期刊
ONCOTARGET
卷 7, 期 4, 页码 4712-4723出版社
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.6731
关键词
hotair; angiogenesis; nasopharyngeal carcinoma; GRP78
资金
- Health and Medical Research Found from Hong Kong government [6903642]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81201699, 81372450]
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), as a unique head and neck cancer type, is particularly prevalent in certain geographic areas such as eastern Asia. Until now, the therapeutic options have been restricted mainly to radiotherapy or chemotherapy. However, the clinical treatment effect remains unsatisfactory even if the combined radio-chemotherapies. Therefore, it is urgently needed to develop effective novel therapies against NPC. In this study, we discovered that lncRNA Hotair was extremely abundant in NPC cells and clinical NPC samples. Further studies showed that Hotair knockdown significantly attenuated both in vitro and in vivo tumor cell growth and angiogenesis. Our study also demonstrated that Hotair promoted angiogenesis through directly activating the transcription of angiogenic factor VEGFA as well as through GRP78-mediated upregulation of VEGFA and Ang2 expression. Therefore, Hotair may serve as a promising diagnostic marker and therapeutic target for NPC patients.
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