Retracted: LncRNA MALAT1 increases the stemness of gastric cancer cells via enhancing SOX2 mRNA stability

Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignancies globally; cancer stem cells (CSCs) are regarded as being at the root of tumor progression, and there is thus a need to identify potential drugs to target CSCs. The long non‐coding RNA MALAT1 promotes epithelial–mesenchymal transition and angiogen...

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Main Authors: Yiwen Xiao, Jingjing Pan, Qian Geng, Ge Wang
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Published: Wiley 2019-07-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.12649
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author Yiwen Xiao
Jingjing Pan
Qian Geng
Ge Wang
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Qian Geng
Ge Wang
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description Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignancies globally; cancer stem cells (CSCs) are regarded as being at the root of tumor progression, and there is thus a need to identify potential drugs to target CSCs. The long non‐coding RNA MALAT1 promotes epithelial–mesenchymal transition and angiogenesis in colorectal cancer, but it is unknown whether it affects the stemness of gastric cancer cells. Here, we found that knockdown (KD) of MALAT1 attenuated the stemness of non‐adherent gastric cancer cell spheroids, as evidenced by a decrease in primary and secondary spheroid formation capacity and expression of stemness markers. In contrast, overexpression (OE) of MALAT1 enhanced the stemness of adherent gastric cancer cells. Notably, KD of MALAT1 enhanced radiosensitivity and chemosensitivity of gastric cancer cell spheroids. We report that MALAT1 directly binds to sox2 mRNA (which encodes a critical master pluripotency factor), enhances the mRNA stability and increases its expression; KD of sox2 partially reversed the effect of MALAT1 OE on the stemness of gastric cancer cells. Importantly, expression of MALAT1 and sox2 exhibited a positive correlation in clinical samples. Therefore, our results indicate the existence of a novel MALAT1–sox2 axis which promotes the stemness of gastric cancer cells and may be a potential target for gastric cancer.
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spelling doaj-art-db9544be684a4125a6038adcb7b3f1922024-12-06T11:26:25ZengWileyFEBS Open Bio2211-54632019-07-01971212122210.1002/2211-5463.12649Retracted: LncRNA MALAT1 increases the stemness of gastric cancer cells via enhancing SOX2 mRNA stabilityYiwen Xiao0Jingjing Pan1Qian Geng2Ge Wang3Department of Oncology Changzhou Second People's Hospital ChinaDepartment of Oncology Changzhou Second People's Hospital ChinaDepartment of Oncology Changzhou Second People's Hospital ChinaDepartment of Oncology Changzhou Second People's Hospital ChinaGastric cancer is one of the most common malignancies globally; cancer stem cells (CSCs) are regarded as being at the root of tumor progression, and there is thus a need to identify potential drugs to target CSCs. The long non‐coding RNA MALAT1 promotes epithelial–mesenchymal transition and angiogenesis in colorectal cancer, but it is unknown whether it affects the stemness of gastric cancer cells. Here, we found that knockdown (KD) of MALAT1 attenuated the stemness of non‐adherent gastric cancer cell spheroids, as evidenced by a decrease in primary and secondary spheroid formation capacity and expression of stemness markers. In contrast, overexpression (OE) of MALAT1 enhanced the stemness of adherent gastric cancer cells. Notably, KD of MALAT1 enhanced radiosensitivity and chemosensitivity of gastric cancer cell spheroids. We report that MALAT1 directly binds to sox2 mRNA (which encodes a critical master pluripotency factor), enhances the mRNA stability and increases its expression; KD of sox2 partially reversed the effect of MALAT1 OE on the stemness of gastric cancer cells. Importantly, expression of MALAT1 and sox2 exhibited a positive correlation in clinical samples. Therefore, our results indicate the existence of a novel MALAT1–sox2 axis which promotes the stemness of gastric cancer cells and may be a potential target for gastric cancer.https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.12649chemosensitivitygastric cancerMALAT1radiosensitivitySox2stemness
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Qian Geng
Ge Wang
Retracted: LncRNA MALAT1 increases the stemness of gastric cancer cells via enhancing SOX2 mRNA stability
FEBS Open Bio
chemosensitivity
gastric cancer
MALAT1
radiosensitivity
Sox2
stemness
title Retracted: LncRNA MALAT1 increases the stemness of gastric cancer cells via enhancing SOX2 mRNA stability
title_full Retracted: LncRNA MALAT1 increases the stemness of gastric cancer cells via enhancing SOX2 mRNA stability
title_fullStr Retracted: LncRNA MALAT1 increases the stemness of gastric cancer cells via enhancing SOX2 mRNA stability
title_full_unstemmed Retracted: LncRNA MALAT1 increases the stemness of gastric cancer cells via enhancing SOX2 mRNA stability
title_short Retracted: LncRNA MALAT1 increases the stemness of gastric cancer cells via enhancing SOX2 mRNA stability
title_sort retracted lncrna malat1 increases the stemness of gastric cancer cells via enhancing sox2 mrna stability
topic chemosensitivity
gastric cancer
MALAT1
radiosensitivity
Sox2
stemness
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