasias de la Mama Triple Negativas Límite: Female / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Matrix Biol Asunto de la revista: BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR / BIOQUIMICA Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Países Bajos