OncoTargets and Therapy (Oct 2020)

Comprehensively Identifying the Key tRNA-Derived Fragments and Investigating Their Function in Gastric Cancer Processes

  • Dong X,
  • Fan X,
  • He X,
  • Chen S,
  • Huang W,
  • Gao J,
  • Huang Y,
  • Wang H

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 13
pp. 10931 – 10943

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Xiaolin Dong,1,2,* Xirui Fan,3,* Xiaoxue He,3 Sijin Chen,3 Weikang Huang,3 Jianpeng Gao,2,3 Yun Huang,2,3 Hui Wang2,3 1Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Yan’An Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China; 2Key Laboratory of Tumor Immunological Prevention and Treatment of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650051, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Yan’An Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yun Huang; Hui WangThe Affiliated Yan’An Hospital of Kunming Medical University, No. 245 Renmin East Road, Kunming 650051, Yunnan, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail [email protected]; [email protected]: Gastric cancer (GC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. tRNA-derived fragments (tRFs) have been identified as potential biomarkers and cancer therapeutic targets. However, the influence of tRFs on GC remains unknown. The key tRFs were researched in vitro function and mechanism.Patients and Methods: Here, differentially expressed tRFs between GC and paracancerous tissues were identified by small RNA sequencing, and the role of key tRF was evaluated in vitro.Results: Eight tRFs were significantly differentially expressed between GC tissues and adjacent tissues: five were significantly upregulated and three were downregulated in GC tissues. The results of target gene prediction and functional enrichment analysis showed that tRFs with different expressions were mainly involved in cell adhesion and connection, cell migration, wingless-type (Wnt), mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), and cancer signaling pathways. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) indicated that the expression of tRF-24-V29K9UV3IU and its target genes (CCND2, FZD3, and VANGL1) in GC tissues and cells was decreased compared with those in the control group. Importantly, overexpression of tRF-24-V29K9UV3IU inhibited cell proliferation, migration and invasion, while promoted cell apoptosis of GC cells.Conclusion: This study suggests that tRF-24-V29K9UV3IU may hinder GC tumor progression by inhibiting cell proliferation, migration, invasion, while promoting cell apoptosis by regulating the Wnt signaling pathways.Keywords: gastric cancer, tRF, invasion and migration, cell apoptosis, tRF-24-V29K9UV3IU

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