LncRNA interactomes and co-methylation in breast cancer regulation
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in women. Despite advances in diagnostics and treatment, the key molecular mechanisms underlying its development remain incompletely understood. This study aimed to identify novel lncRNA–miRNA–mRNA regulatory networks potentially involved in b...
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| author | Elena A. Filippova Irina V Pronina Svetlana S Lukina Alexey M Burdennyy Tatiana P Kazubskaya Vitaly I Loginov Eleonora A Braga |
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Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in women. Despite advances in diagnostics and treatment, the key molecular mechanisms underlying its development remain incompletely understood. This study aimed to identify novel lncRNA–miRNA–mRNA regulatory networks potentially involved in breast cancer–associated signaling pathways. Using an RT² lncRNA PCR Array and bioinformatic analysis, we identified seven differentially expressed (DE) lncRNAs. Four of these—ADAMTS9-AS2, HAND2-AS1, HOTAIRM1, and MEG3—were prioritized through integrative evaluation. qPCR confirmed their downregulation and aberrant methylation in breast tumor samples. We observed significant positive expression correlations between the pairs ADAMTS9-AS2–MEG3, HAND2-AS1–MEG3, and HOTAIRM1–MEG3, as well as co-methylation among ADAMTS9-AS2–HAND2-AS1, ADAMTS9-AS2–HOTAIRM1, HAND2-AS1–MEG3, and HAND2-AS1–HOTAIRM1, suggesting coordinated regulation. These findings are consistent with data from GEPIA 2.0. Bioinformatic prediction identified TCF7L2 as a common target gene of these lncRNAs, which is involved in the Wnt, Hippo, and MAPK signaling pathways. We also identified several miRNAs interacting with ADAMTS9-AS2. In a cohort of 50 tumor samples, we confirmed inverse associations between ADAMTS9-AS2 expression and levels of miR-106a-5p (rs = –0.46, p = 0.03) and miR-17-5p (rs = –0.41, p = 0.04). Collectively, these findings reveal novel co-regulated lncRNA–miRNA axes and suggest their involvement in key signaling networks in breast cancer, providing a foundation for future functional studies and potential therapeutic targeting.
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| spelling | doaj-art-3ff51c829f01474ca0cdb788011bd3272025-08-20T02:58:41ZengAssociation of Basic Medical Sciences of Federation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaBiomolecules & Biomedicine2831-08962831-090X2025-05-0110.17305/bb.2025.12333LncRNA interactomes and co-methylation in breast cancer regulationElena A. Filippova0Irina V Pronina1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0423-7801Svetlana S Lukina2Alexey M Burdennyy3Tatiana P Kazubskaya4Vitaly I Loginov5Eleonora A Braga6Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow, RussiaN.M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, RussiaInstitute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow, RussiaInstitute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow, RussiaN.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, the Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow, RussiaInstitute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow, Russia Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in women. Despite advances in diagnostics and treatment, the key molecular mechanisms underlying its development remain incompletely understood. This study aimed to identify novel lncRNA–miRNA–mRNA regulatory networks potentially involved in breast cancer–associated signaling pathways. Using an RT² lncRNA PCR Array and bioinformatic analysis, we identified seven differentially expressed (DE) lncRNAs. Four of these—ADAMTS9-AS2, HAND2-AS1, HOTAIRM1, and MEG3—were prioritized through integrative evaluation. qPCR confirmed their downregulation and aberrant methylation in breast tumor samples. We observed significant positive expression correlations between the pairs ADAMTS9-AS2–MEG3, HAND2-AS1–MEG3, and HOTAIRM1–MEG3, as well as co-methylation among ADAMTS9-AS2–HAND2-AS1, ADAMTS9-AS2–HOTAIRM1, HAND2-AS1–MEG3, and HAND2-AS1–HOTAIRM1, suggesting coordinated regulation. These findings are consistent with data from GEPIA 2.0. Bioinformatic prediction identified TCF7L2 as a common target gene of these lncRNAs, which is involved in the Wnt, Hippo, and MAPK signaling pathways. We also identified several miRNAs interacting with ADAMTS9-AS2. In a cohort of 50 tumor samples, we confirmed inverse associations between ADAMTS9-AS2 expression and levels of miR-106a-5p (rs = –0.46, p = 0.03) and miR-17-5p (rs = –0.41, p = 0.04). Collectively, these findings reveal novel co-regulated lncRNA–miRNA axes and suggest their involvement in key signaling networks in breast cancer, providing a foundation for future functional studies and potential therapeutic targeting. http://www.bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/12333LncRNA PCR ArraylncRNAs co-expressionlncRNA genes co-methylationADAMTS9-AS2lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory axes |
| spellingShingle | Elena A. Filippova Irina V Pronina Svetlana S Lukina Alexey M Burdennyy Tatiana P Kazubskaya Vitaly I Loginov Eleonora A Braga LncRNA interactomes and co-methylation in breast cancer regulation Biomolecules & Biomedicine LncRNA PCR Array lncRNAs co-expression lncRNA genes co-methylation ADAMTS9-AS2 lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory axes |
| title | LncRNA interactomes and co-methylation in breast cancer regulation |
| title_full | LncRNA interactomes and co-methylation in breast cancer regulation |
| title_fullStr | LncRNA interactomes and co-methylation in breast cancer regulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | LncRNA interactomes and co-methylation in breast cancer regulation |
| title_short | LncRNA interactomes and co-methylation in breast cancer regulation |
| title_sort | lncrna interactomes and co methylation in breast cancer regulation |
| topic | LncRNA PCR Array lncRNAs co-expression lncRNA genes co-methylation ADAMTS9-AS2 lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory axes |
| url | http://www.bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/12333 |
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