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OPEN MEDICINE
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 516-522Publisher
SCIENDO
DOI: 10.1515/med-2019-0057
Keywords
Pseudogene; PTTG3P; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Regulation; Cell metastasis
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Pseudogenes are pivotal funtional non-coding RNAs in tumorigenesis. Cumulative evidences have shown that pituitary tumor-transforming 3, pseudogene (PTTG3P), serves as an oncogene in multiple human cancers. However, its expression pattern, biological function, and potential targets in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remain unknown. Here, by quantitative real-time polymerise chain reaction (qRT-PCR) in 50 cases of ESCC, we found that the expression of PTTG3P, PTTG1 and PTTG2 in esophageal squamous cancer tissues and cell lines were significantly higher than their normal counterparts (P<0.01). Spearman correlation analysis showed that the PTTG3P expression was positively correlated with the PTTG1 and PTTG2 expression in ESCC tissue samples (P<0.05). Additionally, the high expression of PTTG3P in ESCC was significantly correlated with tumor depth, lymph node invasion and TNM stage (P<0.05). We also assessed the function of PTTG3P in vitro by gain-offunction studies. Results showed that enhanced expression of PTTG3P stimulated the migration and invasion of ESCC cells, and promoted the expression level of PTTG1 and PTTG2 in vitro. Furthermore, PTTG3P fulfilled its oncogenic functions by positively regulating its parent gene MG1 and PTTG2. Overall, our study indicated that PTTG3P is distinctly overexpressed and exhibited oncogenic role in a PTTG1 and PTTG2 mediated manner in ESCC.
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