Long noncoding RNA LINC00657 induced by SP1 contributes to the non-small cell lung cancer progression through targeting miR-26b-5p/COMMD8 axis
JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Authors: Zhang, Rui; Niu, Zequn; Pei, Honghong; Peng, Zhuo
Abstract
Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a kind of lung cancer with high incidence and poor outcomes all over the world. Studies have validated that the upregulation of long noncoding RNA LINC00657 is related to several cancers. Nevertheless, the underlying regulatory mechanism of LINC00657 in NSCLC has not been well elucidated. In the present study, quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) revealed that LINC00657 level was apparently elevated in NSCLC cells. Loss-of function assays demonstrated that LINC00657 silence retarded cell proliferation and migration in NSCLC cells. Moreover, the chromatin immunoprecipitation result identified the transcription factor SP1 could bind with LINC00657 promoter, and RT-qPCR proved SP1 positively regulated LINC00657 expression in NSCLC cells. In addition, the mechanistic investigations unveiled that LINC00657 was an endogenous sponge of miR-26b-5p and therefore boosted the expression of copper metabolism MURR1 domain-containing 8 (COMMD8), one of the targets of miR-26b-5p. Besides, miR-26b-5p could negatively regulate LINC00657 or COMMD8 in NSCLC cells. With the application of rescue assays, we uncovered that overexpression of COMMD8 partly mitigated the impairment of LINC00657 repression on NSCLC cell proliferation and migration. Together, our study illustrated that SP1-stimulated LINC00657 promoted NSCLC progression through targeting miR-26b-5p/COMMD8 axis, offering a novel potential therapeutic target for NSCLC.
Molecular Cloning, Characterisation, and Heterologous Expression of Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase from Sanghuangporus baumii
MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY
Authors: Wang, Xutong; Sun, Tingting; Sun, Jian; Wang, Shixin; Ma, Yisha; Liu, Zengcai; Zhang, Jian; Zhang, Guoquan; Zou, Li
Abstract
A farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPS) cDNA and promoter region was cloned from Sanghuangporus baumii. The gene contains a 150-bp 5 '-untranslated region (UTR), a 154-bp 3 '-UTR, and a 1062-bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding a 354 amino acid polypeptide. The FPS-DNA includes three exons (nucleotides 1 -123, 184-321, and 505-1305) and two introns (nucleotides 124-183 and 322-504). The FPS protein has a molecular weight of 40.73 kDa, it is hydrophilic with a theoretical isoelectric point of 5.13, and the secondary and three-dimensional structure were analysed. There is a transcription start site at nucleotides 1318-1368 of the promoter, which includes typical eukaryotic promoter elements (TATA Box, CAAT Box, ARBE, AT-rich element, G-box, MBS, Sp1, LTR). FPS was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21, and the recombinant protein (63.41 kDa) was subjected to dodecyl sulphate, sodium salt-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). FPS transcription was measured during different developmental stages, and expression in 11 and 13 days mycelia was upregulated 49.3-fold and 125.4-fold, respectively, compared with 9 days mycelia controls. Through analysing, S. baumii triterpenoid content was correlated with the transcription level of FPS during different development stages, and the triterpenoid content peaked at day 15 (7.21 mg/g).