Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 378-383,387.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2022.05.008

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Effects of long-chain noncoding RNA RUNX1-IT1 on migration and invasion of colorectal cancer cells

LIANG Feng1, ZHANG Wei2, WANG Shengjie1, WU Xueliang1, YUE Lei1, ZHANG Yingchun1   

  1. 1. Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou 075000;
    2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou 075000, Hebei, China
  • Received:2022-04-06 Revised:2022-06-21 Published:2022-10-09

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate expression of long-chain noncoding RNA (lncRNA) RUNX1-IT1 in colorectal cancer,and its mechanisms on invasion and migration of colorectal cancer cells.METHODS: Sixty-two colorectal cancer tissue samples and their corresponding adjacent tissues were collected from the First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei North University from January 2017 to January 2019.Expressions of lncRNA RUNX1-IT1 in both tissues were detected using fluorescence quantitative PCR (qPCR).The human colorectal cancer cell lines (SW480,SW620,HCT-116) and the human normal colorectal epithelial cell lines (FHC) were cultured.Expression levels of lncRNA RUNX1-IT1 and miR-21 in the cell lines were detected by qPCR.The most suitable cell lines were selected for subsequent investigations.After up-regulating or down-regulating the expression of lncRNA RUNX1-IT1 and miR-21 in SW480 cells,their expression levels were detected by qPCR,the targeting relationship between lncRNA RUNX1-IT1 and miR-21 was verified by the double luciferase reporter gene assay.The invasion and migration abilities of SW480 cells were detected by Transwell assay.RESULTS: The results of qPCR showed that the expression of lncRNA RUNX1-IT1 was lower in colorectal cancer tissues than that in adjacent tissues (P<0.05),while the expression of miR-21 was higher in colorectal cancer tissues (all P<0.05).There was a negative correlation between the expression of lncRNA RUNX1-IT1 and miR-21 in colorectal cancer tissues (r=-0.275,P=0.031).Compared with normal colorectal FHC cells,the expression levels of lncRNA RUNX1-IT1 in the three colorectal cancer cell lines were decreased significantly (all P<0.05),while that for miR-21 was increased significantly (all P<0.05).These effects were most obvious in the SW480 cells.Therefore,SW480 cell lines were used for subsequent experiments.The dual luciferase reporter assay confirmed that lncRNA RUNX1-IT1 targeted to regulate the expression of miR-21.Compared with the control group,overexpression of lncRNA RUNX1-IT1 inhibited the invasion and migration of SW480 cells (P<0.05).Inhibition of miR-21 expression reduced the invasion and migration of SW480 cells (P<0.05).Up-regulation of miR-21 expression inversely reversed the inhibitory effect of lncRNA RUNX1-IT1 on the invasion and migration of SW480 cells (P<0.05).CONCLUSION: LncRNA RUNX1-IT1 expression was down-regulated in colorectal cancers and it regulated SW480 cell invasion and migration by targeting miR-21.

Key words: colorectal cancer, long chain noncoding RNA, RUNX1-IT1, attack, transfer

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