Long non‐coding RNA 00312 regulated by HOXA5 inhibits tumour proliferation and promotes apoptosis in Non‐small cell lung cancer

摘要

Abstract Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most prevalent type of lung cancer. The abnormal expression of many long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) has been reported involved in the progression of various tumours, which can be used as diagnostic indicators or antitumour targets. Here, we found that the long non-coding RNA 00312 was down-regulated in paired NSCLC tissues and correlated with poor clinical outcome; decreased linc00312 expression in NSCLC was associated with larger and later stage tumours. Functional experiments showed that linc00312 could inhibit cell proliferation and promote apoptosis in vitro and in vivo . Furthermore, we found that HOXA5 could bind in the promoter of linc00312 and up-regulated the expression of it. Moreover, linc00312 was down-regulated in the plasma of NSCLC patients compared with that of healthy volunteers or other pulmonary diseases patients. Taken together, our findings indicated that linc00312 could be a novel diagnosis biomarker and a promising therapeutic target for NSCLC.